Have you ever encountered anyone this cheeky?

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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?

I cannot believe the amount of time in my life this has taken to read 😱 literal days. So worth it. I'm sure I have some CF stories but I need to have a think

I've just read this thread today for the second time, having first read it years ago and got shocked all over again!

My own story is about an ex friend of mine. I'd known her since school. I'd been with my dp for about two years and we planned a few nights away at his parent's holiday home. At the time my friend had been going through a down patch because she upset that she didn't have a bf so we made an effort to include her in things and we decided to invite her on our holiday with us.

We all paid for our flights seperately, accommodation was free and we split the car hire cost three ways. While we were away she didn't once offer anything towards the petrol which had to top up, and we had to pay quite a few of those road toll things. Whenever talk of the cost came up she went quiet and didn't contribute. Fine, not a massive deal we thought as we would have paid them whether she was there or not but we thought it was a bit cheeky especially as accommodation was free. At some point during the trip she had got a bottle of coke for dp, one of those small bottles. It was about 2.50 euro and we didn't think much of it but on the way home she started talking about this €2.50 dp owed her. Then she asked him if he could get her some magazines (he worked for a big publishing company at the time) and said if he got some of those she'd forget the €2.50. We should have brought up the petrol and toll costs then, but I was a lot less assertive in those days and my dp didn't want to say anything because it was my friend.

Same friend, invited me on a weekend away with her for her birthday. She gave me the wrong flight dates so I booked for flights on the wrong dates and then had to book again and lost my money from the first tickets. She laughed it off and laughed at her "dizziness" - I was on nmw at the time and living with dp. She earned a good salary and lived cost free with her parents. Losing over £100 on flights was quite a big deal to me.

A similar thing a few years later after I had my dd. I ordered a bouquet of flowers to be delivered to that friends elderly relative who'd sent me a lot of presents for my new born baby. Turned out friend had given me the wrong address and her relative never got the flowers and I'd again wasted money due to her mistake. Again she laughed it off, no apology.

Another time I was at a meal for her birthday with lots of her other friends who I didn't know. At one point during the meal she started opening up her birthday presents and everyone was quiet as she did this. She was really into spas and beauty treatments etc at the time so I'd got her a few home beauty treatment type of bits inside a gift bag. Not loads but had spent about £40 in total. She pulled out one thing from the bag and unwrapped it and said "is that it?!", before quickly moving on to her next present. It was so embarrassing. When she got home afterwards she rang me and told me she had discovered all the other bits that were still inside the bag and thanked me for them. Didn't really make up for humilating me at the meal though, and what if I had only got her the one thing? That wouldn't make it ok for her to speak to me like that, especially in front of all her friends. She knew I had a lot less money than she did, she was always boasting about her salary and great job and how she wouldn't waste money on rent and food like I did. (she lived at home until her parents ended up buying her a flat).

There was also the time she came back to mine and dp's to stay over one night after we'd been out drinking, and when we got back to our flat she kept practically sitting on dp's lap, stroking his arm and putting her hand on his thigh. He'd move away from her and she'd chase after him. It was like a farce. We both felt sorry for her because she had never had a boyfriend and was just a bit sad, but eventually I grew tired of her bragging to me about her salary, putting me down, being tight with her own money yet wasting mine with her expensive mistakes! She was one of those people who was very clinical when it came to splitting the bill too. She'd pay her share but she'd have the calculator out making sure she paid the exact right amount.

Ten years ago when I was pretty hard up I invited a new female acquaintance (single mum, equally hard up) round for dinner, hoping we'd become close friends. I thought we could have a long chat during and after the meal and get to know one another better.

Ten minutes after she arrived, just as I was serving up roast lamb and all the trimmings, her mobile rang, and she said she had to take it because it was her sixteen-year-old son. The call kept cutting out, so she asked if she could use my house phone to ring him back.

I gave her my cordless house phone and she wandered off into my lounge, where she sat down and talked to him for over an hour, leaving me sitting alone, hungry, with a hot meal waiting to be served, and going cold, and not knowing whether to eat mine or wait for her.

