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Original poster

to think it's really cheeky to invite someone to a BBQ then expect them to bring...

533 replies

dotdashdashdash · 11/04/2021 16:35

...The BBQ!?

We were invited last week to a friends today for a BBQ. They called this morning asking to borrow our BBQ, we assumed there's had broken or the one they ordered hadn't arrived etc - but no. They don't have one. So we suggested they come to ours and bring some of the stuff they'd bought as our BBQ is very heavy and large (won't fit in the car without removing the child seats and lying all seats flat) but it turns out, that not only did they want us to bring our BBQ, they wanted us to leave it at theirs as they are having other friends this evening.

Was IBU to say no? That I didn't want to take our large BBQ and gas bottle to their house and leave it with them?

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Original poster
dotdashdashdash · 15/04/2021 14:30

I do wonder if they've seen it.

I do think that a request to a friend to borrow something is totally fine. It was the manor in which it was asked and the attitude that came with it that I had the issue with.

OP posts:
myBumJuiceSmellsLikeRoses · 15/04/2021 14:33

Lazy "journalism".
Just like quoting people's tweet or other social media.

Bet that quote won't make the Daily Fail.

Slub · 15/04/2021 14:34

Watch out Glenda - the village wants its idiot back.

FlyingBurrito · 15/04/2021 15:22

@dotdashdashdash

I do wonder if they've seen it.

I do think that a request to a friend to borrow something is totally fine. It was the manor in which it was asked and the attitude that came with it that I had the issue with.

Yeah, no borrowing BBQs allowed in my manaaaar !!! (said in an EastEnders stylee) GrinGrin
Original poster
dotdashdashdash · 15/04/2021 15:36

Yeah, no borrowing BBQs allowed in my manaaaar !!! (said in an EastEnders stylee)

Forgive the grammatical error, just come off a very long night shift!

OP posts:
BonAmi45 · 15/04/2021 17:08

@dotdashdashdash You should share the article on fb 😂

Diamondnights · 15/04/2021 17:16

@BottleFlipper

Glenda would unplug your life support to charge her phone when it's on 90%.
Grin
MusicWithRocksIn1t · 15/04/2021 18:25

😆this threat had really cheered me up on a day I'm feeling like crap! Thank you OP with special mention to IcanseeyourhotdogGlenda

gottakeeponmovin · 15/04/2021 20:11

I don't know - I once asked a friend to borrow her bbq when mine broke for a bbq that she wasn't invited to. She lent me the bbq (I bought the gas) I returned it with a bottle of wine as a thank you. I don't see the issue

Glendapickled · 15/04/2021 20:15

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Cissyandflora · 15/04/2021 20:31

There once was a lady called Glenda
Who wasn’t that much of a friend-a
Her soirée fell flat
When her friend said fuck that
Buy your own BBQ and scuba diving equipment and Henry hoover and shoes Glenda you cheeky bitch.

Original poster
dotdashdashdash · 15/04/2021 20:36

gottakeeponmovin

Did you arrange the BBQ knowing yours didn't work/ didn't have one?
Did you faux invite BBQ owning friends?
Did you getting shitty with bnbq owning friend when they suggested that the charcoal one would be easier?
Did you fail to tell BBQ owning friend that you hoped to keep it for a BBQ they didn't know was happening and they weren't invited to?

If not, then yeah I'd have learnt it you as well! We lend lots of things out.

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Mummyoflittledragon · 15/04/2021 20:42

This thread is the gift that keeps on giving. Rather like you until you wisened up op...

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 15/04/2021 23:29

This is a brilliant thread! I was reading with interest in the early stages, but laughing so much at the poetry and how it has developed.

OP they were clearly not just wanting to borrow it for that evening, but to keep it throughout the summer (or as long as they could manage) like they did with the scuba gear and other stuff. They must have been envisaging a lovely long bbq filled summer, all with your bbq! Which may or may not have been in the same condition it left you in by the time you eventually got it back. Well done for stamping on this and getting your other stuff back too!

MNHQ
HebeMumsnet · 16/04/2021 09:39

Hey, OP. Can we just borrow your thread for Classics? If you could just drop it off and then leave, as we have some better friends coming over to post on it, that would be brill. Thankseverso.

Original poster
dotdashdashdash · 16/04/2021 10:06

@HebeMumsnet

Hey, OP. Can we just borrow your thread for Classics? If you could just drop it off and then leave, as we have some better friends coming over to post on it, that would be brill. Thankseverso.
Grin

Woohoo. I've made Mumsnet history!

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Tistheseason17 · 16/04/2021 11:34

😍

GabsAlot · 16/04/2021 11:54

Brilliant well done op

SheldonesqueHasGotTheWeevils · 16/04/2021 12:03

The lady Hebe made the sound
That this thread was now classicsbound
Dot’s on the move and so adieu
Just don’t forget the barbecue...

longwayoff · 16/04/2021 12:20

Hi HebeMumsnet, just dropping in to ask if you'd be good enough to lend me this thread so I can get paid for flogging it to the DailyMail? I'm always glad to find a good story on here as it saves me doing any work. I'm also planning a barbecue . . .

SheldonesqueHasGotTheWeevils · 16/04/2021 12:50

Hebe of Mumsnet sat and reflected
The answer is no until sadface perfected.

To part with a fee for a cheeky fucker
Is well beyond our remit mucker.

If the DM will pay for a miserable coupon
Longway will get paid in vouchers - Groupon.

SheldonTheBard

SheldonesqueHasGotTheWeevils · 16/04/2021 12:59

I should say that I’m only surmising
I’m not HQ standard which isn’t surprising.

For one with a mouth that is frequently potty
I’ll bow out for now and leave it for Dotty.

STB. (Bard, not b’stard - cheeky)Wink

ScrambledSmegs · 16/04/2021 14:56

Oh Glenda
Well you came, and you took without giving,
Now we want it all back

Oh Glenda...🎵

(With apologies to Barry Manilow)

WeatherwaxOn · 16/04/2021 18:12

[quote ivfbabymomma1]@BrightYellowDaffodil the wasp is welcome as long as no one has cream walls and white carpets 😭😭[/quote]
That saga was one of the first things I ever read on MN.

JesusSufferingFuck22 · 16/04/2021 18:22

That is SO cheeky! I bet they are going through the list of guests and asking if they can bring a bbq.

We’ve been invited to many BBQs where we’ve turned up and been expected to cook and organise the food. Basically handed the meat, and asked if we could stick it on the bbq for them.......then they bugger off and socialise.

We’re both chefs.

Sometimes we don’t mind but other times it’s a bit of a chore. I’m happy to eat any food anyone makes me.