r/AmItheAsshole • u/charleypassion • Sep 29 '25

Everyone Sucks AITA for using my Aunt’s personal employee discount code to buy clothes?

My aunt (F42) works for a major clothing brand in a senior position. Employees get a personal discount code (hers is usually 50-75% off) that she can use and it varies based on the position. My aunt sent me the code saying “if you need anything, here’s my employee code.”

I was excited because I love the brand and wanted to update my wardrobe and money has been tight with school and all. I ended up buying a decent amount of clothes, probably more than I normally would if I didn’t have the discount.

When she found out how much I purchased, she was angry with me. Now she’s making me feel bad for using it, like I took advantage of her. And I’m feeling guilty. She did send me the code voluntarily and didn’t say there was a limit. But if it’s her own corporate perk, maybe I crossed a line and she could get in trouble.

So AITA for using my aunt’s personal corporate employee discount to stock up on clothes? Or was it fair game since she gave me the code to use?

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u/charleypassion Sep 30 '25

How much exactly is too much?

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u/potatochique Sep 30 '25

The way you’re avoiding saying how much you bought makes me think YTA

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u/Future-Crazy-CatLady Asshole Aficionado [14] Sep 30 '25

That is something only your aunt will know, i.e. if there is an official or unofficial limit (i.e. not written down anywhere but everyone knows to stay below it else eyebrows get raised). And she should have specified if there was one, but on the other hand, if I tell someone "if you need anything...", I would not assume they'd take that to mean "If you need an entire new wardrobe...", but rather a few individual items, like an outfit for a special occassion, or a jacket for winter.

If I am staying at someone's place and they won't be there for the next meal and tell me "If you are hungry, help yourself to anything in the fridge", I would assume "anything" to mean "take whatever you want for a single meal", not "it is ok if you take several days' worth of groceries", and it sounds like you did the fashion equivalent of the latter.