WIBTA if I don’t return the car my friend bought me as a birthday present?

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WIBTA if I don’t return the car my friend bought me as a birthday present?

We have been together for a little over a year. My girlfriend is very close to her family, and they all live in the same town. I, on the other hand, am not close to my family, and they live a few states away. We recently went to her family’s house for dinner.

While we were there, her mom brought out a photo album and started showing us pictures. When we got to the pictures of her daughter as a child, my girlfriend started getting teary-eyed and got really quiet. Her mom asked her what was wrong, and she said that she missed being a child.

Her mom comforted her, and then her dad piped up and said something along the lines of, “Well, you can’t be a child forever. You are an adult now, and it’s time to act like it.” This statement really upset my girlfriend. Her mom and dad started arguing, and my girlfriend ran to the bathroom.

I followed her and tried to comfort her, and she just kept saying how much she hates that her dad said that. I went back out to the living room and talked to her parents. I told them that I understood where they were coming from, but that it wasn’t helpful to say that to their daughter, and that it hurt her feelings.

Her dad got really defensive and said that I was taking her side, and that I needed to stay out of it. Her mom agreed with me, and told her husband that he needed to apologize to his daughter. He refused. I went back to the bathroom, and we ended up leaving shortly after.

She was still upset and didn’t want to talk much on the drive home. When we got back to my place, she thanked me for sticking up for her and told me that she appreciated me. I don’t think her dad will apologize anytime soon, and I’m wondering if I overstepped by getting involved.

Here’s how people reacted:

shutup_bra1n

Tell him you’ll get rid of it as soon as the car he buys you gets there.
Due_Good_496

Shoooot girl , keep the car and return the bf to the sender ( his momma ) 🤣🤣🤣
phazedout1971

Return the boyfriend, keep the car
Arterial3

Red flag alert. Your boyfriend sounds controlling. He can find it odd, he can be puzzled – yes. But to tell you that you should return it – no.
Just_River_7502

Keep the car, lose the boyfriend.

Because what is his solution to you not having a car? Is he going to buy you one? Of course not. Dude needs to be quiet

WelfordNelferd

YWNBTA. Surely your boyfriend also benefits from your having a car, and who cares what everyone else thinks about it? Your boyfriend needs to lose his toxic masculinity mentality.
Dog1bravo

Did you ever at any point have a sexual relationship with Luke? Or been aware that Luke has a giant crush on you?

If the answer is yes to either question, YTA

If the answer is no, then keep the car and tell your boyfriend to quit his bitching.

Still-Hangin-In

Keep the car girl. Dump the guy if hes got a problem. People can be friends and that is a definite benefit.
nuggets256

INFO what was the cost of the car approximately and is Luke very well off? Have you and Luke ever had a romantic relationship?
Fun-Bread-8560

Excuse me? Be grateful for the blessing and carry on.
NTA
ThatOneGirlyx05

NTA, but I would be heavily questioning why Luke got you something so expensive, no matter if it’s fancy or not. A car is a car.

That’s a high-level gift that I would only give my fiancé/immediate family.

human_not_alien

Do not return the car. It’s yours. NTA.
FlameWalka

Holy fuck you and the comments are beyond naive and delusional.

No, a normal person does not spend thousands of dollars on a gift for a friend because they’ve known each other a long time. No, normal people do not spend thousands of dollars on *anybody’s* birthday gift, not even actual family or girlfriends.

Is it 100% certain luke wants to fuck you? No. It is a 99.9% chance, and your boyfriend is rightfully suspicious of the man who just spent *THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS* with apparently no ulterior motives.

And before people comment that he might just be rich… OP would have mentioned. If it was absolutely no issue for him to be spending that money we’d have that info.

YTA obviously

Edit: it’s a £20k car. This dude spent half the average yearly salary on a gift for a friend? As well as her saying she’d be suspicious if anyone else buying the car for her (in comments) but not Luke.

jademistyy

You’re NTA. It was a gift, it helps you out, and your family’s fine with it. Your bf’s just insecure and that’s his problem, not the car.
FigSuspicious7079

NTA
Your boyfriend sounds insecure and jealous keep the car dump the boyfriend and that’s the boyfriend changes
audioeptesicus

If you have a friend who sees a need and fulfills it, then that’s a good friend. Anyone getting in the way of or has any problem with said need needs to step back and figure out why it’s an issue. It’s almost always going to be a ‘them’ issue.

If a friend bought you books for school because you need them and can’t afford them, you wouldn’t be the a-hole for accepting them, right?

If needed to quickly fly home to see a dying parent before they pass, and you couldn’t afford to do so, and a friend paid for the ticket, you wouldn’t be the a-hole, right?

So long as your relationship with Luke is platonic, then he seems like a good friend. Your boyfriend should be thankful you have a friend like that, and that you now have a car and can use it to see the BF too.

Zer0fps_319

Depends, have you fucked Luke/ has he ever wanted to fuck you?
Fluffy_Musician6805

Dump the man, keep the car, a man that doesn’t want tosee you succeed or living easier isn’t t a man worth keeping. Nta
NamelessGJW

Tell your bf this is a huge leg up for you in life and you’re not going to turn down this blessing. Luke seems like a great dude and your boyfriend sounds jealous he couldn’t/wouldn’t provide this necessity for you
Wonderful_Search_783

Return the boyfriend. He just dosn’t want you realising Luke is treating you better than he is, and leave him.

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