That Laptop Is Not Yours
Language: en
Freshman year had barely started when my roommate—a girl here on a full need-based hardship stipend—asked to borrow my laptop for a group project. Within an hour, she posted a picture of it on her feed: "Eighteen, and I bought this high-spec beast in full with my own hustle." Baffled, I commented beneath the post: "Why are you showing off my laptop?" She burst into tears, claiming I looked down on low-income students. Our other roommates instantly turned on me, calling me cruel and elitist. Even our academic advisor told me to be the bigger person and apologize. Never mind that the…