u/AwarenessSweaty1940

My friend is wanting to celebrate her birthday in France this year. It’s going to cost me around $5K for my flights, spending, housing, etc. Because I am spending a decent amount, there are certain things I want to do in France. I saw some tours I wanted to attend, and get me a massage a couple of times. I told my friend this, and she is blowing up, saying I am making the trip about myself and not her for her birthday.

I told her, her actual birthday can be 100% about her, but the other 7 days I want to do activities that I enjoy as well. She claims that the trip is mainly about her and I am always being difficult and she is always having to move things around for me. I told her we don’t have to do everything together in France, we can do a few activities alone and just meet up.

She swears that this trip is about her and if she was doing a trip for her friend she would do everything they wanted to do. Mind you, we are staying in the same hotel room AND flying together.

Am I being selfish? I am spending hella money, taking time off work, and moving my school schedule around to attend. I refuse to make my vacation completely about her, especially when I am covering all of my own expenses.

My return time for my turo was 12:30 with a 30 minute grace period. I was returning to the airport, so that takes a little time. I got it in the airport garage at 1:09 and “checked out” on the turo app at 1:17pm. The host charged me $40.00 for returning late. I cleaned and washed the car for him as a courtesy, I returned the car cleaner than it was when I got it. It was so clean he could literally give it to someone else without having to do a single thing to it. I also received the car 30+ minutes late at pick up, because his workers were late dropping the car off, so me and my dog were just in the garage, looking crazy.

Mind you, the oil needed to be changed, the registration sticker was expired, and I had to pay to plug the tire!

I just feel like it was such a slap in the face, and he refuses to reply to my messages or cancel the invoice.

Please note, he is the only person I have rented from on Turo and he praises me on how good his car looks when I return them.