Have you ever encountered anyone this cheeky?

[TastesLikePanda]

Inspired roughly by a couple of threads recently...
I used to have a friend (used to being the operative) who would come round to my house to smoke. Her reason being that she didn't want her house to smell like smoke and she didn't like smoking in the street as she thought it looked 'common' (her words)

The punchline being that I didn't smoke
That friendship ended when I saw the light and realised that she was using me! She was happy enough to make my house stink and I was too polite (at the time) to ask her not to as I thought I was being a welcoming host.

Has anyone encountered anyone with more brass neck than that?

[Monkeybusiness09]

My sister is the cf. Two kids who she dumps on anyone because she has to work. I was a SAHM to my three kids. DS asked could I mind her two kids for a week after school as her DH had a trial for a new job. I agreed thinking it was a week. It turned into three months. I had two school collections, with one waiting in the car for an hour. She would send nephew down with sweets in his bag just for him and he would eat them sneakily. Never bought anything for my kids.

My niece was unwell for three days and I was the one who bought nurofen/7up etc. Kids got a homecooked meal and a small treat everyday. Sister never cooked and told me the foods they liked, it was basically mashed potatoes everyday. with meat and veg.Kids would be sent home with homework done and full bellies.

It was coming up to the summer holidays and I said I wouldn't be able to take care of her kids as I had plans of my own. That Friday she collected them at my house by knocking on my window to get her kids attention. They promptly walked out and she didn't speak to me for two years.

That Monday there was a post on Facebook from sister thanking her friend for minding the kids over the summer and hope they enjoyed all the sweets she bought them for their trip to the park.

I never got so much as a thank you.

[RadFs]

I’ve just spent days reading through this thread. Some great stories on here.

[Onautopilot1]

She said " Onautopilot said I could" ...she couldn't see that the initial request was appalling, and just carried on. A very frosty meeting by all accounts!
The other ladies apologised to me for not shutting her down but they were so stunned too..
President has never mentioned it, let alone apologised .

[Mellowautumnmists]

@Onautopilot1

Bear in mind I was grieving when this happened.
My late sister passed away after many years of illness. In that time, she, her best friend and I planned her funeral, which was quite fun in a way.

She was a long serving member of a service organization, and held a position on the Committee and was active until the week before she passed.

So she was lying in her open coffin, wearing her favorite shirt and her service ribbons . Her friends were with me when the President asked me if I would take the officer badge off the ribbon, as it "would be a waste" otherwise.
I was quite stunned, but said, hopefully to put her off " do it yourself if a piece of plastic means that much". That's all I could think of.
She took it, my daughter burst into tears and others hustled her out.

The upshot was, at the next meeting a minutes silence was observed, and the vice president wanted it recorded in the minutes the disgust she felt; supported by the whole group. I still can't look at that woman without seething, and wishing I could have thought faster.

That's one of the worst things I've read. What did the President do when she was called out on her dreadful conduct at the meeting?

[Onautopilot1]

Bear in mind I was grieving when this happened.
My late sister passed away after many years of illness. In that time, she, her best friend and I planned her funeral, which was quite fun in a way.

She was a long serving member of a service organization, and held a position on the Committee and was active until the week before she passed.

So she was lying in her open coffin, wearing her favorite shirt and her service ribbons . Her friends were with me when the President asked me if I would take the officer badge off the ribbon, as it "would be a waste" otherwise.
I was quite stunned, but said, hopefully to put her off " do it yourself if a piece of plastic means that much". That's all I could think of.
She took it, my daughter burst into tears and others hustled her out.

The upshot was, at the next meeting a minutes silence was observed, and the vice president wanted it recorded in the minutes the disgust she felt; supported by the whole group. I still can't look at that woman without seething, and wishing I could have thought faster.

[Gnrdave]

I used to have a friend who's wife wouldn't let him drink JD, i found out later it was because he became argumentative. He started spending some nights at my place as I like and drink Jack, I didnt think anymore of it than "2 friends hanging out"...... Until i split from my wife and moved out, the first thing he said was "when you next get some jack I'll come round!" needless to say that I never asked him round after that.

Theres all sorts of people out there

[Mellowautumnmists]

@Cass1234 you need to ask Mumsnet to move this to legal.

[Pinky2121]

Had a friend asked me to be matron of honour. Had to pay for a dress I would never wear again as it was a colour I would never buy. Plus wedding shoes. She booked my hair appointment but I had to pay. Then told me she had booked a room at the hotel for me my DH and DS for two nights. Okay I thought that's nice of her LOL I had to pay for that also on top of which he wanted my viel as her something borrowed. Reluctantly I loaned it it was returned with a tear in it. She got my DH to dress our car up to take the Bridesmaids to the church. All in all being her MOH cost me £1700.00. That was20 odd years ago.

