He's already starting to avoid me.......
*edit* There is only one thing I could do, and it would most likely p*ss him off so very badly that he would then want to screw me over and send a link to this thread to his future wife
Excuse me Qaz, but I am going to say what I think here.
Your responses and choices are those of a fearful boy, not a man of courage and self respect.
This lesson is your opportunity to grow your 8alls, courage determination, balance your yin with some serious yang.
Reading through this thread is like watching someone paralysed with fear.
Directing your mate to this thread, or his fiance is BS. That's scaredy cat kid in a school playground thinking.
That this guy is starting to avoid you confirms what I said in my last post. He is a weak character. And this is where you have your in to get your money back.
The more he tries to avoid you, the more you get in his face. You have to be a pebble in his shoe.....nay, a stone.
You have to make him uncomfortable. He likes comfort. He likes compulsive spending. This guy is as weak as they come, and the only tactic that will work with goons like this is a full frontal assault.
Don't go the indirect route through his finance. Get in his face every day. Phone him. Be on his front door every second day. At social events. Keep bringing it up. Don't let him try to erase you from his mind.
He is not your mate. He disrespects you, and wants you to disappear.
If it isn't clear by now, your friendship with him is over. He has chosen that.
I am not reading this thread anymore. You have had enough of other people's attention and sympathy to wake you up. If you choose to keep doing more of what you've done (being a naive boy), then you don't deserve to get the money back. You will also very likely walk away having not grown, and you will most certainly get walked on again.
Get in touch with your 8alls Qaz. The universe will support you in taking that leap into the dark.