To think that if he didn't want to do this favour then he should have just said rather than lie*

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*OK it may not be a lie but:

My car battery was dead yesterday which is a pain in the arse as it's a 40 minute drive to work.

Asked my DP to ask her brother in law if he could jump start it for me (he is a mechanic and has his own garage, not to mention he has jump started DP's car just a few months ago".

He said he can't jump start it because he has no jump leads.

WTF, how can that be?! I know he has so aibu to be pissed off that he couldnt have just said "no, I can't be bothered" or whatever the reason was.

I know it's not his responsibility and would completely respect any reason he gave, too tired, too busy etc. But come on, I know he has jump leads

I think it's quite unlikely he's lying. He's given you a jump start before so it would be a silly lie. Far more likely that something happened to his leads and he's telling the truth.

Twice in six months is rather a lot in terms of needing jump starts...I've been driving about 8 years and only needed it three times (all courtesy light related). I bought leads the first time and have had them since. I thought most people would do this when it's happened to them once.

Buy a set of leads or one of those jump starter machines. People assumed free because you said favour

I work in IT so when I get the request for free assistance the first time I don't mind but the second time for the same problem really pisses me off,

Buy a pair of jump leads

I'm going against the grain, YANBU. He should have helped you. If he had no leads he could have offered advice or another kind of assistance (I don't know about cars so not sure what)

Yanbu, that's actually quite mean of him given that it's his trade as well. And you're family too.

I think he's being a bit mean. My husband is a mechanic and has a garage. He'd help his Family jump start their cars whenever, and he lives more than a few minutes away.

OP if you get a set of jump leads, your dp could jump start it for you.

that's actually quite mean of him given that it's his trade as well. My Dbil has a garage, I'd never presume it was ok to ask him to jump start one of our cars. People need time off and aren't just there to do favours because it's their trade. Likewise, we don't expect favours from our plumber or electrician friends. Only twice in 25 years has my DH been asked for a favour in an emergency from friends. However, those were life or death situations which are completely different scenarios. I'd be most pissed off if people were constantly asking for favours.

Why don't you have jump leads?

Er, how can you drive your car to work if it has failed its MOT, isn't that illegal and also invalidates your insurance?

I do agree Murfles.

DP and his brother are tradespeople. If they did favours for any friends or vaguely related family then they'd never have time to do paid work.

The babysitting thing is only relevant if you're a paid CM.