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Well Intentioned Friends?..

September 2nd, 2006 at 07:20 pm

What do you do about friends who are well intentioned but end up costing you money?

Let me explain, DD has been on school vacation and her friend invited her to go bowling - I let her go without thinking about what it would cost - my fault I know.

When they got back, DD's friends mother says "that was great fun and it only cost $8 each and then we went for lunch, but you can give me the money next time I see you".

Huh??? DD was invited and in my book that means she was treated to the outing.

Today she went to play at the same friends house, and when I collected her realised I didn't have my purse with me so I couldn't pay the money but then...(wait for it)

DD's friends mother says "we are going to a fund raiser tomorrow and we want DD to join us". This time I wasn't slow and replied "no sorry, we are going to church and any case that kind of outing is not in our budget this month".

"Oh but we won't spend much...etc etc" - yeah right, I can just imagine. DD's friend tends to be spoilt - today her mother spent $90 on candy, party treats etc for her birthday and that excludes the Birthday Cake, Presents, drinks and so on.

Have I got this wrong or I am imagining things...

Weird if you ask me.

Oh well we live and learn but now I have to take money out of some other budget category to pay DD's friends mother back.
Urrgh......I am so irritated!

Posted in Daily journal | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Well Intentioned Friends?..”

  1. princessperky Says:
    September 2nd, 2006 at 09:06 pm 1157231180
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    Always ask if it is treated or not, say it is DD who has to check her budget.

  2. freeme journey Says:
    September 2nd, 2006 at 09:39 pm 1157233188
    1157233188

    Good idea - thanks

  3. MsSuperSaver Says:
    September 2nd, 2006 at 10:20 pm 1157235609
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    I cant believe that mother would require you to pay when she invited your daughter...$8 doesn't sound like it would break her. When our kids were young we would always treat their friends if we invited them anywhere unless we were taking them to some place expensive (like a water park of 6 Flags) in which case we would tell the parents we would provide transportation but their child would need to bring x dollars for entrance, food, etc. Anyway, Perky had a good idea.

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