I went to school in Germany and came to the UK when I was 17. I'd pretty much completely lost touch with everyone from school in Germany for various reasons but was very happy to be contacted by one of my former closest friends in December last year pretty much out of the blue.
She had recently come to the UK for work and as it happened was only 1.5 hours away from me now. However, over the next few months it transpired that her job was an absolute nightmare and I helped her through all the mess, with phone calls, lots of advice about where she can go for help etc., what to do next etc., etc.
She'd come to stay with me frequently and I arranged for her to see my GP because she was poorly, and then when she was kicked out of her accomodation I drove there to pick her and all her stuff up. She'd managed to accumulate a mountain of luggage and there was no way she would have got it onto a train, so muggins here picked her up and we went back to ours. I then paid for her plane ticket back home (£125) because she doesn't have a credit card.
She left the luggage mountain at my house, with the intention of moving back to the UK after 4 weeks visiting relatives etc. at home.
Well - 3 months have now passed. The only communication I've had from her are 2 text messages. I emailed her and then texted her, she replied with some old bollocks about not having received my email. Last text I got was 'New boyfriend, new job, all great, didn't get your email and have lost your email address'. I replied and texted her my email address, surprise surprise, I haven't heard from her.
I'm really disappointed - she's 32, I'd expect a bit more reliability at this age. And she was always such a good friend - one of the quiet and dependable ones. And now this. I've got a huge pile of luggage here (6 bags and one enormous suitcase) that I don't want cluttering up my spare room any longer, and I'm £125 out of pocket. I really don't get the money at all - I'd be mortified and would want to pay it back straight away - and I know she's got £180 in her UK account because her bank statements get sent here and I opened one accidentally.
The only apparent way I have of contacting her is by text because she hasn't emailed me. I hate becoming confrontational.