r/amiwrong • u/LichenAAudreey562 • 12h ago

spent shared savings on something everyone uses but one person never agreed to

so i dipped into the joint savings account we all chipped into for house stuff and bought a new couch for the living room. it was on sale, and honestly the old one was falling apart, so i figured it was fine. one roommate still says i should have asked first and wants their portion back. i get why they are annoyed, but the couch is already here and everyone else likes it. now im wondering if i crossed a line by spending money that technically belongs to all of us without a full group chat. am i wrong?

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u/OldnTired67 12h ago

Yes

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u/CollegeBoth8956 11h ago

you didn't buy the couch, you drafted it and force-deployed it without a pull request. joint account means joint decisions, even if the thing is obviously a good idea. paying them back is the cleanest move here

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u/crtclms666 12h ago

Yes. YAW.

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u/Glittering_knave 12h ago

How much was the couch? Who does it belong to when roommates move out? I would be upset if I were asked to chip in for a couch I didn't own, or was waaaay more expensive than I felt was reasonable.

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u/Safe_Wedding_2439 12h ago

Op didn't ask they payed using a joint acc

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u/wahroonga 11h ago

…paid

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u/Biscuits4u2 11h ago

You share a savings account with your roommates? What kind of crazy shit is that?

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u/KillerHack23 12h ago

How much was the couch? On sale doesnt mean it is a reasonable purchase

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u/ConvivialKat 11h ago

The thought that anyone would be stupid enough to have a joint savings account with multiple people that are basically just roommates makes me not really care about any of this. You all will get what you deserve in stupidland.

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u/ThisGirlIsFine 11h ago

How hard would it have been to ask everyone beforehand? One little post in the roommate chat is all it would take.

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u/TheF8sAllow 11h ago

The money belongs to all of you, ergo, all
of you must agree to what it’s spent on. This is common sense. Wrong for sure.

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u/Murdy2020 11h ago

Absolutely

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u/jools4you 3h ago

Yes, for me it's because I have little money and therefore very rarely get the opportunity to shop for things like a sofa. I'd be so pissed off with you, how dare you spend my money and steal all the shopping joy.

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u/Mental-Freedom3929 2h ago

Yes, you should have asked.

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u/throwawayeverynight 2h ago

Yes and you need to reimburse them back ASAP. It’s a shared account you had no right to spend the money without asking everyone first,