My fault. I'm too soft.
This makes me think…

Once, during student days, I’d agreed to go ‘halves’ on a pizza with a (then) mate during a night of video games and weed. The pizza gets delivered – I pay. We continue with the games and the weed and we start eating.

He throws a whitey.

The following day, I suggest he owes me three quid for half the large pizza, which, given it cost six quid in total seemed fair to me.

He’s having none of it. Because he’d only eaten 3 slices (of the 4 he was allocated) he claimed he needed to think about what was fair. I pointed out – quite rightly – that his last slice was still in the box it was delivered in and happened to be in the same place in the living room where we’d left it. I also pointed out that in addition to the reasonably requested three quid, he’d also vommed on the carpet and muggins here had to clean it up AND I’d provided the green we consumed.

He mulled this over – and lets be honest, someone clearing up YOUR sick is surely worth 3 quid – he said, ‘tell ya what, why don’t we call it two quid and you can have that last slice’

Turns out, he wasn’t a ‘poor’ student at all, in fact, mummy and daddy game him a generous allowance every month – and they paid for his accommodation.

What he stood to gain from this sort of behaviour was lost on me. Looking back, in addition to being a tightwad, he was also a cunt. I remember when I was trying to get closer to a girl I’d be fawning over for months and generally trying to impress and he thought it would be a great-laugh to tell her all manners of fibs to put her off, claiming that if she really liked me, she’d still go out with me anyway. Despite the fact that no one we knew thought he was being funny.

I think I’m destined to be one of life’s victims.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 13:56, 4 replies)

Oh deary me!!
No you're not! You know where you went wrong with this one, you can learn from it, most people are ok really.. doesn't mean you're doomed!
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 14:03, closed)

Yup, learn from it
and next time get the 3 quid up front.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 14:46, closed)

you're no victim
You just got rid of a bit of a tosser. Result.
(muzzvsworld, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 6:18, closed)

^ Positive reframe!
At least these shitty things help us sort out the wheat from the chaff - that's how I look at it anyway.
(cherrynicola, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 20:36, closed)