Let me start off by saying I’m 19 yo guy and have known this guy, who we’ll call Steve, for around 7 or so years but only started really being friends with him since junior year of high school. We started hanging out and talking more and actually became decent friends until I realized something about him. He loves to attach himself to other people’s ideas and doesn’t think much for himself. This hasn’t ever really bothered me cause it never affected me, until, well it did.
I have always wanted a sportbike and have loved the idea of owning one and learning how to ride it and do all that stuff for awhile now, however my mom doesn’t (haha). This might be a fault of me, but I tend to tell my friends and those who I’m close to about my ideas and stuff I really like. So I tell Steve about wanting to save up and get a sportbike and he tells me he’s always liked cruisers, so we decided to go a dealership and look at the bikes we liked. I go to my first dream bike (Yamaha R3) and talk to the dealer guy about it. My friend Steve is looking at cruisers but then comes over to check out the r3. He says it’s cool and all but he likes cruisers. We leave happy, talking about the bikes.
We rode to the dealership together in his car, so when we get back in his car he calls his dad and talks to him about getting a bike (motorcycle). I just wanna state that my mom hates the idea of me getting a bike and therefore my dad does too, so I’d have no financial help getting one, not even a co-signer. This is where this post really gets to its point: a few weeks later Steve buys a motorcycle with the help of his dad, but it ain’t no cruiser, it’s the same damn black and red Yamaha r3 I was checking out at the dealership. The most upsetting part is that Steve didn’t care to ask how I would feel about this and when I asked him why he did it, he said cause he could. I know I sound very immature because I think this is unfair, but it’s also just mean and selfish in my opinion. This guy Steve who I thought was a good friend stole my idea and bought the exact same bike I wanted. I’m still friends with this guy, mainly cause I kinda have to be (he’s cousins with one of my best friends).
It’s just every time I think about this it upsets me. He has his dads help knowing that I have no help whatsoever and chooses to pick the r3 “because he can”. A quick example of how influenceable he is: when my one of my other best friends built a pc, Steve started talking about building his own. Well just wanted to get this off my chest and maybe you guys can relate. Thanks for reading my long ass post.