This competitor thought driving his roommate to their shooting event each day was no big deal, until he watched his gas budget evaporate in week one.

With a broken roommate car and a long round-trip commute, he figured asking for a small contribution was reasonable.

But when the request was met with a flat “not gonna happen,” his patience snapped.
Before he knew it, their mutual friends were weighing in…and not on his side.

AITA to ask for gas money

A few months ago I was doing a two week long shooting competition. The drive was ~35 minutes there and back so a little over an hour in total, daily.

My roommate and I were both on the competition and his car was broken so he rode with me.

I realized during the first week just how much gas I was using and that it didn’t fit in my budget.

That’s never a fun realization.

I asked my roommate to spot 10 for gas and he gave a blunt “not gonna happen.”

The day I asked him was pretty long so I was already a little frustrated.

And after he was so blunt I told him to find another ride if he wasn’t able to at least help me a little bit.

Like, come on.

After shooting the next day some mutual friends called me over because he told them what happened.

They collectively told me I was an a****** to ask for gas money and that I need to be a “good roommate” and give him a ride.

We went back at forth, I realized I wasn’t in the mood to die on this hill, I apologized, then allowed him back in my car for the remainder of the competition. I personally don’t think I was an asshole, but most people say I was. So reddit, AITA?

Now he’s turning to Reddit to decide whether he stepped out of line, or just asked for basic courtesy.

This person has a lot of questions…

This person says everyone is in the wrong.

But this person says he was just being a good roommate and should be compensated for it…

Gas isn’t free, but apparently everyone expected his kindness to be.

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