A woman’s chair was ruined after a guest spilled food on it at a house party
The guest’s sibling insisted on paying for the damage, only to get upset when the host accepted the money
The woman took to Reddit to voice her confusion over the situation
A woman was left confused after her friend stopped talking to her due to a money dispute, which the pal had initiated.
In a post on Reddit, the woman writes: “My husband and I had a party. A friend’s brother spilled an entire plate of food on my chair and it’s ruined. She insisted on paying me for it. (She takes care of him financially).”
The friend then sent the poster “many texts and a few phone calls” trying to pay for the damage, but the woman “kept telling her not to worry about it” because “it was an accident.”
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Red wine spilled on a brown couch sofa
The Redditor notes that the friend became a bit passive-aggressive in their correspondence.
“At one point, she did get nasty and blame my paper plates for being too flimsy! I had 20 other guests use them without issues,” the woman adds in the post.
Then, without warning, the friend sent her the money via Venmo.
“I told her it was too much, but she insisted I keep it, so I did,” the woman writes, adding, “I did have to buy a new chair that cost more than she gave me, she does not know this.”
Despite the friend sending the money and telling her to keep it, she has now gone silent.
“Now she will not talk to me!” the woman writes on Reddit. “She has dropped me from all social media. I am beyond confused. She can be a bully and this has the potential to get very nasty.”
Other Reddit users are wading into the situation and offering their advice on how best to handle it.
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Many Reddit users say the friend is manipulative, with one writing, “She accidentally ruined a chair, and then started to insist on paying for the damages in a very persistent way. when you finally caved in, she blocked you? Was the whole ‘paying back’ insisting a trap or a test for you?”
Added commenter warned the woman not to let her friend “turn this around on [her].”
“She insisted on paying for the damage and sent you payment after you refused several times. It seems like you didn’t want to accept the payment because you knew her personality and that things could get ‘nasty,'” they wrote. “I’d say that you’ve come out ahead. You didn’t have to pay the entire cost to replace the chair and you’re rid of what sounds like a difficult, manipulative person.”
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