The original post: /r/amitheasshole by /u/Overall_Celery8790 on 2025-02-18 23:10:30.

My roommate comes from money and is used to having expensive things around the house. She has bought multiple pieces of furniture, decorations, or appliances for the house of her own free will. She picks out the items and puts them in the house all on her own. The issue is, she expects me to pay for half of whatever she purchased for the house, saying that since it is a shared appliance/furnishing, the price should be shared too. She can easily afford to pay for these things herself, but I can’t, as all the money I make goes toward college tuition and groceries. I never asked her to buy any of these things either, and didn’t get a say in the selection process or agree to pay for half on the front end. Up till this point, I have obliged and paid for half, as nothing has been overly expensive and I have benefitted from the purchases as well. Last week, she bought an 800 dollar tv for the living room, and almost immediately started asking when I would be able to pay her back the 400 dollars for “my half”. I told her I’m sorry, but I couldn’t afford to spend 400 dollars on a tv I didn’t need, want, or ask for. Since I couldn’t pay, I told her I wouldn’t use the tv, but she wasn’t happy with this answer. She got quite mad that she spent so much money on the tv and I refused to help pay for it, saying she wouldn’t have purchased such an expensive tv if she had known I was going to be cheap about it. She told several mutual friends that I refused to pay her back the 400 dollars I “owed” her, and they are calling me cheap and rude for not paying her the money. I feel like she is twisting the story when telling them the situation, but I wonder if I’m in the wrong?