I lent my friend £4k to help her out – now she’s blackmailing me & will only give it back if I let her LIVE with me
A WOMAN confessed to generously giving her friend a loan of £4k to help her get back on her feet.
But it didn’t go quite how she expected, now the friend will only give the money back if she can move in.
The user explained what happened on Mumsnet: “Two years ago I gave my friend a loan of £4k as she was in a precarious financial situation.”
It just so happened that she had plenty of savings to lend her friend because she’d moved home during the pandemic in a bid to eventually get on the property ladder herself.
She continued: “My friend has known my plan has always been to buy a house and use rent from housemates to cover the mortgage.
“I’ve lost a lot of respect for her as she has far exceeded the date we agreed that she would pay me back by.”
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The user confessed that she was shocked by the revelation that she’d only get her money back if she let her fried move in to the home she wanted to buy.
“There’s no way I want to live with her due to the way she has conducted herself,” she explained.
“But I really feel like she is blackmailing me.
“She has slagged me off to anyone who will listen and shared my every detail of finances to mutual friends.
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“I cannot afford to walk away from the money as I need to set up home with it.”
Other users were baffled that she lent so much money in the first place, one said: “She’s not a friend, take her to court – the small claims process is meant to be relatively straightforward to do.”
Another quipped:” Christ she sounds awful!!!”