[ZeeTwentyFour]

WARNING drama ahead.

Here is the story. I am 18, my brother is 13. The other day his xbox 360 broke for some reason or another. While his is being sent back to microsoft to be fixed I am letting him borrow my xbox 360. But he has to give me some sort of collateral, his playstation 3.

Normally I wouldn't do that, but he has had a hard time learning how to appreciate things and how take car of what he has. So more often then not his things get broken. He has gone through a half dozen xbox 360 controllers because of how he loses his temper and smacks them on the table, his xbox has gotten the "red ring" at least twice (I cant really blame his for that because I don't know why that happens, but I attribute it to him playing it to much and it over heating) Dont even ask how many xbox live headsets he has gone through. My parents just cave in and buy him new controllers and go out of their way to get the xbox fixed. And when he does poorly in school and they say "no more video games until we see an improvement" that lasts all of 1, maybe 2 days before they cave in.

So what is he learning?

I love my parents, I couldn't ask for better ones, they do so much for me, pay my tuition, car insurance, and let me live in their home for free. I hate to go against them but I disagree with them on how they are just giving in to my brother.

So tonight when they heard that I sold my brother grand theft auto 4 for $14 they flipped, or at least my dad did. I told him I was going to sell it to the gamestop either way so I let him get it before the store did. He seems to think I should have just given it to him because he is my brother and family doesn't charge each other anything, and that I am being selfish for taking his playstation as collateral.

Well I think that if MY xbox breaks, the one that I spent MY OWN $500 for I am owed something until it is fixed, if it is my brothers fault. He asked "Do I do that same to you when you borrow my car?" of course he doesn't, and that is his choice, he also said "For the same reason we don't charge you to live here, you shouldn't charge him for a game, he has limited income just like you do." but I think this situation is a little different. PLEASE tell me if I am wrong.

while I agree to a point, I am not my father and don't want to keep giving and giving to some one who is undeserving at the moment.

My dad said "don't try and teach anyone anything until you got it all figured out" This may be true. I ask, am I out of line for doing what I did, or tried to do?