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LW has a real wimp for a friend
As the LW admitted, the guy had other options--and found them. You don't have to say yes to someone asking a favor just because you're first on their speed-dial.
It's not like this was a matter of life and death--this was a matter of his comfort and convenience versus hers. To hold a grudge against someone because they don't do you a favor is the mark of an emotional manipulator.
(Although, if the friend had called back in a few hours and said "hey, look, I have no one else to call, and it's getting down below fifty in here--can I crash on your couch?" well, then, it's become an emergency and you should have him over. But at the point when he asked, it sounded like he just wanted a warm place to watch TV. )