By the time she got off the phone and came back it was 9pm and I'd eaten my dinner on my own. I was fuming but bit my tongue. She didn't even apologise. I reheated her meal in the microwave; she gobbled down half of it swiftly, whilst ignoring me, then left the rest and declined the dessert I had bought specially, saying she had to go and pick up her son immediately.

As she grabbed her bag and coat she mentioned that he wasn't at home but on a residential course an hour's drive away. He was fed up and wanted to come home. After she left I realised she must have rang him back on a mobile phone.

I was able to check my phone bill online next day: the call had cost me £8. The CF did not even offer to pay for the call; nor did she ring me to apologise for the planned meal/chat/evening being ruined. Needless to say, I never wanted to see her again.

Two days after our mum died unexpectedly, my sister, her dp (not sure why she brought him) and me were clearing the kitchen - there was a curry microwave meal which he put to one side saying that he’d have that for his tea! I would have choked on it - and they took a selection box from the fridge that she bought for her grand daughter... Shameful

siiiigh

Although the wee shag bit was hilarious, I must say the "Tedious Child" label and "Paddington stare" is what had me laughing!
Clever girl!

A local budget supermarket had some spectacular offers on and an (ex) friend of mine asked me if I would go and buy a couple of the things on offer as she wanted to give them to some 'really good' friends for Xmas. I didn't think they were for me and DH , at least I hoped not because they were foot warmers. Then she kept forgetting to pay me and when she did pay it was less than they cost because 'thats how much they were'. Come Xmas came we didn't even get a card . As I said ex friend.

I LOVE THIS THREAD
and I've learned that siblings in law are the cheekiest fuckers of all

One of the mums at the school avoids any contact with me we have mutual mum friends but she never even normally looks at me,always found it odd as I'm always friendly!! Anyway I had my house up for sale last year and she walked right up to me at school and said hi helen is that your house I seen online for sale?? Me yeah?? Can I ask you where you got table from in your living room?? Cheeky fucker go away you 😱

I work with someone who admitted that she would buy a book, read it and check to see if she had made any marks on the spine. If she hadn't she would return it within three days.

I know someone whose attitude to books is rather different. She reckons that books are there to be read, and as such should look as though they've been read. Which would be fine if this just applied to her own books, but unfortunately she extends this attitude to any books she borrows. If you lend her a book there's a good chance that it will come back damaged (and that assumes that it comes back at all - she's also notorious for borrowing things then losing them). On one occasion she was lent a pristine hardback which had been signed by the author, and complained that she couldn't enjoy reading it because she knew she'd have to keep it clean!!!

The day after my c-section my sister, partner and 2 kids came to visit me in hospital. After 5 mins she said she was going to visit someone else who was in the hospital and left her two children for me to mind!

I have no such stories.

I can't believe how stupid some of you are. No really, what you've allowed yourself to be put through is incomprehensible.

I had a friend years ago, who'd pop round at all sorts of times, mind usually with a maccies in hand! One time he brought his Mrs.

(Setting scene ... I lived in an upstairs flat, and had a literal open door policy (if my door is open, feel free to come in)).

So one day they came both came round, and as they'd beat me to the kitchen, she (his mrs) said, shall I make the coffees.... Sure, help yourself (as per my policy... If you want a drink, help yourself, it's there, so carry on!).

When she brought said coffees in, she says... Your kitchen could do with a clean!

To which I said, there's stuff under the sink, knock yourself out if you're that bothered ... It wasn't that bad, just a few dishes, and maybe the tops n cooker top.

An hour later, she comes back into the front room and asked if we needed refills, sure!

At the time, I lived alone in a flat, and didn't have that many visitors, 3 were regular tho, my mate n his boy, and another really close friend.

Being a typical single man, my flat wasn't spotless, but neither was it it a tip. My attitude, are you here to judge my flat, or see me?

So when she started on about my kitchen, I thought if you're really that worried about MY kitchen, then do something. Don't come to my place and complain of its condition.

Despite being many many years older since then, and now living with my fiancee, I'm still of the ... You come to visit or judge our place?

My fiancee is more of the ... Quick tidy n hoover, someone is coming round.

