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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/moroccan-justice on 2023-07-09 15:23:03+00:00.
Yesterday I (20M) was hanging out with my friend B (23 M) when we were invited to a poker tournament organized last minute by some other friends of mine. Unfortunately i didn’t have any money on me so I asked him if he could lend me seven bucks (which was the entry fee) so that I could participate and that I would give him his money back as soon as we hit home.
I ended up winning the whole thing and earned a cash prize of 85 dollars and now B wants a commission on the money I made, saying that If I don’t give him more than the 7 bucks he gave me, it means I abused his trust, and that he deserves more because I wouldn’t even have been able to play without the money he gave me.
I don’t see in what world I owe him more money because I’ve won, we’ve never agreed to that, so I only gave him back the money he lent me, nothing more nothing less. He told the story to a lot of our common friends and now a half of ‘‘em is saying Im an asshole and a stingy bastard for not giving him more while the other half is defending me. personally, I think his points make no sense and I don’t see why people would agree with him, but maybe I’m just biased so that’s why I’m asking here. So, AITA ?
As I see it a friend should never expect interest when lending money to friends, no matter the reason the money was lent for. Why not just ask him, had you lent me the money for a meal would you expect me to pay you more? He’s probably just salty you won the whole thing and (I’m guessing) he was down $7?
He sounds like one of those “friends” who gives lottery tickets for presents and then gets salty when the recipient wins. You don’t owe him anything.
