A WOMAN has split opinions after confessing that she was left furious after finding out her ‘broke’ friend was secretly rich after forking out for her.
The story was discussed on the Glaswegian podcast Girls Overheard after she sent in an anonymous message.
The frustrated woman explained that she had paid for her pal to come to events and nights out under the impression that she couldn’t afford it.
But she was left gobsmacked when her friend later announced she was buying a house after managing to save £30,000 for a deposit.
The message explained that she was annoyed that her friend let everyone believe she had no money and pay for her, rather than being honest about saving some cash.
The story left the girls divided after the woman shared the details of the situation.
Co-host Eilidh Wells read out the anonymous message on the show which said: “Girls, I’ve got a dilemma with a friend.
“She’s always moaning about the price of things – every time we hang out with her it needs to be something free or she won’t come.
“She’s also quite happy to let me pay for things regularly and would never offer to pay me back, but if it was the other way around she would be chinning me if I owed her £2.
“I even paid for her to come to a friend’s hen weekend because she said she couldn’t afford to go.
“Annoying, but understandable if she’s struggling for money and we all just accept that’s how she is.
“However, last week we were at my pal’s chatting about houses etc and she tells us that she’s almost got a deposit together for her first house – over £30,000.
“None of us have even got close to saving that amount of money, probably because we’re footing her bill half the time.
“Is it bad that I’m so angry she’s been pleading property this whole time and letting us think she needs help from us?”
Co-host Lauren Kerr jumped to the friend’s defence, saying: “Well, she’s not ‘pleading poverty’, she’s saving for a house, and more fool you if you’re paying for it.
“She’s saving for something so she is being tight with her money.”
But Ash Reid argued: “But she’s not being open about that, she’s not said, ‘Aw, I’m really, really skint because I’m saving for a deposit for a house.’
“She’s basically pleaded poverty, her pals have felt sorry for her, took pity on her, they wanted to keep her involved in things by being pure good pals – to their detriment because they want to be a good friend and know that it’s probably a temporarily financial struggle.
“And actually, she’s turned around and went, ‘Oh, I’ve managed to get all this money together.'”
Lauren answered: “But if they think she’s struggling, why are they not speaking to her about it? For her then to go, ‘I’m saving for a house’.”
Eilidh then jumped in: “I don’t think you would.”
But Lauren explained: “If my friend was struggling, I’d be like, ‘Is everything ok? What’s happening, what’s going on?’.”
Eilidh replied: “See if someone said to me, ‘I’m skint the now, I can’t afford to do that,’ I wouldn’t be like, ‘Why are you skint?'”
Ash added: “I would never, that’s pure personal. It’s almost like a ‘you will tell me if you want me to know’ thing.”
Lauren said: “I don’t know, I just think it works both ways, I think if you’re footing the bill for her and you know what she’s like, that’s on you.”
But Ash argued: “But how can your friend do that to you, knowing fine well that they’ve actually got £30,000 in the bank and they’re choosing not to spend it on things like going to your friends’ hen?”
Fans were also divided as they flocked to the comments to share their thoughts on the situation.
One person said: “When she buys a house she’ll have her pals round constantly”.
But another posted: “I would be raging I get she’s being tight but if someone said to me they’re skint it’s because of bills etc not because they have £30,000 in the bank”.
Someone else argued: “Nah you just wouldn’t go to something if you couldn’t/wouldn’t pay. Borrowing cash when you’ve got your own is a slap in the face.”
A fourth commented: “If she’s let them believe she’s skint and let them take pity on her then she’s a bad friend”.
While a fifth pointed out: “If I’m offering to pay, that’s on me – it doesn’t matter what my friend has in the bank. She was saving for a home not a holiday.”
