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AITA for giving away my friend’s ticket to the Taylor Swift concert and leaving without her? |
A while ago, I (20F) bought four tickets to the Taylor Swift concert that took place in our city this past weekend. The plan was for me, Marissa, Haley, and Aiden to go together—we’ve all been best friends since high school.
Everyone paid me for the tickets and made plans accordingly. We had planned to arrive early to hang out before the show, and everyone had known this plan for a long time. But for some reason, Marissa couldn’t or didn’t get the day off work. She’s a server at a breakfast restaurant and usually doesn’t work very late. (This all happened on a Saturday, by the way.)
I also have an older sister who lives in the same city and really wanted to go but couldn’t get a ticket. She begged me to keep her in mind as a backup in case anything happened. We don’t live that close to the city (sometimes it’s over an hour drive), so our plan was to leave at 2 PM.
At around 1 PM, I started texting everyone to get ready because I needed to start picking people up. Marissa had told us she’d be off around 12, but she didn’t respond when I texted the group. I texted her individually and called her—still no response.
I began picking everyone else up, and Marissa was supposed to be the last one. I kept calling and even waited outside her house for a bit. Then I finally said “screw it” and went to her door. Her dad answered and said Marissa still wasn’t home. So, together we decided to leave without her.
About 20 minutes into the drive, all of our phones started blowing up. It was Marissa, apologizing and saying there had been issues at work and she had to stay longer, but she was now speeding home and would be ready in 15 minutes. It was around 2:30 at this point.
Aiden called her to explain what had happened, and I could hear her yelling at him over the phone. He eventually hung up. My sister met us at the venue and sent Marissa the exact amount she had paid me through Zelle. We had a great time.
I’m asking if I was the asshole because we haven’t heard a word from Marissa since, even after she apologized.
More info from OP:
The plan had been agreed upon in advance. Marissa was supposed to be done around noon. But for two hours, we had no idea what was going on. We were all calling and texting her.
She’s not chronically late, but it wasn’t surprising that she messed up getting the time off. I had told my boss months in advance that I wouldn’t be available that day. I don’t think she knew about my sister, but we had been talking all last week about leaving at 2.
I’ve worked in a restaurant before, and there are so many ways to sneak a phone out for five seconds and send a quick text—go to the kitchen, the bathroom, walk-in fridge—anything. It’s really not hard to send one message in a two-hour span.
Here’s what people had to say to OP:
DoraTheUrbanExplorer writes:
YTA. You couldn’t turn around and pick her up? Or let her meet you there? Really? The Eras tour is legit a historical event (I know that sounds dramatic but this tour is HUGE and she’s getting close to being the next Michael Jackson). You took this away from her. I’d be shocked if she ever speaks to you again.
OP (Ticketgirl20) responded:
At that point I’d already called my sister too. We had no idea what was going on.
EstimateOk2441 writes:
YTA. You could’ve hung out later, but going again with her friends to a Taylor Swift concert is very difficult to happen again and she wasn’t late because she was being lazy—it was because of her work.
OP responded:
That’s what my mom said (she’s on Marissa’s side and called us all the worst friends ever), but some of our other friends say Marissa knew about this for a long time and should’ve requested the day off. I work some Saturdays too and made sure I’d be off.
lbrownlbrown writes:
YTA. You killed a friendship for 30 minutes. You still arrived HOURS before the show. You wanted your sister to go instead of your “friend.” Shame on you.
HotShotWriterDude writes:
I’m pretty sure OP was just waiting for someone to miss the 2 PM departure time—even by one minute—so her sister could get the ticket last-minute without paying extra. I mean, look at how fast the ticket was transferred and for the same price Marissa probably paid months ago? Ultra YTA, OP.
ximxperfection writes:
Taylor goes on at 8. Doors open at 4:30. They got there before the doors even opened & OP didn’t wait 10 minutes before stealing her ex-friend’s ticket.
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