'It's not cool, bro': Irresponsible college student sells his car for EDC festival tickets and then expects his friend to give him daily rides to class, his friend refuses as it adds an extra hour driving and costs that he didn’t offer to pay towards

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Emma Saven
Sep 21, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

We can appreciate fair trade. But selling your car for a ticket to a one-night festival is something truly remarkably stupid. We're sorry, we don't care if Sabrina Carpenter is a backup dancer while Justin Bieber plays guitar, while Beyonce headlines, and Jacob Elordi just stands there, okay, maybe we care a little, but we still wouldn't trade our everyday mode of transportation for a little 24-hour fun! The thing is, this guy would probably do it again, because he clearly isn't seeing many consequences for his unique actions… 

This manchild, aka college student, expects his friend to pick him up and drop him home every day after class, because he decided trading in his car was a phenomenal idea. Now he's adding an extra unnecessary hour of travel to his friend's day, not contributing to gas…and wonders why his friend doesn't want to drive him around anymore. If his friend wanted a career for himself in Uber driving, he would have pursued it already….

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  • We’re certainly not surprised that his friend kicked him to the curb, literally. There’s a moment in life when you hang around certain people, and that little switch just goes off in your brain with the avoided question of, ‘Am I being used?’. This friend needs to listen to that little noise in his head, because that’s exactly what’s happening here, buddy…


     

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    "It adds an hour to my round trip, I end up rushing to find parking and settle before class"
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    Up until recently, we both drove ourselves. Last month, my friend decided to sell his car to buy EDC tickets.
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    and some merch for his favorite DJ. thought it was kind of impulsive, but it's his money tho.
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    This week, he started asking me to drive him to class every morning. And I didn't mind giving him a ride once or twice.
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    when it was on the way, but then it turned into an everyday expectation. My friend calls me every night to make sure I'm still picking him up.
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    and last night he called me again and I hesitated, he didn't seemed get me there and even he said, Well, you're driving there anyway, it's not that big of a deal.
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    But here's the thing, picking my friend isn't just a small detour. It adds about an hour to my round trip, and I end up rushing to find parking.
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    and settle before class. Also he's not sharing some money for the gasoline. So I told him directly that I can't be his daily driver.
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    especially since I have my own schedule and part time job to juggle. my friend just kept saying its not cool bro, not cool.
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    I reminded him that selling hi car and buying EDC tickets was also not cool if you can't afford it, not my responsibility to cover for.
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    then he cut off the call while I'm still talking to him. i don't think its wrong on my side.
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    But I want him to be responsible and not use me as his daily driver.
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    ScarletNotThatOne Super NTA. He wasn't even giving you gas money??? What a user. It's def not your job to blow an extra hour of each day to drive this guy around.
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    dgduhon NTA. If he really needed a ride (and you were okay with it), then he can be at your place by the time you need to leave.
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    StarsForget NTA. Speaking as a former ride moocher myself, he should be falling over himself to thank you and offer gas money without being prompted. Either he'll learn to use a bus or learn a harsh life lesson about the consequences of impulsive decisions. Either way, lucky he's in college where learning like this is meant to happen.
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    CaramelRottenApple You were NTA until I got here: Also he's not sharing some money for the gasoline. And after that you're super NTA. You're like if NTA were bitten by a radioactive spider.
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    Long-Leading Nta, not sure he ever was your friend, you were just a free driver, your friendship is probably over now...
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    InternalScreaming9 NTA. Your friend made a decision to sell their car for something frivolous. That comes with consequences, like not having a car to take to class.
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    Icy-Mixture-995 A half hour extra isn't exactly going by his place anyway. Are you sure he sold his car for tickets, or is he saying this as a cover for losing his license or having it repossessed?
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    kaaria11 YTA, but because you are giving in and picking him up
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    Separate-Parfait6426 NTA. He made choices that he has to live with, and you owe him nothing here. You now have an extra hour each day to do what you need to do (or to just take it easy).
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    SCKerafyrm NTA, at this point you are enabling a fool. YWBTA if you keep this up knowing it's enabling him. Buddy needs to learn some lessons, quickly.
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