Drama. I hate it, but unfortunately it has presented itself again in a friendship that was damaged by some unforseen and unexplained instance a few years back when I first moved out.

Long story short, truck broke down Monday, instead of going to a local shop, friend advises to tow it to his garage (at home) and we will work on it there. So, after 'refriending' him several months back, it seems like a legit offer. I go buy the part, and all the tools I'll need to fix this (saving me about $150), we get ready to tackle it (new hub assembly), and he springs this on me.. "hey man, like i said if you can throw me $50 for doing this for you, i'd appreciate it."

Well here's my problem, he didnt say that from the get go, and its always been my understanding that if you help me, ill help you. If he had said that, I would have towed it to my house instead. The other thing is, he didnt really do much of the work.. other than supplying the floor jack and garage space, I used all my tools and even bought what he didnt have, and took everything apart myself. What he really only helped on was beating the hub base off the axle when it was rusted on, and that was a major joint effort.

Anyway, I bought him lunch after transferring the title out.. so should I argue over this ($50) or pay up and refuse any future offers for assistance? He's never pulled this before, and I have a feeling his fiance is behind this.

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i would pay up and call it quits on that.

 

Yeah, its real shady of him to do that and I can definitely use $50 elsewhere, but he put in his app for the fire department and will most likely be accepted.. and that will lead to worse drama if he injects his twists on people there.

 

pay up and walk away

 

fair enough

 

I'd say pay up and remember what kind of friend he is in the future.

 

How does him getting on the fire department effect you exactly?

 

Just like Ron Popeil says, pay it and forget him!

 

Also, if you feel like cutting ties, pay him the $50 in pennies.

 

That'll be 40 more people we'll have mutual contact with that he will be able to twist stuff on. I lost several friends when I moved out of his place because of the lies and deceitful stories he made up to tell people. That's who he is by nature, a story teller.

I've spent 8 months trying to earn the respect of the other volunteers, I don't want to have to defend myself on everything, so I feel I may have to scale back a bit and have the friendship be a little less involved.

I like this.