Already a reneger and still want to be proud

I don't see anything wrong with myself, if it were everyone else, would they suffer in silence?

I am 30 years old and am a programmer for a large IT company.

My monthly salary is about 35 million, maybe people will think that salary is high, but it sounds like that, actually my wife does not work, she is a housewife so she does not have a salary, I have to pay for several types of insurance at once, shouldering all the expenses in the family.

I have a son and a daughter, and have bought a house and a car. However, with a salary of 35 million for 4 people living in the city for 1 month, it is quite tight, not to mention raising children is extremely expensive.

Tuition fees, electricity and water bills, gas and travel expenses... all kinds of money, all kinds of pressure weigh heavily on my shoulders, so I absolutely do not dare to spend lavishly.

Taking advantage of the weekend off, my wife and children drove back to the countryside to play. After being busy all year round in the city, returning to the countryside finally gave me a feeling of relaxation and healing. I considered it a short vacation, recharging my batteries before returning to the city to continue fighting.

Yesterday in the high school class chat group, everyone was talking excitedly, someone said they finally saw me go back to my hometown.

We haven't seen each other for ten years. Tomorrow night, everyone will get together and reminisce about old times. Most of my class stayed in their hometown to make a living. Only a few like me work in the city, so it's easier for everyone to meet each other.

So, as the class monitor, I wrote a group meeting notice, called everyone to come, and then counted the list.

In the end, a total of 22 people agreed to participate, including a man named Quan who brought his girlfriend, so there were 23 people in total.

Then we discussed in the group again to decide on the restaurant, the time is 8pm.

We booked 2 tables in a large private room. After discussing, I wrote another notice of time and location in the group. The next night, I arrived the earliest to wait and check everyone's attendance.

Old classmates came one by one, Quan was the last to arrive, the first to shake hands, greet and chat with his friends.

About 30 minutes later, Quan's girlfriend arrived, and then we officially started the party. The dishes were served, the wine was poured, and the whole meal was very fun and lively.

Everyone came to toast my old class monitor, Quan, and asked me what my job was. I honestly reported it. Quan said he admired me for living in the city, buying a house and a car, and having my children go to school in the city. I just smiled and said nothing.

The party ended around 10pm. I was the one who organized the meeting so I was the one who paid the bill.

The bill was 15 million, divided among 23 people, each person got about 650 thousand. Everyone transferred the money to me and sent me a confirmation bill photo in the group or in a private message. I also saw Quan's bill, but there were many people at that time so I didn't pay attention. When I got home and calculated the total, I realized it was 650 thousand short.

I checked again and found out that the missing part was from Quan's girlfriend, that guy only transferred one person's part.

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So I immediately texted Quan: "You and your girlfriend are two people, the total is 1,300,000 VND, I just received 650 thousand, still need 650 thousand more to be enough, please transfer it back to me."

But the message was sent for a whole day without any reply, so I had to text again, but Quan said that his girlfriend was not a classmate, and that adding a girlfriend to the meal was not worth much, then blamed me for miscalculating, who would collect money from someone else's girlfriend like that, it should have only counted the total of 22 people, 22 people would be 680 thousand each, Quan transferred me an additional 30 thousand, the rest I told me to collect from the others.

Hearing this, I said to him directly: “Our class agreed to divide the money based on the number of people. The other students do not know your girlfriend, so why do they have to pay for her? Moreover, you also said you would pay for your girlfriend. Everyone transferred 650 thousand to me. Now you want me to ask the remaining 20 students for 30 thousand each?”

Quan said: “Class monitor, I see you don’t lack money, your salary is so high. If you don’t want to ask everyone for money, then just count it all as your own share!”

This is when I got really annoyed. I gave him face, not texting him in the class group to ask for money but texting him privately, and yet this guy still acted like a jerk.

We had agreed to split the money equally, but he still went back on his word. I went straight into the group and mentioned Quan's name, then sent a message: "Yesterday's class reunion was very fun, thank you everyone for your active participation. For now, Quan hasn't paid all the money for the meal. After Quan reads this message, please send me back the money!"

Attached was a screenshot of our texting history sent to the group. After reading it, everyone immediately exploded, criticizing why Quan did that.

A few minutes later, I received a transfer of 650 thousand from Quan. He even blamed me. He didn't expect me to be that kind of person. I had a few hundred thousand but acted like I was really short of money, to the point of sending it to the class group to embarrass him.

There were also people in the group who said that this should be resolved privately, and that it would not be good to bring it up in public, and that I was being too rigid in my handling of it. But I didn't see anything wrong with myself. If it were everyone else, wouldn't everyone suffer in silence? Also, I had resolved it privately first, but it wasn't effective, so I had to do it this way.

Furthermore, two people went together but only paid for one person's share, this clearly shows that person's character is questionable, just spending a few hundred thousand can see a person's character, it's too worthy.

If you associate with this kind of person, you will only suffer in the future. Organizing a party is a waste of time and effort. If you meet this kind of person, what should have been a happy party will turn into a bitter and unpleasant one. No matter whose money it is, it is very precious. It doesn't come naturally, don't you agree?

Selfish and fickle people should not expect to have dignity.

Source: https://giadinh.suckhoedoisong.vn/after-the-hop-lop-toi-nhan-tin-doi-tien-con-thieu-thi-bi-ban-hoc-mang-mot-tran-toi-tam-mat-mui-da-lat-long-con-doi-si-dien-172250311190646062.htm