‘I Thought We Were Friends,’ Woman Says After Coworker Asked For Her Bonus—Arguing She Spends Freely And Has No Kids, So She Doesn’t Need It
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Work friendships can be comforting—until they twist into something that makes you question everything. Like when someone asks for your bonus. Not because you skipped work. But because you don’t have children.
That’s exactly what happened to one woman, who posted her story to the r/EntitledPeople subreddit under the title: “My Coworker Asked Me to Give Her My Bonus Because I Don’t Have Kids—what should I do?”
At first, she laughed. It had to be a joke. But her coworker, a mom, was “deadly serious.”
“Her point was that I don’t have responsibilities and I always seem to be spending and just don’t seem to need it like she does,” the woman wrote. “And she does the same work as me anyway.”
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The request left her frozen in place — teabag midair — and reeling from what felt like a shocking betrayal.
“Now it just feels like she was waiting for the right moment to see what she could squeeze out of me,” she continued. “Or she’s literally a narcissist because in what world is it okay to ask someone else to do that?”
She described the exchange as “manipulative and almost bully-like…with how adamant she was in wanting it.”
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No Sympathy for the Mom
Commenters on the post didn’t hesitate to back the woman up.
“I would just obviously tell her no, and don’t lift a finger to help her or cover for her in the future,” one advised.
“She decided to bite the hand that feeds her—or in this case, the hand that has been covering her ass,” another wrote.
Others encouraged drawing firm boundaries and going to management if the behavior continues. “If she presses it, speak to HR or management,” one said. “You’re in the right here.”
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One commenter offered a professional but direct response: “That’s highly inappropriate and completely unprofessional of you to make that demand of me. You having children is not my responsibility.”
Many couldn’t believe the audacity of the ask. “Who does that and seriously expects the coworker to give them their money because they chose to have kids?” one asked.
The consensus was firm: friendship doesn’t justify financial manipulation, and parenthood doesn’t entitle you to someone else’s paycheck.
“You earned that bonus,” one user concluded. “She can manage her own life.”
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