Friend Owes Bridesmaid Money - Bachelorette

Since the event was for you, I’d suck it up and pay it but let the friend know that she now owes you.

I don't understand - Your friend bought her own drinks and now this BM wants her friend to pay her for them? That doesn't make an sense?

At the end of the day this is an issue between the two of them. You are not required to pay the BM back for another persons spending. Your BM either has to swallow it and eat that money or she has to continue to try and get in touch with this girl to get paid back. You aren't responsible for another person.

Not your problem. The BM that fronted the money should've known that this was a possibility. How much money are we talking?

I guess I would have a few things I would want to consider first. 1, Did I ask for the destination? 2. Did I ask for the friend to be added? 3. Was I aware that this friend may try to do something that causes another person to pay? 4. Can this be resolved without me, or should I be the one resolving this?
And then try and make a plan based on those answers. It seems odd that your friend ran up a tab at a destination place and then went MIA. It definitely doesn't bode well for the friendship. But I also wouldn't want my BM to take on an expense that I essentially created by asking for considerations for that other friend. Also, are we talking $50 or hundreds? At a certain point I would want receipts so legal action can be taken, but not if the sum isn't high enough to warrant that kind of effort. I hope it all gets resolved and with a minimum amount of stress for you. Also, I am sorry your friend has put you in this predicament.

Legal action over some drinks at a bach party?????????????????????????????????????

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I highly doubt that the bar tab was high enough to warrant legal action. That's a lot of drinks to equal needing to cough up the dough for a lawyer to recoup that amount. Even if the BM paid for the girl to have ten drinks thats like 50-60$ Max. Your legal bill will be three times that or more.

The BM needs to either suck it up and accept that sometimes when you front money people are crap and don't pay it back. It's on her to swallow the cost or continue to nag.

Even if OP asked for this friend to be invited she did not ask the BM to front that money for a few drinks at the bar. This has nothing to do with her and she really should have been left out of it.

I would say it is not your problem. They need to work it out between themselves. This is just silly and immature honestly. What kind of friends are these?

View Quoted Comment Hence the whole is it $50 or hundreds line. I am not sure where the destination was, but i spent $200 one night at a vegas destination bachelorette party because drinks are expensive, and I was young enough to think drinking lots of drinks was the fun thing to do.
Also, I am the type to feel responsible for things like this. So my considerations for whether or not to pay the bm may be different than others. If I were in this situation, I would be asking myself the questions above, which is the advice I gave.

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That's what my mom said. $60

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My mom said the same thing.

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Eh although it's not your responsibility, I'd prob just pay the $60 to make it go away.

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$60. This is very frustrating.

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Yeah, unfortunately this is a lesson for your BM. Hopefully they dont cause drama at your wedding over $60.

ETA: To prevent this i may just pay the $60 like LB said.

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Just tell your friend you are sorry but unfortunately you are not responsible for that amount. You will try one last time to reach out to the friend but after that it is up to her how she handles that attempting to get that money back. You are happy to give her the friends phone number but nothing beyond that. If she still insists I would offer to give her half but not the full amount.

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My mom thinks I should send her a text saying that "I'll pay the money though I don't think it should be my responsibility, and I don't want there to be bad blood between us".

This isn't your problem. It is however a lesson to your bridesmaid to not loan money you're unwilling to never get back

I dont understand why she thinks this is your fault. lol that blows my mind.

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I mean People's court maybe?

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I don't think she thinks it's my fault. I think she is just spending a lot of money right now (as am I, clearly), and doesn't want to be out the extra money and doesn't know what to do.

One of the best pieces of advice I've ever heard is that when you give someone money, you need to think of it as a gift, not a loan. I will never understand why, but so many people are bad about paying money back. Me? I'm always embarrassed if I forget my wallet or don't have enough cash when only cash is taken. I immediately hit an ATM and pay the loan back.