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Alright, so about a year ago I had an argument with a pretty good friend of mine. Here's the backstory.
I moved into an apartment in July. When I moved in I was actually referred by someone, so they got a referral bonus of $300 when I moved in. A few months later my buddy was looking for a place to live. I referred him to my apartment. The referral bonus at the time was $200 and I'd get it after he had lived there for a month and made his first payment.
That's the setup, now the backstory on me and him, because I believe its pertinent here.
We are the same age, around 22 at the time. We both go to the same school. I am living with my fiancee, he is moving into the apartment by himself. Its the same size apartment and everything. I come from a middle class family, at best. My dad doesn't make enough money to help me with anything as far as moving out costs go. He did give me a living room table though.
My friend father is very wealthy. From what I understand he makes in the neighborhood of 500-600k per year. His business is worth some 50million or something like that. Now my friend is a really cool guy. He doesn't take advantage of his parents wealth. He works a normal job (thats where we met). As of late he started working about 20 hours a week when he decided to move out. He wanted to spend more time on school. That's cool. His parents pay his insurance on his car and decided they were going to pay for his rent on his apartment. They wanted him to move out to become a bit more independent but were going to help him out while going through school. They bought him all his furniture for his apartment, a nice 47" tv and all kinds of nice shit. No big deal, thats cool that his parents can afford this for him.
Fast forward now a few months, I was inquiring about my referral bonus. They office told me my friend had to come down and sign a paper real quick then I could get it. So I tell him about it and this is where the shit starts. He asks me how much money I'm going to get him. I told him nothing, and explained that I didn't ask for any money from the person that referred me. He then told me he wanted half. I was fucking pissed and we got in a bit of an argument. Long story short he basically said he wouldn't sign it unless I gave him half of the money. I was fucking furious and just said fuck it. I never got the referral bonus.
Now the question. Is my friend a piece of shit asshole, or was I unreasonable and should have split the money with him?
Not that its a very big deal, but I've paid for his lunch at times if he forgot his wallet or something like that. I've done small favors here and there, so its not like I was a tight wad with my cash or anything. I also helped him move in.
No cliffs, read the fucking thread or get out!
I moved into an apartment in July. When I moved in I was actually referred by someone, so they got a referral bonus of $300 when I moved in. A few months later my buddy was looking for a place to live. I referred him to my apartment. The referral bonus at the time was $200 and I'd get it after he had lived there for a month and made his first payment.
That's the setup, now the backstory on me and him, because I believe its pertinent here.
We are the same age, around 22 at the time. We both go to the same school. I am living with my fiancee, he is moving into the apartment by himself. Its the same size apartment and everything. I come from a middle class family, at best. My dad doesn't make enough money to help me with anything as far as moving out costs go. He did give me a living room table though.
My friend father is very wealthy. From what I understand he makes in the neighborhood of 500-600k per year. His business is worth some 50million or something like that. Now my friend is a really cool guy. He doesn't take advantage of his parents wealth. He works a normal job (thats where we met). As of late he started working about 20 hours a week when he decided to move out. He wanted to spend more time on school. That's cool. His parents pay his insurance on his car and decided they were going to pay for his rent on his apartment. They wanted him to move out to become a bit more independent but were going to help him out while going through school. They bought him all his furniture for his apartment, a nice 47" tv and all kinds of nice shit. No big deal, thats cool that his parents can afford this for him.
Fast forward now a few months, I was inquiring about my referral bonus. They office told me my friend had to come down and sign a paper real quick then I could get it. So I tell him about it and this is where the shit starts. He asks me how much money I'm going to get him. I told him nothing, and explained that I didn't ask for any money from the person that referred me. He then told me he wanted half. I was fucking pissed and we got in a bit of an argument. Long story short he basically said he wouldn't sign it unless I gave him half of the money. I was fucking furious and just said fuck it. I never got the referral bonus.
Now the question. Is my friend a piece of shit asshole, or was I unreasonable and should have split the money with him?
Not that its a very big deal, but I've paid for his lunch at times if he forgot his wallet or something like that. I've done small favors here and there, so its not like I was a tight wad with my cash or anything. I also helped him move in.
No cliffs, read the fucking thread or get out!
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