Lived in California 30 years ago in an inland area where it gets blazing hot. I’d turn on the A/C when I cleaned house.
SIL was visiting. While I was on my hands & knees washing/drying the tile floor, she came in from the garden & dropped her towel, hat, sunglasses, magazines, etc etc in a big pile right in front of me and left filthy disgusting bare foot prints all across the newly clean floor - and proceeded to make a huge mess all over the kitchen, then left all the dishes in front of the tv. She went from room to room leaving messes for me to pick up the entire time she was there -THEN HAD THE BRASS NECK to tell me that my housekeeping left something to be desired.

I had a friend going through a traumatic breakup. I spent hours most nights listening to her woes. It eased off to around twice a week but it was always all about her and she talked over anything I tried to say I tried to say I was having a tough time and got interrupted with "oh, well you wont believe what he said yesterday!" One day I'd had enough and snapped. I interrupted her and kept talking until she shut up when I said "oh thanks for asking how I am, pretty rubbish really, BIL died quite horribly of misdiagnosed cancer a few weeks ago and my mother died yesterday but hey it's not like you give a damn is it!?". I hung up kind of thinking she'd call back and apologise. Nope never heard from her again!!

I had a friend once years ago who I stayed with for a bit before getting my own place,I would pay more than my share for bills and extra food. And we could never put any heat on. It was only one bed so I was on floor on a blow up bed.

Skip forward a bit I had a nice 2 bed place was also in a relationship, she would be there every chance she could get because It was warm and I had food in my cupboards. I would bake and she'd just help herself..

Worse part she let herself in once came upstairs looking for me (we where in bed) she only bloody stood and waited outside the bedroom door 🤯 safe to say the mood was ruined 😂.
She would take naps and bring her big ass dog round with her.(I love animals but that's not the point)
There really are some people out there who have no shame..some of these stories are shocking lol.

When I was little, my mum called my dad in from outside for his dinner,she put the plate on table but at same time I answered the front door to my dads friend, he walked in sat down at the table had a cuppa daw dads dinner and started tucking innnn

Saw

My maid of honour at my hen do informed she was gutted I had met my husband before she did. I laughed it off but she got even weirder after that, we no longer speak

I used to have some so called friends who used to brag to everyone about how they lived off grid and would be very condescending of everyone, myself included who had regular jobs. They used to come to my house, have baths and showers, do their laundry, cook and eat my food and always take my tea, coffee, sugar and milk and food home with them. They would charge their phones and the car batteries they used for power and fill my bin with all their rubbish , fill up their water containers and spend all day watching my tv and never so much as buy me a drink when we went out. I'm embarrassed that I put up with it for so long.

Might need to revise my social skills. I could have been guilty of several of these! Never once thought they might not be ok.

This might be a bit outing if my neighbours are on Mumsnet but hey ho...This doesn't directly involve me - I was more of a bemused/outraged onlooker...I shall refer to the parties involved as NN (Nice Neighbour), CF male, his CF wife and CF kid. NN was forever lending them money, getting bits when shopping that they never paid for, covering their share of communal expenses and having to battle hard to get anything back from them, buying CF kid the odd treat because NN is naturally a kind person. Anyway, one evening NN answers a knock on her door. It is CF kid who announces " I've come for dinner, CF parents said you won't mind"! NN asks "where are your CF mum & dad?" CF kid says "they've gone out, said you would look after me"! I was gobsmacked and told NN that I would've called Social Services and reported them for leaving CF kid alone. At the very least they could have asked NN to do [yet another] favour, but to take her for granted like that pissed me right off. NN gave them a serve on their return and there was no repeat but they never apologised and other behavours showed they had no sense of shame. Unfortunately CF kid grew up having inherited all the rotten characteristics of her parents with a little bit of extra self-centred attention-seeking - the apple falling from that particular family tree landed right on her head!

