So I have a cousin from a poorer household that lives with my Grandmother on my mother's side, because he could get better school opportunities. Being from a poorer household, he had no video games. Or at least he did and his father would sell the systems or pawn them off.

So one weekend in April 2024, he asked could he use by PS5 for a weekend to play a Fortnite event. I agreed because it was just one weekend, and there hasn't been anything I've been dying to play since I've been going through an older series on PS3.

Every few weeks I did ask him to return it because there were games I wanted to play on it and he would never bring it. As I am currently saving to buy a car in full cash, and he doesn't live near a bus line, I have had no way to get to him. Being a busy adult with a job and a life outside of videogames I was able to make due, but it was frustrating none of the less.

So last Sunday I called my grandmother to get it from him and she said just wait until Saturday when he leaves to go to school. I said that's fine. But then a day later I get a call from my cousin asking could he borrow my PS5 in his dorm room until the end of the semester. Our family does have a consistency of helping provide for college going kids, I let my brother borrow my bicycle to get around the dorm in 2016, and when I went to school my brothers let me take our WiiU with all the games we had back in 2014. So we try to do that for each other.

This is the conversation we had.

"You've had my PS5 since April dude, I haven't even been able to play everything I wanted without having to ask others could I come over and use there's or buying on it on my Xbox Series S (a much weaker system)."

"Yeah, but my mom said if my grades are good she'll get me one for Christmas, so we'll be straight after that. It's just going to be in my dorm room. I'll take care of it."

"Okay fine. But I need you to bring it back Monday because I'm off until Wednesday and that'll be enough time to beat this game I've been trying to play since May."

"I'm an hour away from home right now.

"Cool. Doesn't matter. Drop your friends off or dip and bring my PS5 back NOW."

"Bet. I got you."

He hung up and said he was OTW. That was 3 days ago. So yesterday I sent him a text saying "You want to use my PS5, you owe me $75." and then I called my grandmother and told her, in a much more gentle way, the situation and told her to relay that information to him.

My grandmother did relay this information, but she also told my mother about it (she's a gossip) and my mom is saying I'm not being fair to my cousin. I told her it wasn't about asking to use my PS5. It has been the months of disrespect in general, and this was the final straw.

He has a job. He has no bills. If he can't give me $75 to show care shown for care given, the he can't use my PS5 (and 2 controllers too I might add). I don't regret what I did or asked but I wanted to ask others how they felt.

AITA?