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How do I get the point across to my mooch-y friend that I am NOT a chauffeur/taxi?

Asked by deni (23141points) October 6th, 2009

an ex boyfriend of mine that i have remained friends with does not have a car. he lives about 4 miles from town so he bikes wherever he needs to go, or uses his parents car, though his parents are pretty stingy about letting him use them.

anyhow, he’s been treating me like shit lately especially around his new, cool hippie friends (i LIKE these people, i just hate the way he is around them). but thats not the point! he expects me to come get him everytime we go somewhere. just now i called him to see if he still wanted to see zombieland at 3:20 and i said okay, so i’ll just see you there around 3? to which he replied OH why don’t you just come over when you’re ready?

this lead to the discussion that i always go out of my way to get him. his house is not on the way to ANYTHING. i go out of my way to pick him up at his friends houses on our way to work (we work the same shift and carpool). he uses the defense “well if i had a car i would pick you up” which is bullshit because if he had a car he probably wouldn’t go a foot out of his way to see me.

why do i put up with it? am i wrong for getting pissed that he thinks im a taxi? i should add that he lives about 10 miles from me, which isn’t a short drive to make every night, and then sometimes several times a day.

how can i make it clear that i do NOT want to drive him around but i also do not want to ruin plans that we’ve had? everytime i complain about having to go get him, then go somewhere, then take him home, then go home myself, he says ITS ONLY A COUPLE MILES OUT OF THE WAY. and i say YEAH, so ride your damn bike! he’s biking across a few states in december—i keep saying “shouldn’t you be PRACTICING?”

i’m very irritated right now.

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