40-year-old aunt refuses to fill up gas after using 16-year-old niece’s car, niece politely reminds her, but she freaks out: “Are you serious?”

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jul 19, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Family will never cease to surprise us, make us question everything in our life, and let us change over time. Though family should be a space for love, safety, comfort, and maturity that will embolden any young kid into a successful and happy adult, we all know that it's far from true. Everyone has family problems, and even the people who seem to have the perfect family on the outside have problems, and usually they have the most issues. The more perfect a family seems, the more they can be hiding all their demons. 

When a family member pushes us to the edge of our sanity, dignity, or emotions, it can trigger other things in our life. Maybe what your uncle said to you at Christmas dinner is ringing in your ears, and you can't let it go until you keep talking to your mom about it. The point is that family dynamics are difficult. 

In the story below, the protagonist is a teenage girl whose aunt disrespects her. The girl tries to communicate calmly and rationally with her aunt, but to no avail. 

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    aunt didn’t fill up the car she used all summer.

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    We have 3 cars. one is for myself (F16), one is for my grandfather, then another for my parents. my aunt (moms sister, F40- something), visits during the
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    summer and stays in the house, and my car becomes hers because it's my grandparents old car. all good. she's the adult i can share one with my parents. she
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    left yesterday and i go to use my car and it's literally 99% empty. barely made it to the parking lot. here's the text convo between my aunt and I.
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    me: pls put a little gas in the car next time so i can at least reach the gas station. thanks. love you.
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    aunt: R u serious? We barely used the car and filled it up multiple times. I gave u $. U can fill the tank.
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    (she gave me $30 three weeks ago one time)
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    me: it's empty and i drove it one day all summer, i am filling the tank, just saying. lol no worries
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    aunt: I literally drove it to get Zander food and we were always home. I'm not worried.
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    ijs left her on read. also zander is my 12 year old brother. my aunt and uncle don't have any children and two incomes. they live in hawaii with their dog.
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    also NOTE: she tells my grandparents (it's their house) that she will not visit if my father
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    does not leave for the duration of the time they are here cus she hates him. usually a month. she is a difficult person. AITA?
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    draynaccarato NTA and she's tacky ... You sound far more mature than her.
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    vod_quila Did she give you the $30 for the gas or something else? I feel like that's where the decision lies
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