"I am unemployed right now, so I try to be mindful of my expenses and always account for my necessities first. My friend reached out and invited me to a private dinner party at her home and requested $200 for attendance. That would cover the cost of the private chef and some other things. I couldn't spend that kind of money on a party. I explained to her that I could not afford to be there, and since then, she's been cold."
"My teenage daughter is upset with me because I told her she couldn't go to a concert with her friends. The show is in a nearby city, and while she insists everyone else's parents are letting them go, I don't feel comfortable with her being out so late in such a large, unsupervised crowd. She's 15, and the concert would end well past midnight. When I told her no, she burst into tears and accused me of not trusting her."
A person on unemployment declined a friend's invitation to a private dinner after the friend requested $200 to cover a private chef and other costs. After explaining inability to attend, the friend became cold, replied slowly, and began questioning personal expenditures, causing discomfort. Advice urged stopping appeasement, focusing on personal life, refusing to justify spending, ceasing attempts to talk, and expecting an apology for pressure to overspend. Separately, a parent denied a 15-year-old permission to attend a late, unsupervised concert for safety reasons; the teen reacted with tears, accusations, door-slamming and resentful behavior, leaving the parent feeling like the bad guy while trying to protect her.
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