“I Warned Them Multiple Times”: Person Called Out For Petty Revenge Against Friends

If umbrellas are so common to find/buy there, then why didn't they just stop to buy another one (or two)? Walking for 30 minutes in the rain because you don't want to stop to get yourself an umbrella is a lot different from doing so because your friend doesn't want to share...

This "correct response is not to acknowledge rain" thing is complete BS. The correct response is to put on a raincoat or use an umbrella ajd then go to the pub for a pint an complain about the weather. Umbrellas are very easy to come by in Japan. If they were anywhere urban during shop opening hours, it seems odd they couldn't get an umbrella. Anyway, I highly recommend an umbrella and waterproof shoes when traveling in Japan and rain is forecast. In England the rain tends to come in flurries or the air is just wet, so a raincoat usually does the job. Take your cue from the locals. Umbrellas are really common in Japan,l. In England l, still common but much less so.

This is nonsense. I'm English and used to carry an umbrella everywhere, and have one in the car. It's different when on holiday perhaps, but the British way isn't just to let your friends get wet. I call BS.

She is not only an AH but a b***h as well- she’s no friend

We seem to be missing the part where the friends ask or expect to be protected. The friends need to be taking ownership of their own needs, including protecting themselves from the elements. And I sincerely doubt in those 30 minutes there weren't multiple opportunities to for them to purchase an umbrella of their own. If they refused to do so under some misguided belief OP should give up their umbrella for the two of them, we'll, that's foolish.

Strange that a person like that has friends.

Rubbish, of course we acknowledge the rain! I lived in Manchester for 4 years, you couldn't ignore it !!!!

What's up with the constant reddit reposts lately?

YTA

this is fake I think for one simple reason the part about we are from England where we don't acknowledge the rain. Any brit or person who has lived here long enough knows that is a great British past time complaining about the weather.

Technically NTA due to the countless warnings and heads up, however, I think the lesson learned after a minute or two in the downpour and then invite her under the umbrella would have been a good compromise. This brings up a larger issue, some people just cannot look ahead and consider eventualities that would/could ruin an otherwise good experience. My wife is this way EVERY SINGLE TIME with her shoes. She'll wear the wrong type for the occasion and downplay what could unfold. Next thing you know it, blister on the back of the foot or cramp in the pinky toe, etc. My friend's wives are with us and they don't have any issues. Ever. The irony is she's smarter than all of them. Blows my mind.

First time, I would have let them get soaked a little, then help out. If they do not prepare next time after being warned, they're on their own.

Just pack an emergeny rain cape that requires next to zero space, if even a "Knirps" (this is a special type of collapsible umbrella of decent size) is too much of a hassle. Checking on the weather and prepare accordingly is a basic action. I live at the Dutch coast, tourists ask on Fb "what shall we pack for July/August?". Answer: Hot-weather and beach clothing AND at least 1 raincoat/storm-safe umbrella, 1 set of warm sweater&trousers/pants&socks&watertight, high ankle shoes. Temperature can plummet from 30 to 15 within minutes, and rain is to be expected daily. But ... why does OP feels the urge to take this to the internet? If your friend is constantly expecting that you drag all stuff along to cater for his needs, despite advice, NTA. If it was a one/off: That was not nice, even if understandable. OP knows that and does not need the world to point that out.

gotta love people insulting the author and in the same breath saying how unkind they are. you could have gotten an unbrella - you didnt. you could have listened to your friend - you didnt. sharing an umbrella always slows down a group and never fully covers two people. So its fine.

I had this happen to me in Italy. It looked like rain. I took a light weight Shaw and bought an umbrella. My travel companion REFUSED to consider either. She did not want to CARRY them. But when it started raining, she whined do much I have her my umbrella keeping the shawl. She whined excessively. A gave in and gave my shawl over too. Then she got angry when I dropped on the floor at our hotel!

I would say YTA, but... If she relented immediatly, the friends would not learn anything. If she gave in after, all it would do was end up with Her soaked too, because sharing an umbrella, evento one big, will end with both persons wet

No one mentioned the fact that when you share an umbrella, you keep bumping into each other and you end up getting wet besides. But everyone here is an 🫏🕳️: her for not telling them upfront that when it rains, she’s not gonna share (because bumping/getting wet), and the friends for being dopes who don’t grab themselves a cheap umbrella and instead count on her bail them out and to hafta deal with bumping/getting wet because they didn’t plan ahead and were too cheap to spend the buck (er, yen).

I lived in the PNW and we ignored the rain too. I had a raincoat but there was a saying up there that only the weak and tourists used umbrellas. That said, I would never deny a friend space under the bumbershoot even after warning them. The OP is the AH.

She's right. They're stupid. For believing she's their friend.

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