A mum has been left exhausted after a friend disappeared on a girls weekend to spend the night with a male friend - and left her to deal with a complete stranger... in Australia.
The woman asked for advice on social forum, Mumsnet, after she went away on a girls trip to Australia that had been in the works for months.
She left her husband to deal with the kids, and headed off to meet her friend - only to find out another woman she didn't know would be joining them.
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The friend then dropped the news that she would be sharing a blow-up mattress with the new woman, and she said she spent the night "literally spooning with a strange woman in a single bed".
And the night didn't end there - she got no sleep as the new friend was "hard work" and spent the evening showing her photos on her phone.
The mum was frazzled by this point, and ended up booking a hotel on her own to stay. She barely saw her mate, as she spent the night with a man - which was "funny at first but in the end was quite gross".
She asked users if she was being too fussy, as she anonymously wrote: "I’ve come to see a friend in Australia. Left my husband behind with the kids for what was supposed to be a really fab girls trip that we’ve been planning for months.
"At the last min, my friend told me another woman would be joining too. Totally fine for me, I get on with pretty much everyone.
"I arrived and my friend has one single bed and one blow up single mattress (she just moved in) between the three of us. I had to spend the first night literally spooning with a strange woman in a single bed.
"My friend (who I’ve come to visit) has met a man and has spend a lot of the trip locked up in her room with him.
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"The other woman is really hard work. I’m the most easy going person on the planet but I spent 2 hours in a single bed with her, while she showed me every photo on her phone."
After a night of literally no sleep, I’ve booked a hotel and gone there.
The woman continued: "I haven’t even seen my friend to tell her as she’s been hidden away with this man (very noisily too, which was funny at first but in the end was quite gross).
"All my belongings are in my friend’s room with her and this man. I’ve come to this hotel in my pyjamas with nothing but my handbag.
"I am the least confrontational person ever and so so easy going (even in this situation I’m not that annoyed, just tired).
"I’ve booked the hotel for the rest of the trip. I don’t want to share a single bed with a stranger. I am 42 and I earn great money. I can afford a hotel.
"I’m not sure what will happen when my friend finally emerges from her room though. She’s going to be offended, I’m sure. And there’s going to be an awkward conversation.
"Am I being fussy/princessy? I am just utterly exhausted."
Mumsnet users flocked to the woman's defence, and slammed her friend for leaving her in the lurch. One Mumsnet user wrote: "Whoa. That’s horrendous of your friend. Get your stuff and give it a few days grace.
"Hopefully she’ll come to you with an apology."
Another said: "What?! Your "friend" sounds like an ********.
"If she even DARES to mention that you've got a hotel, you should give her both barrels!
"I'd actually have to say something to her along the lines of 'I've come half way round the world to see you and you're prioritising a man over seeing me. It's not on'."
A third wrote: "I congratulate you for getting the **** out of there, even in your pyjamas, and securing yourself somewhere you can sleep alone!"
More comments read: "Of course you're not unreasonable. That's unbelievably ****** of your friend. How long is the trip?
"Can someone from the hotel go and get you some cheap supermarket clothes or something so you're not in PJs at least?"
Another added: "I don't blame you at all but am in awe at you checking into a hotel in your PJs, pure class."
One said: "Enjoy your hotel, go back and get your stuff when you can, enjoy your holiday!! Friend’s a ****."
And finally, one concluded: "Oh wow, I'm assuming this is a guy she can see any time?
"If so she's a really bad friend and I don't know how you've bitten your tongue and not had it out with her! You must be so disappointed."
What would you do in this awkward situation? Let us know in the comments.
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