Okay y’all...

So 2 girls I work with (we’ll call them M & S) & myself planned a beach trip in March for September. I was on the phone with M while booking the trip & told her what the deposit would be & she says, “Oh! Can we put that on my credit card so I can get my rewards & y’all can just pay me back whatever the total is divided by 3?” — I checked with S & she said that was fine. So that’s what we did. Okay so the deposit divided by 3 came out to $58 per person. I paid M my $58 & S paid her $58 plus an extra $32 (just to start covering the rest of the trip) so S paid $90 total. Okay M is married & her husband makes very good money (he’s an engineer) but even if I didn’t know that in advance, she never fails to remind us. She’s always bragging about how she doesn’t even need to work, how she forgets when our pay day is because she’s not that strapped for money, etc — S & myself are single, I solely rely on my income & do the best I can. S has children & relies on her income & that is all.

Fast forward here it is July & we’ve realized that with everything we all have going on, going to the beach probably isn’t best for any of us so M says she will cancel it. So she cancels it & says, “When I get the refund, I’ll give y’all your money back” — I had an issue with that because I* knew she put it on a credit card, it was a Chase credit card & when she got refunded, she wouldn’t technically get the money back anyway it would just go on her credit card. But I kept my mouth shut & said nothing. 2 weeks goes by & on a Thursday she texts us & says, “I got the refund, I won’t have time to go by the ATM between now & Sunday so I’ll get it to y’all Monday” — I also* had an issue with this because I know where she banks & where her house is & I have rode with her to the ATM & it is 5 minutes from her house & I know she wasn’t doing anything such as going away for the weekend because I had just spoke to her Friday & she told me she had no plans for the weekend. Here it is Monday & she texts us & says, “Hey, didn’t give myself enough time to go to the ATM this morning but I put a reminder in my phone & will get it to y’all at some point tomorrow!” — okay, now I’m beyond irritated. S calls me after she read the message in tears saying she was depending on that $90 for a bill & although I’m not in the financial distress S is, I too was depending on the $58 I had paid... it’s the principal of the thing, right? S doesn’t like to cause problems so I responded to the message & said, “I’m not trying to be a bitch but is there no way you can go on lunch? I was really depending on the money for something & needed it today” — M responds with, “Sorry, not sure if I’ll have time on lunch. Sometimes I do & sometimes not. I didn’t realize you were counting on it” ... advice please???? Or if you’d just like to vent along with me, feel free but I am livid!