AITA for selling a TV

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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Mahjester on 2023-06-22 09:49:36+00:00.

AITA for selling a TV

So, I'm (21M) in university and live in a shared house of 5 other flatmates (1M4F). At the beginning of the school year, the other guy and I bought a TV and kept it in his room, since he had a big one.

For Halloween, we brought it downstairs to the living room to watch a horror movie, and never took it back up. Since then, the TV has sort've become an unspoken free use.

Now, a year later, we are all about a month away from graduating, and the two of us sold it last week. We decided selling it earlier was better because we were both foreign, and thought it'd be better to sell it earlier rather than get stuck with it later when we both move out.

But this angered the other flatmates, especially one other flatmate (21F), who made lots of snide remarks about how we sold it ove the past week. Today I got upset and spoke to her about it, and she (as a law student) kept bringing up how in divorce the items are split based on usage, not purchase. And since the four of them used it more than the two of us, we should've asked their permission before selling it.

I do feel a little guilty about it, because it's true they used it more than us. And now they won't be able to use it anymore for the month that we're all just chilling here. But also it was our TV, and we barely used it anyway.

AITA? I'm a little torn about it and kinda just need opinions.

tldr: One flatmate and I bought a TV. The whole flat used it. We sold it a month before graduation. The others (one in particular) got upset we didn't consult them first.