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Turning 21 can feel forever away. Peer pressure makes it worse.
Especially when you’re 20.
So when her cousin asks for a duplicate ID, she hesitates.
The risks suddenly feel real.
See why saying no gets awkward.
AITA for not giving my younger cousin my ID
My younger cousin (20F) asked if I (21F) could get a duplicate of my driver’s license for her to use so she could go out to bars at her college campus.
This is very illegal.
I gave her my old vertical license because I already got my new horizontal one, but now it’s expired and she wants a new one for the upcoming school year.
At first I said I would do it. But after thinking about it more, I started feeling uncomfortable about it. I know it might not be super common for people to get caught using a borrowed ID, but it does happen, and I don’t want to get dragged into something that could get either of us in trouble. Plus my photo doesn’t even look like her.
Giving her a fake ID is a terrible idea.
I also brought up that she should be keeping her record clean because there’s some immigration stuff going on in her family and I don’t want some stupid stuff like this to ruin that.
She’s been kind of making me feel bad because she’s the only one in her friend group that’s not 21 and she was counting on me and some other stuff but idk.
AITA?
Not at all. It is a very bad idea to give someone an ID like this. They could get in trouble for using it, and this woman could get in trouble for supplying it.
Let’s see what the people in the comments say about it.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
This commenter is right.
This is a very serious crime.
She shouldn’t have given her the first one.
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This can’t be normal.
She initially agreed to help, but backed out after realizing a fake-ID setup could create legal trouble for both of them.
Her cousin was disappointed, but wanting to join friends at bars did not make the risk disappear.
Missing one bar year beats spending it explaining yourself to the DMV.