Teen Wants Friend to Take Back a Gift and Just Give Her the Money Instead

A teenage girl is anxious about confronting her friend after they gave her a gift instead of paying her back in cash for concert tickets.

On Sunday, Aug. 10, the teen penned a lengthy post on Reddit’s AITAH forum, explaining that she bought concert tickets for her and a “good” friend with the expectation they would pay her back on the day. However, when show day came, her friend bought a vinyl album of the band that was performing and gave it to her, saying, “Now we’re even.”

The teen said the vinyl was non-refundable and if she were to ask her friend to keep it for himself and give her the money, it would be pointless, as he would’ve bought himself one if he had wanted it.

“The album is around the cost of the ticket, and I own a small record collection myself, so I could see why he thought it would be a good idea, but I need money right now way more than I need a new album,” the teenage girl wrote.

The teen confessed that she was unsure what to do as she was unlikely to get an equal amount of money back if she attempted to sell the vinyl herself.

“The concert was something we were doing for my birthday, so he probably felt like he was giving it to me as a gift in addition to paying me back, but he didn’t even ask me if it’s something I wanted,” she said.

“With all that known, would I be the a——  if I asked my friend to take the album back and pay me in actual money for the ticket?” the teen asked.

Responses to the post agreed that her friend should’ve spoken to her about his idea before buying the vinyl.

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However, they were divided on whether she should risk an argument by asking him to take it back in exchange for cash.

“Since he gave you the album in lieu of the cash he owed you, it is not a gift (it’s irrelevant that it’s your birthday), so don’t feel like it would be rude not to accept it,” one person wrote. “Let him know you can’t pay your credit card bill with the album and that you need cash to do so. It’s his problem if he can’t return it or if he has to sell it elsewhere and take a loss on it.”

“NTA [not the a—–]. That’s not paying you back but he’s probably living on credit cards and can buy stuff easier than get a cash advance,” another said. “Now you know not to front this friend any money. If it comes up again and they are s—– about it, they aren’t a friend. Lesson learned.”

A third chimed in, “If he’s a really good friend, don’t say anything. Just learn your lesson and move forward but don’t lose a friend, losing a friend, assuming they’re a very good friend for the price of a concert ticket is not worth it.”