[EthicalBlend]

Even when I used to smoke 20 a day, I never smoked in the house, and I wouldn't let anyone else smoke in the house either. I'm surprised you let your friend do it even once.

[Jack80]

I had a friend who had uncontrolled kids who came round and broke one of my then young children's beds, took the chains of a bike that was resting in the kitchen and left a mess in the room they were playing in. No offer to pay for bed or fix bike, we did only notice the chains after and she didn't have her children round very often after that. I camy believe I sat there calm while the children told me that they had accidentally broken a bed. Their mother was on the phone trying to help the mother in law with a hair problem. We didn't fall out, I just moved house and lost touch.

[Nanaof1]

@1clavdivs

Name changed for this one as I think the person in question comes on here.

When my husband died unexpectedly, his ex wife (divorced over 10 years previously with clean break) got straight in touch about money as she wanted to make a claim on behalf of their almost-adult child. The bit about the claim was fair enough but the speed was obscene. She was talking about it the day after his death.

Then she called me to propose that I hold his funeral on a Friday because "more of his old colleagues from all the different companies are likely to attend if it's on that day, and I can question them about what money he might have had". I told her on no uncertain terms that I did not want her discussing his finances at his funeral and it would need to wait.

She then came to the funeral and at the wake proceeded to question people, and when she'd had enough she proceeded to harass me into leaving early so I could take her to our home and she could clear the house out of anything her child wanted. I put my foot down and said she'd have to wait until the end and we'd go when I was ready. She stood huffing by the door, staring at me, checking her watch etc.

We went home, I gave DSD some sentimental bits of her dad's, let her choose bits of jewellery etc. Meanwhile CF was in her daughter's room stripping it of everything - all the clothes we'd bought her, including ones that were too small so she could sell them, anything of any value. She piled her car up to the roof with stuff and said I should get rid of anything left over.. When I went to look at DSD's room later, heartbroken at yet another loss, I saw that CF had left it ransacked.

Long story short, she then proceeded to very quickly launch an aggressive claim against the estate (which never made it to court as I gave savings, pensions, cash etc to DSD). 18 months later when it was clear she'd lose if it went to court, she went nuclear and started demanding further possessions that had 'significant sentimental value' to her DSD.... such as the TV.

I would love to see this thread continued on MN. I am aghast at these stories, but don't want to totally bring back a zombie thread.

Is there another one somewhere?

[MotherOfOlafs]

I’ve read this thread from beginning to end - it’s been incredibly funny in places but incredibly sad in others, thank you all for sharing!

mine is about an ex-friend, let’s call her Hannah. Hannah was always a tightwad, trying to squeeze out of rounds in the pub and insisting we all go to the cheapest places to eat, nothing wrong with that but none of us were skint including her.

she began ramping up the CFery when someone was giving away some off cuts of turf on fb, she immediately went and picked them up then laid them over her own only slightly patchy grass, like a group of small rugs on a carpeted floor. She didn’t need them, and couldn’t be arsed laying them down properly either, just wanted them because they were free. She also conned a mate who was just starting out as a photographer into giving her a free photoshoot for her brothers dogs. When friend enquired about possible payment, Hannah told her that she thought it was a gift, then changed tracked and told friend that she could do it for exposure instead (that old chestnut)

the final nail in the coffin was when a different friend, Nancy, was in the middle of a divorce and had to sell some of her furniture. Now, when Hannah would come to our homes to visit she’d be very complimentary to various items of furniture, all very nice so we thought. Anyway Nancy listed on fb a beautiful old bookcase for way less than it was worth and of course her hand was almost bitten off with people asking for it and being next in queue, all very civilised. Within about half an hour Hannah knocks on her door with her DH and his work van, DEMANDING that not only should she have first dibs as Nancy’s mate but that she should give it to her for free as she’d always admired it and could barely afford to furnish her home so Nancy should really do the right thing and luckily she’d brought her DH along so they could take it right now! Nancy shut the door in her face in tears and that was the last we all saw of her!

little side note for amusement; the week before that Hannah had posted on fb for suggestions for family holidays, not abroad as she ‘couldn’t afford it’ but not holiday camps nor caravan parks as they were ‘full of stinking chavs’. She was such a cheeky bitch!

[sep135]

I don't think that is cheeky although it's a bit hard to work out the mechanics from the post.

