Get It Off Your Chest - My Friend Never Pays Me Back on Nights Out – What Do I Do?

On Get It Off Your Chest, listener Amy has a friendship dilemma that’s starting to cost her a fortune. Her friend wants to go out every weekend for dinner, drinks and taxis, but Amy has realised she’s not just paying for her own night – she’s regularly covering her friend too! From promised Revoluts that never arrive to rounds that are never returned, Amy can’t afford to keep funding their weekends. She’d happily swap expensive nights out for a takeaway at home, but how does she tell her friend it’s time to start paying her own way without making things awkward between them?