This story is a couple days old so forgive me for not posting sooner. It seems that Jason Elia purchased super bowl tickets for him & his girlfriend. However Jason has since been diagnosed with cancer & his ex broke up with him because she “couldn’t handle the stress of being with someone who has cancer”. Well, Even though she did not contribute any money for the tickets & he hadn’t given them to her yet she still wants those tickets :eek: & says she deserves to go because “they were bought with me in mind.” Jason has since given his tickets away via a twitter contest. Your thoughts?
That this probably doesn’t belong in ATMB. Reported for forum change.
Moved to IMHO.
As far as I can tell, with or without cancer, he’s better off without her.
Woops!-Sorry, I posted in the wrong place 
Thank You!
It sounds like a made up story. I just don’t believe it.
Since this isnt’ the Pit I can’t post my thoughts.
You’d think the cancer might have been the start of a losing streak, but then his girlfriend dumped him and suddenly it became clear that he wasn’t having a run of bad luck at all.
What’s the difference between his ex-girlfriend and his bladder cancer?
The cancer doesn’t care what he he does with his Super Bowl tickets. No other difference --they both suck the life out of you and can cause erectile dysfunction.
You’ve been here 12 years and you still can’t work out the rules?
What would prevent you from posting your opinions on this matter in IMHO? Basically, the main difference between the Pit and the rest of the SDMB is that the Pit is specifically designed for ranting threads, and is also the only place where you can deliver a personal insult about another member of this message board.
There is nothing to prevent you from describing the people involved in this story in pretty much any way you like.
On the matter of the OP, i’m leaning towards Odesio’s opinion here. It sounds like a publicity stunt of some sort. It could be true, and i’ve certainly seen stranger and more fucked-up stories that were true, but my internet bullshit detector is pinging a bit right now.
Person named says all made up.
Lot of claims by him, clear motive, no supporting evidence to date. My vote is for her at this stage.
Otara
Well, now i’m conflicted.
On the one hand, we have a bullshit-sounding story. On the other hand, that bullshit-sounding story is being challenged by the Daily Fail. It’s like an unstoppable force of stupid meeting an immovable object of idiocy.
What a slime bag! and to think he gave himself bladder cancer just to get everyone on his side. Low-life extraordinaire!
We have no proof he has bladder cancer that I can see, other than his own statement.
This too. I suspect at the very least he’s glossing over a few of his own failings.
Otara
I make no claims about the veracity of the story.
As a hypothetical, it makes no difference how big a dick he might be. He bought superbowl tickets. He has the right to sell them if he chooses not to use them. Even if he made a comment to a buddy or friend or girlfriend that “I got tickets and I’m going to take you”. He is allowed to change his mind. No contract is expressed or implied by saying that. She has no claim on the tickets.
IANAL, YMMV, Eat your Vegetables.
How about: One sucks the life out of him and can cause erectile dysfunction, the other doesn’t care about his Super Bowl tickets.
It makes a difference in how much sympathy we have for his supposed predicament. Legally she may have no right, but emotionally ‘you made a promise’ isnt something with no weight at all in some of these situations.
Eg if she’d agreed to do something else because he was taking her, and now he’s welshing on his side of the deal.
Otara
A promise made to a girlfriend is no longer valid when she ceases being his girlfriend. The circumstances changed, so the “promise” is null and void.
On the other hand, if she agreed to do something else in exchange for him taking her and already supplied her half, she might have legal grounds by virtue of the implied contract. Though the counter argument is what I presented above, that contract was between members of a dating couple, and when she ceased to be his dating partner of that couple, that contract was rendered void, even if terminated with only half accomplished.
Again, don’t take legal advice from an engineer. Free internet message board legal opinions are worth what you pay for them.