Woman Says Her Friend Asked To Borrow Her Car for an “Errand” — Then Took It on a Full Trip Without Saying Anything
A Reddit user shared that what sounded like a quick favor turned into something much bigger once the car didn’t come back when expected. In the post, she said her friend asked to borrow her car to run an errand. It didn’t seem like a big deal at the time, and she agreed, thinking it would be a short, same-day situation.
According to her post, the timing is what first made it feel off. Hours passed, then more time went by, and the car still hadn’t been returned. She said she reached out to check in, expecting a quick explanation, but what she got instead made the situation shift immediately. Her friend told her they had taken the car out of town.
She wrote that this wasn’t something that had been mentioned beforehand. In the post, she explained that she had agreed to a quick errand, not a trip that involved leaving the area entirely. That change in plans is what made the situation feel different. It wasn’t just about the car being gone longer—it was about the fact that the agreement had been stretched into something she never said yes to.
She said the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable it felt. Lending a car already involves trust, and in her post, she described that trust being pushed further than she expected without any kind of heads-up. What had been a simple favor now felt like something that had been taken advantage of.
The post didn’t describe a dramatic confrontation or a clean resolution. It read like someone trying to figure out how to respond when a boundary had been crossed in a way that wasn’t obvious at first but became very clear once the details came out.
Here’s the actual Reddit post this article is based on:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/1g4e1i0/aita_for_being_upset_my_friend_took_my_car_out_of/
If someone borrowed your car for a quick errand and then took it out of town without asking, would you ever lend it to them again or be done right there?
