# Woman wants ex-boyfriends super bowl tickets. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797 "2012-02-04T21:57:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fallen\_Angel\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fallen\_Angel\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallen_Angel_1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/1 "2012-02-04T21:57:07Z")
> **[Woman Dumps Boyfriend With Cancer But Still Wants His Super Bowl Tickets](https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/woman-dumps-boyfriend-cancer-still-wants-super-bowl-171734088.html)** > > "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow me on Twitter @Knowlesitall! Still looking for Super Bowl tickets? You may be in luck, but you're going to have to work for them. Jason Elia told ESPN 97.5 in Houston that he is giving his tickets... 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? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/2 "2012-02-04T22:02:38Z")
> [@Fallen\_Angel\_1](#): > > Your thoughts? That this probably doesn’t belong in ATMB. Reported for forum change. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/3 "2012-02-04T22:06:08Z")
Moved to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/4 "2012-02-04T22:25:01Z")
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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/5 "2012-02-04T22:29:47Z")
As far as I can tell, with or without cancer, he’s better off without her. ---
**Author:** ![Fallen\_Angel\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fallen\_Angel\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallen_Angel_1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/6 "2012-02-04T22:31:06Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > That this probably doesn’t belong in ATMB. Reported for forum change. Woops!-Sorry, I posted in the wrong place ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fallen\_Angel\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@Fallen\_Angel\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallen_Angel_1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/7 "2012-02-04T22:33:35Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Moved to IMHO. Thank You! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/8 "2012-02-04T22:40:43Z")
It sounds like a made up story. I just don’t believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/9 "2012-02-04T22:47:27Z")
Since this isnt’ the Pit I can’t post my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/10 "2012-02-04T22:50:48Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/11 "2012-02-04T22:55:14Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/12 "2012-02-04T22:58:49Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Since this isnt’ the Pit I can’t post my thoughts. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/13 "2012-02-04T23:51:08Z")
> **['Hey crazy, I read it all over the Internet': The man who told the nation's...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094193/Jason-Elia-claims-dumped-cancer-ex-demanded-Superbowl-tickets.html?ITO=1490)** > > Jason Elia said his ex-girlfriend demanded he fork over Superbowl tickets he bought her after the breakup. However, the woman he identified says she never dated him. 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 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/14 "2012-02-04T23:55:42Z")
> [@Otara](#): > > [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094193/Jason-Elia-claims-dumped-cancer-ex-demanded-Superbowl-tickets.html?ITO=1490](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2094193/Jason-Elia-claims-dumped-cancer-ex-demanded-Superbowl-tickets.html?ITO=1490) > > Person named says all made up. 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. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/15 "2012-02-05T00:01:24Z")
What a slime bag! and to think he gave himself bladder cancer just to get everyone on his side. Low-life extraordinaire! ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/16 "2012-02-05T00:31:31Z")
We have no proof he has bladder cancer that I can see, other than his own statement. > **[Someone Is Probably Lying About The Super Bowl Tickets Cancer Break Up, But Who?](https://deadspin.com/someone-is-probably-lying-about-the-super-bowl-tickets-5881986)** > > By now, it's become clear that our incredible story of bitchiness and greed could not be so tidily wrapped and bowed. Sokhon Sen, the woman Jason Elia referenced by twitter handle on the Houston radio show (that portion, by the way has since been... This too. I suspect at the very least he’s glossing over a few of his own failings. Otara ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/17 "2012-02-06T16:37:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/18 "2012-02-06T16:55:09Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > 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. How about: One sucks the life out of him and can cause erectile dysfunction, the other doesn’t care about his Super Bowl tickets. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/19 "2012-02-06T21:45:58Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > 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. 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 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797/20 "2012-02-06T21:55:24Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-wants-ex-boyfriends-super-bowl-tickets/611797.md?page=2)