I’m counting cost of pal’s hols fling
WON’T PAY HER SHARE JANE O’GORMAN SOLVES YOUR PROBLEMS TODAY ... AND EVERY DAY
A FRIEND owes me hundreds of pounds for a holiday – and is refusing to pay me back.
She says she shouldn’t be expected to cough up because her plans changed during our fortnight away.
In short, she met a man on the beach on our third day in Spain. They fell instantly in lust, and she hardly spoke to us again.
If she wasn’t bonking him on the sands, she was back at his apartment drinking and partying with his mates.
Furious
Anytime we spotted her in a bar or club she almost pretended that she didn’t know us. One night she was dancing on a podium, and I waved. She batted me away because I was cramping her style. I was furious.
Now we’re back and she’s arguing because she only spent a few nights in our villa.
She didn’t eat much of our food and believes she shouldn’t have to pay for the cleaner because she didn’t make any mess.
I’m so angry because she was the one who badgered me to ask my uncle if his villa was free.
I was reluctant to approach him because he’s been so generous in the past, but he very kindly said that he had two weeks free at the end of August, but we’d have to pay “mates’ rates”. I relayed this to my pal, her cousin and another friend and we agreed to contribute £300 each, plus put cash in a kitty for a cleaner and supermarket shops.
I understand she was hardly with us, but that was her choice.
Where do I go from here when she can be stubborn and nasty?
JANE SAYS: Your friend clearly thinks she’s being very clever.
Having agreed to go on the holiday with you and two pals, she found a local Romeo. Instead of hanging out in your uncle’s villa, she chose instead to run around town with a new crowd.
Admittedly, she hardly used the property and didn’t join you for drinks or meals but that had nothing to do with you.
Has no-one told her that she behaved in an incredibly selfish and childish way?
She was fully entitled to enjoy a holiday romance, but who dumps all her friends for the best part of a fortnight?
Does she have any concept of loyalty or the importance of a pre-arranged plan? Four of you flew out, but only three of you hung out together and now she’s trying to get out of paying her share with the very flimsiest of excuses.
Shame on her. I suggest you add up everything she owes and send her the bill.
Tell her an agreement is an agreement, and you would never have approached your uncle if it wasn’t for her.
Is she broke? Does she need time to pay? Do you need to speak to other family members or even a solicitor?
Whatever happens, you can never trust her again because the only person she cares about is herself.