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Shouldn't have invited him: "It's as if they didn't realize that everyone saw them stealing the equipment."

Shouldn't have invited him: "It's as if they didn't realize that everyone saw them stealing the equipment."
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Have you ever regretted inviting a friend on vacation, to a restaurant, or to your home? Our witnesses did, and they have bitter memories of it. In the third episode, Soraya regrets inviting two squat buddies to her photography school's swanky party.
"Suddenly, Marko and Vesna start stealing equipment, computers, cameras. It's a scene from a movie!" (Photomontage Libération/Getty Images)

Between the friend you invite on vacation who turns out to be rude, the friend you lend your couch to as a last resort and who stays longer than expected, or those you invite to a party who make a mess... Sometimes, we regret our generosity. This week, Libé tells you stories where our witnesses really said to themselves: "you shouldn't have invited him." Today, Soraya (1), 43, a funeral director in Val-d'Oise, recalls two old friends who put her in uncomfortable situations several times.

“At that time, I was around 25 years old and living in a self-managed space, a queer squat, in Lyon. During an activist action, I met a Croatian couple, Marko and Vesna (1), who had been kicked out of all the places where they squatted because they were heroin addicts. I convinced my collective to welcome them, because it’s all well and good to have ideals, but if it’s just to leave people on the streets, it’s pointless.

"The three of us get along very well, we steal from department stores, they are very eccentric. He

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