My closet is a mess and not organized at all, you have to step over things to get around it level of clutter. When i was younger, i was an avid video game collector, i had about 400 games. But my family moved into a smaller space and most of my games were put into storage tubs and is i’ve gotten more other things, my games have been buried under clothes, shoes and just clutter so they’re hard to get to.
So as you can imagine, actually getting out those games is a hassle and a half. So i don’t really get them out anymore as i’ve lost interest in gaming in general. To add to the disorganized nature, they’re haphazardly shoved into those 5 tubs with no structure. Just pure randomly, wanting to find a specific game is more difficult then it’s worth.
My brother is 14 and recently got into gaming, specifically stuff from my own era but he mostly played his own collection. But then he found a Guitar Hero controller at a yard sale. I had a Guitar Hero game but never played it, so he assumed that because i never had the controller and never played it, that he just deserved it.
He kept nagging and pestering me to give it to him, i tried explaining that i don’t have the ability to get stuff out of that closet and finding one specific game is more hassle then it’s worth. He said he could just do it but he’s "Big" and kind of clumsy and i have my art stuff in that closet and he just has a habit of knocking things over cause it’s a tight fit closet.
In no exaggeration, he asked me for that game 30 times. Every day, multiple times a day and literally standing in my doorway, arms crossed waving his hand to tell me to get it. I tried telling my mom and she said "You don’t play with it anymore" and to let him get it. I had enough and just went "Fine!" i’ll get it tomorrow, just to shut him up and leave me alone about it.
He even tried to pickthe lock to my door when i wasn’t home. I’d be doing my work from home job and he’d shout when i’m on the phone with customers.
He came back, demanding the game cause "I promised", but i only promised because he wouldn’t leave me alone about it. I asked mom for help but she said i "Shouldn’t have promised" and took his side. He got mad and yelled at me, then cried to mom. He got mom to threaten to take me off the internet (that i use for work) and that she’d stop paying for the rental spot i use to teach
AITA?
YTA. You don’t use it. You said he could have it, even if it was just to get him off your back. Give him the game already.
YTA – if the issue is you dont want to dig for it, then just… “OK but you have to find it and put everything else back.” And sit there in the room doing whatever you’re doing while he looks for it.
LITERALLYYYYY u dont use it its just gonna rot in there have him grab it
The real problem here is that you’re so messy that you cannot even reach your own possessions. Is he entitled to the game? No. But your only real reason for not doing something that most reasonable people would and could accomplish in a matter of seconds is because you don’t have your act together as an adult. It’s also exceptionally disrespectful to your parents, in whose house you apparently still live. YTA
Kind of a weird hill to die on, you could see it as an opportunity to get some organisation in that closet. Dig the box out yourself and tell him he can have the game if he puts all the games back alphebetised. Then you can put everything back in a neater way that will be less stressful in future, maybe even have a clean out in the process
Yta Just let him borrow the game, you dont even play it. He fully went about it the wrong way of asking but you were being petty 😭
YTA. Clean your closet.
Very easily YTA. Just get him the game and he’ll leave you alone. You’re the one dragging this out and making it worse for everyone. Clean your closet . Why are you using your own bad habits as an excuse for this? You seem extremely immature.
Life lesson little man, one day he might have a truck, boat, or trailor you might need too borrow. Get the boy his game.
Added benefit of having a slightly cleaner room while looking for said game.
Get the tubs full of games and take them to sell them if you bought them or they were gifts. Problem solved.
Even with your closet being messy, how long can it take to get five tubs out of and tell your brother he can play the game if he can find it? Your brother is being annoying but it’s not some crazy ask. If I was you, I would let him have all your games and go crazy with the one qualifier being that he can’t sell or give any games away. That way, you make your brother very happy and clear up your closet a little. Definition of win win. You right now seem intent on the lose lose outcome.
This is ludicrous. If this is a true story, just think how much energy OP has spent arguing (and posting to AITA), versus what it would have cost to just get the 5 storage tubs out of the closet and let brother dig through them. YTA
Get in there, get all of the game tubs, and give them to your brother. You don’t use them anymore and he wants them. You’re a hoarder in the making.
YTA