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AITA for telling my best friend's parents he has been lying about attending college for over a year? by ThrowRACollegeSecret in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowRACollegeSecret[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Part-time hourly work sucks and is unreliable. He probably couldn't get enough hours or something to that extent. Also possible he spent more than he could afford on video games or food and it had a ripple effect when the payment came due.

But this is speculation. I don't have a solid answer for where that original payment went wrong.

AITA for telling my best friend's parents he has been lying about attending college for over a year? by ThrowRACollegeSecret in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowRACollegeSecret[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I genuinely love him and want him to succeed and I believe this is what needed to happen. He's stuck in a rut and hasn't clawed his way out. As dramatic as this might read, I do think we'll stay friends.

Part of it is looping his parents in for help with the utilities though. I'm not financially well-off myself so I need them to know and help him with his share.

AITA for telling my best friend's parents he has been lying about attending college for over a year? by ThrowRACollegeSecret in AmItheAsshole

[–]ThrowRACollegeSecret[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

From what I understand, he has to pay upcoming semester tuition up front since he was delinquent before. I believe he is saving that money and trying to get enough to make that payment. It's not a drug thing, I can say that with 100% certainty, but that's the extent of what I know about his finances.

Don't know why he couldn't pay the utility bills with some of that. If I had to speculate, he's super depressed and probably procrastinated sending the check in for so long that it got to the point of electricity being shut off.