College life often teaches young people hard lessons about standing your ground.

For one young man, that lesson came after his irresponsible friend sold his car for concert tickets and then demanded free rides every morning.

But when he decided to stop getting taken advantage of, his friend started laying hard on the guilt trips.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

AITA for refusing to drive my friend to class every morning after they sold their car to buy a EDC tickets?

I have a friend who goes to the same university as me, but we live in different neighborhoods about 30 minutes apart. Up until recently, we both drove ourselves.

Last month, my friend decided to sell his car to buy EDC tickets and some merch for his favorite DJ. I thought it was kind of impulsive, but it’s his money though.

This week, he started asking me to drive him to class every morning.

At first, he has no problem going along with this to help his friend out, but it soon turned into a burden.

I didn’t mind giving him a ride once or twice when it was on the way, but then it turned into an everyday expectation.

My friend calls me every night to make sure I’m still picking him up.

So when he tried to ease up on giving the rides, his friend wasn’t understanding at all.

Last night he called me again, and when I hesitated, he didn’t seem to get it.

He even said, “Well, you’re driving there anyway, it’s not that big of a deal.”

But to him, it really was a big deal.

But here’s the thing—picking my friend up isn’t just a small detour. It adds about an hour to my round trip, and I end up rushing to find parking and settle before class.

Also, he’s not offering to share any money for the gas.

So finally he sets his friend straight and his friend starts guilting him.

So I told him directly that I can’t be his daily driver, especially since I have my own schedule and part-time job to juggle.

My friend just kept saying, “It’s not cool, bro, not cool.”

He reminds his friend just how careless he’s been with his own money, which only escalates the tensions between them.

I reminded him that selling his car to buy EDC tickets was also not cool if he can’t afford it, and it’s not my responsibility to cover for that. Then he cut off the call while I was still talking.

I don’t think I’m in the wrong here. I just want him to be responsible and not use me as his daily driver.

AITA?

No one likes a moocher.

What did Reddit think?

The least his friend could do is offer him a proper thank you.

This user can’t overestimate just how not in the wrong this person is.

Maybe this friend isn’t being completely honest about why he can’t drive.

Here are a few things this commenter would say if they were in this situation.

There’s a fine line between being helpful and being taken advantage of, and this friend is walking all over it.

His friend’s poor choices shouldn’t have to become his responsibility.

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