Neighbor refuses to let the lady next door borrow her car again after the entitled only-child takes advantage of her generosity: ‘It took her more than 5 hours to return it and she used up all my fuel’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Apr 19, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

Call it what you will, but this entitled neighbor got what she deserved after taking advantage of the woman's kindness next door. Perhaps a dose of CARma will teach her a lesson about borrowing people's things…

When we're young, we learn that when you borrow something or share something with someone, the polite thing to do is to return it in better shape than when you got it. Growing up, whenever my dad borrowed someone's truck for a job or needed some tools from a buddy, he'd deep clean everything, fill the tank, and give it a good shine before returning it. And that's why people kept lending him their stuff! 

Alas, those good ol' boy values were lost on the lady in this next tale.

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  • Clearly suffering from adult-onset only-child syndrome, she felt entitled to everyone's possessions, including her neighbor's car. After pathetically begging to borrow it for a quick 1-hour appointment, her neighbor obliged, knowing it was tough to get a taxi or an Uber in their town. But when she returned it 6 hours later with an empty gas tank and no ‘thank you,' the feeling of generosity dissipated into disgust. 

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  • "AITA for not allowing my neighbor to borrow my car?"

    For context, I (22F) share a small duplex with a Lydia (26F), and ever since moving there with my little sister (20F), we've hit it off. She was very welcoming, and we all got along great. She told us
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  • she's an only child, and most of her close friends moved out of town a few years ago, so she's been pretty much alone and could use some company. Great, so we bonded well.
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  • The issue started when she first asked to borrow my car for an appointment she was running late for. The bus stop is about a mile away, and there weren't any taxis
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  • around (there's no Uber service in our town). I agreed since I didn't have anywhere to go that day and was just going to be home. She told me she'd be back in less than an hour, so I said okay.
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  • She returned the car in one piece, but it took her more than five hours to return it, and she used up all my fuel, which I had intended to last my sister and me
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  • for the whole week. I mean, come on... common decency says at least refuel what you used, especially if you didn't hire the car in the first place. And I don't
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  • understand why she had the car for nearly six hours when she said she'd only need it for one. When I asked her about it, her response was: she had to visit
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  • her mom because she had something really important to tell her so she drove all the way to the other side of town, and also that she was low on cash and would repay the fuel money once she got paid from work.
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  • Well, it's been three weeks, and I've heard nothing from her. She's even been ignoring us for some reason. Then, just two days ago, she asked to borrow the car again for another "important appointment" she was running late for.
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  • I simply said no that it wasn't my problem, and that if she really had something important, she should've prepared earlier, left a few hours in advance, and either walked to the bus stop or caught
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  • a cab. I also reminded her that I'm not her family or anything, and she didn't even pay me back for the fuel the first time. Now she's calling me a selfish AH
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  • and says that because of me, she missed a really important appointment that cost her a fortune. So AITA? Edit: Okay wow, this blew up more than I expected.
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  • calacmack What, so now you owe her money? She is not your friend and now you know why she doesn't have any friends. NTA.
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  • Random_User1402 An only child with no friends? And ALL her friends moved out of town? Yeah... No! From what you wrote I can clearly see why she doesn't have friends.
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  • NaomiViolet_ NTA. She took advantage of your kindness, didn't repay you, and now expects you to do it again? Setting boundaries isn't selfish - it's smart.
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  • cassowary32 NTA. I'm always amazed when people let near strangers borrow their cars. "Here's $10,000, please bring it back in one piece. If you don't, it will probably cause me to lose my job and
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  • cause incredible debt and hardship. Have fun!". She lost all access to your goodwill when she disappeared for hours, emptied your fuel tank, didn't apologize and wasn't appreciative of the huge favor.
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  • Slow-Try8738 If she knew the appointment costs a fortune then why ain't she treating it like one??? You are generous enough to wait weeks to be paid back for fuel she consumed the last time. It is her poor planning and management. You are definitely NTA
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  • Comfortable-Two7004 NTA - I would go no contact with this mentally unstable USER, but not before insisting she pay you back for fuel firmly, with a short deadline. Turn the tables on that manipulative AH.
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  • cryssHappy You don't even know if she has a drivers license or is insured. Why would you risk your vehicle? You are NTA but don't lend to her or anyone else. Someone could have hit her, totaled your car and not have insurance - then your insurance has to pay out.
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  • Tea_Time9665 Just say no Learn ur lesson. Don't let people borrow ur car like that. They have phones to call people if they need to talk. This isn't 1825 where u have to ride the buggy across town to talk.
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