AITA. My title basically says it all, but for context, My ex texted me tonight to ask to borrow my laptop for the weekend. I tossed it out a few months ago, because the screen was damaged, and it wasn’t very good to begin with. I could have gotten it fixed, but was in the moment and frustrated, so i tossed it out. Now, when I originally bought it, it was last minute for our daughter’s homeschooling last year. She isn’t using an online program anymore and we had put a few games that barely ran on it because it wasn’t meant for gaming. My daughter doesn’t even play it, and when I asked if she wanted to use it before it broke, she said no, I have my phone and switch. My ex also decided to put her name on the laptop and her account info like it was hers when I bought it! So now months later I forget all about it and get a text asking to use it. I froze because she can get scary. I ended up telling her and she got pissed! I told her that it was bought with my money and that kiddo didn’t ever use it and it sat collecting dust anyway. I told her I could have fixed it, but didn’t see the point and that when I could, id see about a better one. Kiddo doesn’t even care because she is obsessed with her phone and her switch lol. My ex is pissed at me now, and is acting like I threw her property out. Sooo AITA for tossing out my own property?
NTA
Ex had no claim to your property.
Thank you! Its appreciated
NTA
You bought it. It’s yours to do with as you please.
NTA. You should just have told her it’s broken, couldn’t be used, and you altea6dy threw it away. You didn’t need to explain that you could have fixed it, etc. Too much explaining makes you look guilty.
Thats a good point. Short and simple
NTA. Your ex is the ex for very good reason. She has no right to be upset about anything you have done since your split.
No she doesn’t. Definitely ex for a good reason
NTA. If you paid for it, the laptop is yours to do what you want with it. Ofc, if someone was actually using it for the past few months, then you wouldn’t have tossed it. Your ex must think the world revolves around her.
You hit the nail on the head there.
This has got to be fake. If it was only a year old, wasn’t it in warranty?
Not fake, and warranty had run out. I didn’t purchase the extra protection plan on it.
NTA if this is the whole story. It’s is a sad fact of our current economy that a broken screen generally means disposal rather than repair. Been there myself. Not her computer. Not your problem.
She shouldn’t put her private information on someone else’s laptop to avoid messes like this. Anyone could get it if they hack that laptop. She should have told you to save it or copied and removed her information from it. Neither of you communicated in advance so neither of you knew what the other was thinking or doing. Not your fault that this happened, but please take precautions in the future.