Oh, just thought of another one - other CF neighbours..my better half once lent them a tenner and gave them a lift to the shop to put the £10 on their electricity key/card because he felt sorry for their 2 very young kids (even though she spent most of her money on pub trips). When she got her money her BF told her to pay back the loan and she said "why? he can afford to give me the £10" Luckily her BF had a tad more decency and got the money from her to pay better half back - he never extended financial friendship to her again though.
Still think the smoking mate using non-smoker house winning the CF stakes at the moment

This thread could develop into "the day I cut myself free from my covertly-toxic friend"..

Background - I thought we were really close...met through work, had two babies at roughly the same time together, she went through a divorce while we were friends...etc...etc

She did not drive so when she was fed up she would contact me or turn up suggesting we go shopping - I ended up dropping what I had planned to do to step in line with her plans...however I started noticing she seemed to be meeting up with others and not inviting me - fine - don't need to be joined at hip etc, then she would contact me again when she needed something/fancied a cuppa and a moan, needed someone to look after her kids....

She then "invited" herself to a black tie function - didn't offer to pay for her ticket (equivalent of about £80 in these times) and proceeded to "pair off" for the evening with my husband (she was divorced at this stage), meaning I had to find myself somewhere to sit across the table from them - everyone else was in a couple at the dinner...I thought I was perhaps being a bit sensitive but then the "official" photos came back a week later and she was cuddled up to my husband with me looking like a gooseberry.

That's when I realised you have to cut "Toxic friends" out of your life - those who do not have your back and more importantly make you feel miserable - that practice has stood the test of time and it's my one piece of advice to fellow-womankind - there are enough beautifully-minded ladies out there to make up for this sort...

We were due to get married and lived in a two bed flat, my mum and sister had flown over to attend (plus our oldest was a toddler) so five of us staying there. My BIL, who lived with his parents and 30 at the time, asked if he too could stay, in laws lived an hours drive away and knowing he was guaranteed a lift with them, I politely pointed out we didn’t have the room. On the day he arrives, no card let alone present, not even congratulations from him. We had no money and I did the catering, my friends mum brought glasses and made an exquisite cake, it was a very small affair of just a dozen, BIL afterwards proceeded to demolish several bottles of wine, I ended up removing the rest and topping up everyone’s glasses. Afterwards when I’d cleaned up several of my friends mums glasses were missing (there’d been no breakages) ......
Further on, I’d always invited all my in-laws to Sunday roasts every now and then and had supplied hundreds of photos to each one of our first born, without asking a penny, my BIL mentioned that he had polaroid pics of me being pregnant, as I didn’t have any I’d mentioned lovely could I have them (3) to which he quoted an absurd amount of money for them! I did say that he’d had 100’s for free from me, so dropped asking for money from me.
The final straw was when I went into kitchen to bring in more food, the in-laws up to this point had been very jovial, on walking in, the atmosphere was cold and I wondered why, I found out that our new carpet had a cake dropped on it by BIL and he’d only taken his heel and purposely ground it in. That was the final straw for me after that and happily he has been out of our lives for thirty years now.
My MIL brought up why both DH and I had no contact with him, berating me, I firmly responded all the reasons why.

Nowhere near as extreme as these, but at Christmas I went shopping to get gifts for my sister, she'd been having a rough time so I wanted to spoil her. Found her some lovely presents, sent a photo to our mum asking if she thinks she will like them. The response was "she will, let me know how much they were and I'll give you the money for them". She wanted to give the presents to my sister because she couldn't be arsed to go shopping herself. I compromised and let her buy one of them off me, but I still ended up having to wrap them both.
When DS was younger we used to live near to the town centre, she would come to visit "us" but would always insist on going shopping, so I never actually got a break. Basically where we lived was convenient for her to park (I had to pay for visitor parking vouchers for her) whilst she did her shopping.

There are probably loads more and these are just tame, but show the type of person she is.

Thank

Working at a preschool. The children were having a food drive for the Christian food guild to benefit local children and we were making a contest out of it. Big bins outside each classroom door. We count, we graph. Fun!
It's noon, before bins have pulled in for the day. I hear something outside the door. Children are gone, so...I see some very well-dressed older woman - diamonds! -has entered the building and is leisurely "grocery shopping" with her eco-friendly cloth bags.
I chased her back out with some choice words. The only time I have been able to say what I felt in the moment when angry!