I wouldn't ask a friend to contribute more but if the airmiles have reduced the price, it's not unreasonable that the person putting in the air miles pays less in cash.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

@Dogswotsits

Friend has airline loyalty points…. Last lot expired as no one to go with. She’s shared with me a trip, use of points would mean we could do holiday for £300 each premium economy. Agreed but now saying I should pay £500, she would pay £100 as using her points. Aibu to say no and we should go hair?

Ha ! No . CF

If you pay £300 she pays £200+ her points .
Unless there's a limit on the % it can use on the total .

Tell her she either pays her way or loses her £100 vouchers as she'll have no-one to go with

[Dogswotsits]

Friend has airline loyalty points…. Last lot expired as no one to go with. She’s shared with me a trip, use of points would mean we could do holiday for £300 each premium economy. Agreed but now saying I should pay £500, she would pay £100 as using her points. Aibu to say no and we should go hair?

[vitahelp]

When I was about 19 I had a 'night out' kind of friend. We would occasionally borrow clothes/jewelery from each other when going out together.

One Saturday she was going out and I wasn't. She contacted me in a panic saying she had nothing to wear that night and could she borrow something of mine. She ended up driving over and marching into my house with her friend who I'd never met and rooting through my wardrobe, at one point asking why on earth I had so many jumpers, and proceeded to take a selection of 8 dresses to choose from. I could see her friend visibly cringing at the cheekiness of it. She then left without even asking how I was. They were at my house probably 5 minutes total.

I decided there and then that I wouldn't bother with her again but wanted my dresses back. She came up with all kinds of excuses, telling me she was far too busy for me to call round and collect them. In the end I drove to her house and told her to hand them over, she did so begrudgingly. On returning home I found that her daughter had covered the white dress in felt tip. She didn't even bother to point it out or apologise. I cringe thinking of what a pushover I was back then.

[foodaddict21]

@1clavdivs

Name changed for this one as I think the person in question comes on here.

When my husband died unexpectedly, his ex wife (divorced over 10 years previously with clean break) got straight in touch about money as she wanted to make a claim on behalf of their almost-adult child. The bit about the claim was fair enough but the speed was obscene. She was talking about it the day after his death.

Then she called me to propose that I hold his funeral on a Friday because "more of his old colleagues from all the different companies are likely to attend if it's on that day, and I can question them about what money he might have had". I told her on no uncertain terms that I did not want her discussing his finances at his funeral and it would need to wait.

She then came to the funeral and at the wake proceeded to question people, and when she'd had enough she proceeded to harass me into leaving early so I could take her to our home and she could clear the house out of anything her child wanted. I put my foot down and said she'd have to wait until the end and we'd go when I was ready. She stood huffing by the door, staring at me, checking her watch etc.

We went home, I gave DSD some sentimental bits of her dad's, let her choose bits of jewellery etc. Meanwhile CF was in her daughter's room stripping it of everything - all the clothes we'd bought her, including ones that were too small so she could sell them, anything of any value. She piled her car up to the roof with stuff and said I should get rid of anything left over.. When I went to look at DSD's room later, heartbroken at yet another loss, I saw that CF had left it ransacked.

Long story short, she then proceeded to very quickly launch an aggressive claim against the estate (which never made it to court as I gave savings, pensions, cash etc to DSD). 18 months later when it was clear she'd lose if it went to court, she went nuclear and started demanding further possessions that had 'significant sentimental value' to her DSD.... such as the TV.

Fucking hell. I'm so sorry OP, what a vile bastard she is. Just when you think people can't sink any lower.

[1clavdivs]

Name changed for this one as I think the person in question comes on here.

When my husband died unexpectedly, his ex wife (divorced over 10 years previously with clean break) got straight in touch about money as she wanted to make a claim on behalf of their almost-adult child. The bit about the claim was fair enough but the speed was obscene. She was talking about it the day after his death.

Then she called me to propose that I hold his funeral on a Friday because "more of his old colleagues from all the different companies are likely to attend if it's on that day, and I can question them about what money he might have had". I told her on no uncertain terms that I did not want her discussing his finances at his funeral and it would need to wait.

She then came to the funeral and at the wake proceeded to question people, and when she'd had enough she proceeded to harass me into leaving early so I could take her to our home and she could clear the house out of anything her child wanted. I put my foot down and said she'd have to wait until the end and we'd go when I was ready. She stood huffing by the door, staring at me, checking her watch etc.

We went home, I gave DSD some sentimental bits of her dad's, let her choose bits of jewellery etc. Meanwhile CF was in her daughter's room stripping it of everything - all the clothes we'd bought her, including ones that were too small so she could sell them, anything of any value. She piled her car up to the roof with stuff and said I should get rid of anything left over.. When I went to look at DSD's room later, heartbroken at yet another loss, I saw that CF had left it ransacked.

