He Drives Himself to School Every Morning, But Refuses to Give His Neighbor a Ride Along the Way—And Now He’s Facing Pressure From Both Families to Explain Why
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Imagine living next door to a family who has a teenager that is your age, in your grade and goes to your school. If you had your driver’s license and started driving to school every day, would you give your neighbor a ride, or would you let him walk?
In this story, one teen is faced with this exact dilemma. He doesn’t really want to commit to giving his neighbor a ride to school every day, but he’s wondering if he should do it anyway.
Keep reading for all the details and to decide what you would do in this situation.
WIBTA if I didn’t give my next door neighbor rides to the same school as mine?
My next door neighbors have a son that is the same age as me. He also goes to the same school as me. We’re fairly friendly when we cross paths, but we’re not really friends.
Our school is about a 30 minute walk away. Not super far, but it is rather hilly.
Before I got my license I used to walk it too. Sometimes if we left at the same time we would walk together.
He still walks to school while OP drives.
Now that’s it’s been more than a year since I got my license I can drive other people too.
He probably knows this because he has seen me drive my friends to my house before.
Anyway last Friday he was running late and caught me as I was pulling out and asked for a ride.
I knew he would be late, so I said okay.
His mom asked for a favor.
Earlier today his mom talked to my mom about me giving him rides in the morning and said she would give me gas money for the year.
I don’t really want to even with the gas money.
I’m not totally comfortable with him. He’s a little odd.
I also want to be able to leave whenever I want. Sometimes I leave earlier just because and if I had to give him a ride I would be stuck to the same time everyday.
Considering they used to spend a half hour walking to school together, is it really that bad to spend a few minutes in the car together every morning on the way to school?
Let’s see what Reddit suggests.
This person thinks he’s free to do whatever he wants.
It’s too bad for the neighbor, but it’s still up to OP.
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Another person agrees that it’s okay to say no.
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Here’s a suggestion to talk to his mom.
I kind of feel bad for the neighbor kid, but since they’re the same age, the neighbor should just get his driver’s license instead of trying to bum rides off a student who happens to live next door.
“No” is a complete sentence. OP shouldn’t feel obligated to say “yes” just because the boy’s mom asked nicely. It would be nice if he wanted to give the neighbor a ride, but he doesn’t have to.
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