Unfiltered Story #28154

(Context: Friend 1 is organising a party through Facebook messages. As the group of 5 people message each other, Friend 1 says the party will be on Friday 19th of March. Friend 2 says she’ll be arriving back in the state that day and is excited to go. A week or two later Friend 1 amends the date to a Friday 18th March because when she originally said the date she was looking at the wrong month. We move on and choose a hotel and everyone agrees and pays the host $75 to go. When the party comes around Friend 1 sends Friend 2 a text asking her where she’ll be, and she was still in another state. Friend 1 says that she can’t pay back the money and Friend 2 gets offended at this, and then Friend 1 offers to pay half since she though they were both at fault. Friend 2 wants her full money back and suggests everyone attends to pay her back. Nothing happens for a while until…)
(Over Facebook messenger, with friends 1,2 and 3)

Friend 2: hey guys I just lost my job so I need to to pay me back

Friend 1: Okay

Friend 3: Okay. Do you want me to transfer it to your account?

Friend 2: No I don’t know how to do that

Friend 3: Okay I’ll drop it off at your house

Friend 1: I can’t really get to your house

Friend 2: Okay (Friend 3), (Friend 1) my mother can come pick it up on (date) if that’s okay.

(Friend 2 adds Me and Friend 4 to the conversation)

Me: Sorry man I don’t have any money at the moment

(Friend 2 messages me privately)

Friend 2: I’m not asking for charity because I don’t have a job, I’m asking for money that is owed to me.

Me: I’m sorry I have no money? Like I’m in exactly the same boat. Plus it’s not even my fault

Friend 2: It may be $15 for you, but it’s $75 altogether for me.

Me: I still don’t have any money

Friend 2: I’m not blaming you at all. To be honest, it was (friend 2’s) birthday, (Friend 2) should have been the one to pay for everyone to attend and stay in the hotel. It’s just unfair for her to not give me all the money back because she made the mistake of putting down the wrong date

Me: Well then if you’re not blaming me then don’t ask me for money. I went to her birthday it’s not up to me to pay other people because there was a mistake. I have no money. I can’t pay you and to be honest, even if I did I probably wouldn’t

Friend 2: wow don’t worry about it

(The next day, her mother sends a group message to Friend 1, 3 and me. Her mother had gone to Friend 1’s house to collect the money and her brother has answered, before he could say anything the mother got angry and left. The message basically says not to worry about it but it was very poor of Friend 1 not to pay Friend 2 back and ruin her holiday ect. I reply, not realising this is a group message.)

Me: Uhm… This is (my name)

Friend 2’s Mother: Yes (my name)… the message was to (friend 1)…but wanted all involved to see…that’s all

Me: whatever I don’t care

(Sue me I thought the whole thing was stupid)

Her mother:No need to be rude little girl….you’re taking to an adult here…not very intelligent are you

Me: it doesn’t really involve me though

Her mother: Wow…not very smart are you…you were on that party weren’t you? Don’t message me anymore

Me: I was at the party. It’s not my fault another guest and the host had a miscommunication. This doesn’t involve me. Plus your daughter is the only one who got the date wrong, so maybe I’m smarter than her

Her mother: OMG….this was only FYI..and obviously you don’t have your facts right…the date was wrong but the day was right. Anyway why am I trying to explain….the message was fyi only…so don’t worry about it…go away now…thank you

(Classy. )

(For reference Friend 1,3, 4 and I are 18 and Friend 2 is 20.)