Definitely Not What Gaslighting Is
I think it’s just a natural part of life that everyone is exasperated by people from the previous stage of life. High schoolers are exasperated by middle schoolers. College students are exasperated by high school students. I am exasperated by college students. And people older than I am are exasperated by me.
But I think pretty much anyone would be irritated by the college student in this story. You don’t get to use trendy buzzwords in pop psychology to get out of paying someone money that you owe them. Is gaslighting real? Absolutely. Do people tell themselves it’s happening to them when it’s not? Sometimes. Is asking someone to pay money that they owe you gas lighting? Absolutely not.