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Give the money back.

mrsconn23mrsconn23 member
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Dear Prudence,

Several months ago, my best friend gave my partner and me a generous financial gift to help us pay for our wedding. The wedding was later postponed due to the pandemic, and I haven’t even taken the cash out of its envelope. Now we’ve had a falling-out because he and my partner have had a protracted fight and he’s ended their friendship. Though I understand the feelings on both sides, I’m also hurt by the way my friend has been treating my partner. I’ve put our own friendship on pause indefinitely. The idea of using this money makes me sad now. He has no respect for my partner anymore, and he’s moving out of our shared apartment soon. Do I give him back this money? Do I talk to him about it? Leave a note? I don’t know what to do.

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    cupcait927cupcait927 member
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    The money was for a wedding and the wedding did not happen. You give the money back to your friend. Why is this a question for Prudie?
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    STARMOON44STARMOON44 member
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    Your wedding isn’t happening and he is no longer a friend. Obvi return the money. 
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    banana468banana468 member
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    cupcait927 said:
    The money was for a wedding and the wedding did not happen. You give the money back to your friend. Why is this a question for Prudie?
    This.   The fight is what makes this money returned rather than money sat on. 
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    short+sassyshort+sassy member
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    I am also very confused by this letter.  OF COURSE the LW and their FI need to give the money back!  I'm going to assume they already know that and their focus is more on how to do it without potentially being insulting.

    I would say something like, "Roommate, my FI and I were so grateful for this generous gift.  But, in light of what has happened, we want to return it to you."
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    charlotte989875charlotte989875 member
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    You should have returned it as soon as you had the falling out. 

    I disagree about giving it back due to postponing; if the wedding is still happening I think it would have been fine to keep it. But not after whatever fight happened. 
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    cupcait927cupcait927 member
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    charlotte989875 said:
    You should have returned it as soon as you had the falling out. 

    I disagree about giving it back due to postponing; if the wedding is still happening I think it would have been fine to keep it. But not after whatever fight happened. 
    That's a good point. The wedding could still happen, and most likely will. But yeah, after the fight, the money should've gone straight back to the friend.
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    downtondivadowntondiva member
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    charlotte989875 said:
    You should have returned it as soon as you had the falling out. 

    I disagree about giving it back due to postponing; if the wedding is still happening I think it would have been fine to keep it. But not after whatever fight happened. 
    This is how I see it. If it was just a matter of the wedding being rescheduled, I'd say to keep the money for then. But considering the falling out with this friend, I think it's safe to expect that they aren't going to be included in the wedding, whenever it does happen. That's the reason to return the money, not the postponement. 
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