I lent my friend a $10K Chanel bag and she DESTROYED it with tteokbokki sauce

okay so this happened a month ago and I'm still fucking shaking. I'm about to tell you how a 10+ year friendship died over a designer bag and ended up in literal court. like I genuinely cannot believe this was my life.

So my best friend from high school (we're talking a DECADE of friendship) hits me up all nervous asking if she can borrow my Chanel Classic bag. just for one day. for a blind date. she says her bags are all beat up and she's embarrassed. and look, I get it, but this bag wasn't just some random purchase. it was a reward to MYSELF. I spent five years at my job not buying shit I wanted, not eating the food I craved, just saving. the bag cost over 10 million won (like $7-8K USD minimum). so I was hesitant. but she literally grabbed my hands and BEGGED, swearing on her life she'd take care of it and return it the next day.

I'm weak. I gave it to her.

next day? RADIO SILENCE. she doesn't read my texts, won't pick up the phone. I'm losing my mind. literally a full day passes like this. finally on day 2 she shows up at my house and hands me the bag with this weird... confident expression? like??? and the MOMENT I look at it I went cold.

THERE ARE RED SAUCE STAINS ALL OVER IT.

Obviously tteokbokki sauce. the beige lambskin leather is absolutely SOAKED. it's everywhere. like someone threw it directly at the bag.

I'm freaking out, asking what the hell happened, and she has the AUDACITY to get annoyed with me. says she went for late night snacks after the date and "it just splashed a little" and why am I being so dramatic about it??? she's acting like a dry cleaner can just fix a leather bag like it's a stain on a shirt.

I'm trying to explain that this is serious, the leather might need to be replaced, the bag's value is destroyed, and then she says something that absolutely broke my brain.

"honestly is it even real? where'd you get that anyway, Dongdaemun? looks fake to me. I thought you were just trying to show off to your friends when you borrowed it to me. it's fake anyway so just wipe it and use it. or I'll give you 50,000 won (like $35 USD) and you can go buy another one at the market."

I literally felt something snap inside me. like the entire 10 years just collapsed.

I dragged her to the department store where I bought it. she was still laughing at me the whole way. but when the employee pulled up my purchase history and showed her the authenticity report and the repair estimate? her face went WHITE. the employee starts explaining the full leather replacement cost, how long it'll take, how much value is lost even after repair, and this girl's lip starts SHAKING.

she leaves the store, suddenly switches up, grabs my arm, starts crying, telling me she was having a breakdown and didn't have money and could I just forgive her. that's not how apologies work sis. I was DONE. sent her a formal demand letter. not just the repair cost. damages for the time I couldn't use the bag, emotional distress from the deception and humiliation. everything.

her PARENTS showed up at my house. actually screamed that I was ruining their daughter's future over "just a bag." I called the cops. didn't say a word.

the court sided with me. I got the full repair cost PLUS damages for the value loss.

she ended up taking out loans and working part-time gigs to pay me back. spread rumors that I'm some money-obsessed psycho who betrayed her best friend. but everyone who actually knew the full story ghosted her immediately.

the bag still isn't 100% even after repairs. but whatever. at least I cut out the most toxic person in my life. someone who turned kindness into entitlement. someone who got caught lying and instead of owning it, she tried to gaslight me into thinking I was the problem.

so if you've got people in your life who treat your generosity like it's their right? friends, partners, family, doesn't matter. cut them loose. being nice to people without integrity is just poison.

I'm not gonna lie, sometimes I see someone carrying a similar bag and it stings. but now I can laugh about it. my mind's solid now. and I'm building something better for myself with the compensation money.

anyway yeah. that's the story. hope you learned something from my pain lol.