“A few days later, he messaged me to say the Airbnb that we had booked had cancelled on us and our money was being refunded. I asked him if it would be alright if he could send me my chunk of the money back and the group could rebook another airbnb that would accommodate a smaller group; He said yes.
He texted me again a while later, saying there were only expensive airbnb’s left and they needed my chunk of the money to help everyone afford the more expensive place. “Sorry we need the money so I can’t give it back”. He also said that I had bailed on everyone and left everyone in a tight spot so I was expected to do this and I was “already okay with my money burning so me paying would be the lesser evil compared to making everyone else pay even more”
I was very confused with the very sudden switch in tone. I told him me bailing wasn’t a problem for anyone until he decided it was; That what he was trying to do felt opportunistic because he wouldn’t have asked me to resend him my money to pay for them, had the money been refunded to my account and not his. I told him I was in fact okay with my money burning in the context of someone else going in my place (I’ve been on the receiving end of not having to pay someone back for a holiday before and I would like to return the favour when I can) and just keeping my promise with the stuff we had already booked previously. But he had taken the offer I had made in a very specific context and manipulated that to serve his own whims, and I said this disturbed me and I was mostly looking for an apology.”
Author: Kayitsi.com
