SO this technically started three days ago but the explosion happende today and i am currently sitting in my car outside my apartment because I don’t want to go inside yet

my roommate forgets to send me his half of bills every single month. It’s always oops my bad I’ll get you Friday and then Friday becomes next week and then I’m basically floating 150 to 300 bucks until he feels like remembering. I’ve tried being chill about it. I’ve tried reminders. I’ve tried a shared spreadsheet. Nothing sticks.

Anyway this week he asks if I can drive us to a concert because his car is “acting weird.” I already know what that means. It means empty tank and a mysterious dashboard light he’s ignoring.

I say sure but you’re covering gas. He says obviously.
We drive 45 minutes. Park. Have a good time. He buys $60 merch but whatever that’s his money I guess. On the way home I glance at the fuel gauge and yeah I’m lower than I thought.

I pull into a gas station and say hey can you tap your card. He pats his pockets. Laughs. Says he left his wallet at the apartment. I just stare at him. He says it’s fine you can just do it and I’ll send you the money.

Here is where I messed up.Instead of just paying and arguing later like a normal person I decided to “teach him a lesson.” I say okay cool and I get back on the highway without filling up. He’s like aren’t you getting gas and I’m like nah it’s fine.

It was not fine.

About ten minutes later my car starts doing that little sputter thing. He’s quiet. I’m pretending it’s still fine. It is not fine. We roll to a dramatic stop on the shoulder at nearly 11:40 pm.
Now we are stuck. On the side of the highway. In the cold. With cars blasting past us. And guess who suddenly remembers his wallet is in fact in his other jacket.

We had to call his sister. HIS SISTER. To bring gas. She shows up furious because she has work at 6 am. While were waiting he tries to joke about it and I just lose it. I tell him I’m done fronting him money for anything. No more bills float. No more covering tickets. Nothing

we get home and hes saying I overreacted and that running out of gas to make a point was childish. He says I put us in danger. Which… yeah. I kind of did.
Now he’s sulking and saying I embarrassed him in front of his sister.

I feel stupid rn because I absolutely could have just put 20 bucks in the tank and dealt with it later.

TL;DR: refused to front gas money for my roommate to teach him a lesson, ended up stranding us both on the highway at midnight till his furious sister had to come rescue us