Long story short, she then proceeded to very quickly launch an aggressive claim against the estate (which never made it to court as I gave savings, pensions, cash etc to DSD). 18 months later when it was clear she'd lose if it went to court, she went nuclear and started demanding further possessions that had 'significant sentimental value' to her DSD.... such as the TV.

[yellowwallpapers]

Oh, so many - I am a recovering people pleaser. But a recent one was a mum I met when I'd recently moved to a new city in Europe and was desperately culture shocked and glad to meet a friendly face (beware the people who are a little too keen to befriend the newcomer, chances are there are some burned bridges in their history.)

First we shared a career so she invited me out for coffee to "pick my brains for contacts" - not a good use of my time as a freelance writer and she disappeared to the loo when it was time to pay the bill.

Then her (lovely) kind couldn't come to my DC's birthday party for some reason.

I was informed that he was 'devastated' and could he come for a sleepover the night before? Or failing that, could I have him over during the student free day that was happening that week?

I fed them a frozen pizza for lunch as I was working from home. She was late picking him up - her pick up times were always vague although she didn't work - and when I asked my son if he wanted spaghetti for dinner the friend said "YES PLEASE!"

So I fed them dinner. Finally the husband arrived to collect him (after she messaged me to tell me to get his things ready to go as he still had work to do when he got home) and then messaged me to say thanks and that her son had "enjoyed all the party food, double carbs!" presumably having a dig at my son's diet (OK a lot of carbs but he's healthy.)

That was just about the last time he came over. I blocked her number as I couldn't be dealing with the messages (she was also that parent on the class whatsapp messaging after midnight to ask if the children would be fed on the school excursion, for example - completely neurotic about food, among other things.

[SenseFromThoughtDivide]

Many years ago we were having my mother to stay for a few days over Christmas, and that was fine. It’s a three bedroom house, my wife and I in one room, my son in another and one for my mother

great, works fine

then my older sister phones, she’s heard my mother is staying and asks if she can stay as well

but there’s no Room! No problem she says - she’ll sleep in the living room. The turkey is more than big enough, so I say ‘sure’

so now we have one person in the living room

then my other sister phones, she’s heard etc and can she say as well. The turkey is looking kind of thin by now, but grudgingly I say ‘sure’

so now we have two people in the living room

and then there is ‘the’ phone call

sister #1 phones and asks if her two children, and sister#2 two children can also stay

so now it’s six people in the living room, I’m thinking about a microtome to slice the turkey and a timetable for the bathroom

and then I come to my senses and throw a wobbly that my wife still talks of in hushed tones

my mother enjoyed her Christmas

[Tapasita]

Took baby DS (6 months) to the park one afternoon. Lay down his blanket on the grass & went to get him out of his buggy. A couple walked by with a huge dripping wet Labrador off the lead, the dog ran straight over and onto the blanket with all the mud/water flying everywhere. Dog proceeded to scuff up the blanket, & root around on there.

Couple stared at the ruined/soggy/extremely muddy blanket, gave dog a cursory whistle and walked on without so much as a backward glance. I’m still fucking angry to this day. I was so dumbfounded by their arrogance I think I was literally lost for words

The mum of one of my son’s friends. Repeatedly calls a play date for her son & mine & then texts me saying “you got any ideas?” Um no love, you called the play date, you host. When I invite her son over he does just that - he comes over to play and I look after them. I suddenly had an epiphany the last time she did this and texted her back - “sorry, I think I misunderstood you, I thought you were inviting my son over for a playdate. I’m working on Friday.”

Still haven’t heard back

[Imstillmagicdamnit]

CF ex neighbour.

Me and my husband moved into a terraced house a few years ago and the young mum that lived on our left seemed really lovely, soon found out she was shamelessly cheeky. She knocked on barely a week after we moved in and asked if I could just stand in her doorway while her DP drove her to the local post office to fetch passport forms. Kids are playing in their room and they’ll be less than 20 minutes. Sure okay. 2 hours and when they came back they had McDonalds with them..

When her and her DP split up she took to working out in a bra and shirt shorts with her front door open and knocking on every other day trying to get my DH to nip round hers to fix random things. He never went, she made him uncomfortable lol.


Our neighbours on the right were genuinely lovely, only odd thing that happened in the 2 years we lived there was I went out one afternoon and the lady was re-pegging my washing from her side of the wall(houses were on an incline) because I’d evidently done it wrong lol she was in her 70s so I left her to it and even thanked her lol.