They've gone back on their word and still want to save face.

I don't see anything wrong with myself. If it were anyone else, would they just silently endure the injustice?

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

My monthly salary is around 35 million VND. People might think that's a high salary, but while it sounds impressive, my wife doesn't work; she's a stay-at-home mom and doesn't earn a salary. I have to pay for several types of insurance at once and shoulder all the household expenses.

I have a son and a daughter, and we've bought a house and a car, but with a salary of 35 million VND a month for four people living in the city, it's still quite tight, not to mention the incredibly expensive cost of raising children.

Tuition fees, utility bills, transportation costs... all sorts of expenses and pressures weigh heavily on my shoulders, so I absolutely dare not spend wastefully.

Taking advantage of the weekend off, my wife and children drove back to our hometown for a visit. After a year of being busy and stressed out in the city, returning home finally gave me a sense of peace and healing. It was like giving myself a short break to recharge before returning to the city to continue the fight.

Yesterday, in our high school class group chat, everyone was excitedly talking, with some saying they finally saw me back home.

It's been ten years since we last met, so let's all get together tomorrow night for a get-together and reminisce about old times. Most of my classmates stayed in our hometown to build their careers, only a few like me work in the city, so it's easier for everyone to meet up.

So, as class president, I wrote a class reunion announcement in the group, inviting everyone to come, and then compiled a list.

In the end, a total of 22 people agreed to participate, including one person named Quan who brought his girlfriend, making a total of 23 people.

Then we discussed it in the group again to decide on the restaurant, and the time was 8 PM.

We reserved two tables in a large private room. After discussing it, I wrote another announcement about the time and place for the group, and the next evening I arrived earliest to wait and take attendance.

The old classmates arrived one by one, Quân being the last to come. He was the first to greet them warmly, exchanging pleasantries and catching up.

About 30 minutes later, Quân's girlfriend arrived, and only then did we officially begin the party. The food was served, the wine was poured, and the whole meal was very enjoyable and lively.

Everyone came to toast me, their former class president. Quân asked what my profession was, and I honestly told him. Quân said he admired me for living in the city, being able to buy a house and a car, and having my children go to school there. I just smiled and didn't say anything.

The party ended around 10 PM. Since I organized this gathering, I was also the one paying the bill.

The bill was 15 million VND, divided among 23 people, so each person paid about 650,000 VND. Everyone transferred the money to me and sent me a picture of the receipt as confirmation in the group or in private messages. I also saw Quân's receipt, but there were so many people around at the time that I didn't pay attention. When I got home and calculated the total, I realized I was short 650,000 VND.

I checked again and discovered that the missing part was from Quân's girlfriend; that name only transferred the portion for one person.

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So I immediately texted Quan: "You and your girlfriend are two people, the total is 1,300,000 dong. I've only received 650,000 dong so far, I still need another 650,000 dong to make it up. Please transfer the rest to me."

However, after a whole day of sending messages without a reply, I messaged again. But Quân said his girlfriend wasn't a classmate, and that her food and drinks weren't worth much. He then blamed me for miscalculating, saying that no one should charge extra for someone's girlfriend like that. He said it should only be the total for 22 people, which is 680,000 VND per person. Quân transferred an extra 30,000 VND to me, and told me to collect the rest from the other students myself.

Hearing this, I said directly to him, "Our class reunion agreed to split the bill equally among everyone. The other students don't know your girlfriend at all, so why should they pay for her? Besides, haven't they already said they would pay for her? Everyone has already transferred 650,000 VND to me. Now you're telling me to go and demand 30,000 VND from the remaining 20 people?"

Quân said, "Class monitor, I can tell you're not short of money at all, with such a high salary. If you're not going to go and collect the money from everyone, then just keep it all for yourself!"

This is where I'm really annoyed. I gave him face by not asking for the money in the class group chat but sending a private message instead, and yet this guy is still being so evasive.

We had agreed to split the bill equally, but he went back on his word. So I went straight to the group chat, mentioned Quân's name, and sent a message: "Yesterday's class reunion was great, thank you for everyone's active participation. Quân still hasn't paid for the meal. Quân, please send me the money after you read this message!"

Along with that, a screenshot of our message history was sent to the group, and everyone who read it immediately exploded with anger, criticizing Quân for doing such a thing.

A few minutes later, I received a transfer of 650,000 dong from Quan. He even scolded me, saying he couldn't believe I was that kind of person, acting like I was desperately short of money over just a few hundred dong, even sending it to the class group chat to embarrass him.

Some people in the group said this should be resolved privately, that bringing it up in public wasn't a good idea, and that I was being too rigid. But I don't see anything wrong with what I did. If it were anyone else, wouldn't they just suffer in silence? Besides, I tried resolving it privately before, but it didn't work, so I had to do it this way.

Furthermore, two people going together but only paying for one person's share clearly indicates a questionable character. Just a few hundred thousand dong is enough to reveal a person's character; it's quite fitting.

Associating with such people will only harm you later on. Organizing a party is also a time-consuming and laborious undertaking; encountering people like that can turn a joyful celebration into a bitter and unpleasant one. No matter whose money it is, it's valuable and not something you get for free, right?

Selfish and deceitful people should not expect to have any dignity.

Source: https://giadinh.suckhoedoisong.vn/sau-buoi-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