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betrayed by my friends
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hi, this is very long. so i'm really sorry. i also hope ive posted this in the right place as i would hate to annoy people with my 1st post. that wouldn't be a great start.
basically, i lived in a student house with 4 people that i called my friends and trusted deeply. i guess i enjoyed the lifestyle and freedom i had. the 1st poblem came when i was the only one that bothered to put my name on the bills. i didnt think too much about it as they were my friends and i thought it would be ok...
however when we got our 1st bill sent through, which was close to £1000, everyone said they couldnt afford to pay. very quickly this lead to letters from balifs and eventually i was forced to pay the entire bill myself.
i guess the most painful part is that none of them saw this as a problem. none of them cared that i had sacraficed so much for them and they made me feel like a greedy, heartless person for expecting to be repaid.
i gave them other money loans for food etc.. but they also stole from me, one "friend" took MY credit card on a night out, they took food from my cupboard, broke into my bedroom and let people sleep in my bed when i wasnt there!
i left the house, depressed and penniless and took 2 months off uni. sadly, my "friends" took this time to tell everybody else on our course that i had "gone off the rails" and was basically a nasty character.
ive since been cut out of any social life i had at the university.
so... right now, i am on the verge of leaving uni as i am so far behind with my work and i dont know how i can exist on a course with these people. how can i face everybody else on the course with whats been said about me? perhaps i should cut my losses and leave?
thanks for reading, sorry it was long. i'd appreciate any advice you have to offer for me.
thanks for your time :-)
xx
basically, i lived in a student house with 4 people that i called my friends and trusted deeply. i guess i enjoyed the lifestyle and freedom i had. the 1st poblem came when i was the only one that bothered to put my name on the bills. i didnt think too much about it as they were my friends and i thought it would be ok...
however when we got our 1st bill sent through, which was close to £1000, everyone said they couldnt afford to pay. very quickly this lead to letters from balifs and eventually i was forced to pay the entire bill myself.
i guess the most painful part is that none of them saw this as a problem. none of them cared that i had sacraficed so much for them and they made me feel like a greedy, heartless person for expecting to be repaid.
i gave them other money loans for food etc.. but they also stole from me, one "friend" took MY credit card on a night out, they took food from my cupboard, broke into my bedroom and let people sleep in my bed when i wasnt there!
i left the house, depressed and penniless and took 2 months off uni. sadly, my "friends" took this time to tell everybody else on our course that i had "gone off the rails" and was basically a nasty character.
ive since been cut out of any social life i had at the university.
so... right now, i am on the verge of leaving uni as i am so far behind with my work and i dont know how i can exist on a course with these people. how can i face everybody else on the course with whats been said about me? perhaps i should cut my losses and leave?
thanks for reading, sorry it was long. i'd appreciate any advice you have to offer for me.
thanks for your time :-)
xx
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people like them should be executed.
Don't let these bastards drive you out of uni. The world is full of people willing to take advantage of you, you just need to learn to expect it and guard against it. Most people I know who have flatted can tell stories like yours, the head tenant of my flat is a slimy bastard and I make sure I see every bill before I pay it.
What you should do is take them to court for the money owed to you. You will win as you can prove that the bills were in your name and they will not be able to provide proof of payment. You may not be able to prove you loaned them money for food, but you should get back what you can and be glad this lesson wasn't any more expensive than it was.
As far as the rumours go, that's tough. There isn't a whole lot you can do except find friends who will not abandon you so easily. Real friends would have come to you and asked what was going on when they heard you were "off the rails". Fuck 'em, the world's full of people and you don't need to surround yourself with trash. Make quality friendships with people of quality.
Maybe I'm pretty cynical from my experiences growing up but people have got to earn my trust, its never automatic and even then apart from my very good friends (who i've known lots of years) I rarely trust anyone!
You can still be a good person and a good friend without leaving the door open to get screwed over.... putting your name solely on the bill left that door wide open and unfortunately you get screwed and shit 1k is a lot of money!
Don't know if the lending money for food came after... if it did then that was pretty stupid, especially been a grand out of pocket already!
But like I started my post, your obviously a good person, maybe not so "street-wise" as they say, so just take this as a lesson, be careful with your money, if you lend someone a tenner ask when they will pay it back, if they don't pay you back on time then never lend to that person again....simples.
Don't quit Uni for them, the low-life aint worth it!