Is it normal that my brother and his friend tried to fight me over $15?

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One day, a few months back my brother loaned me 15 dollars, because I really needed to pay someone back. He was helping me out. Not long after, I had not yet payed him back, and he broke a string on my guitar, not on purpose of course, but he was expected to buy a new set. He told me that he should not have to buy a new set because he only broke one string. Which is bull****. So I replaced them myself and told him he would not be getting the $15 back. He was upset of course.

So, I thought the issue had been dropped. But, today, his friend showed up at our house, and he walked into my room with his friend behind him asking me for $10, claiming that I owed it to him. I told him that I wasn't going to pay him, and I was broke anyway. He insisted that I had the money, and started looking at stuff in my room for it. He started getting mad and was acting like he wanted to fight. I thought I could knock some sense into him by saying "do you want to fight about this???", But not in a aggressive way, I was just trying to tell him that it was silly to want to fight his brother over this. He told me to "Stand the fuck up then". He may have been showing off for his friend, but I know that had I stood up, he would have fought me. Then his friend stepped in and said that he would fight for him. I told them to "get out of here", I was so angry, and he kept insisting that I give him the money, asking me about where it was. They saw that I was about to stand up and they left. I just wanted to talk to someone about this...please let me know what you think.

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  • RapistGuy
    11 years ago | pl

    Rape him.

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    • iEatZombies_
      11 years ago

      This.

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  • Cheradenine
    11 years ago

    Your brother needs a fuckin smack upside his head, as a reminder that family come before all. What a prick

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  • moemadness
    11 years ago

    your brother sounds like he is on drugs or is mixed in with the wrong crowd ,Sounds like he wanted to show off in front of his friend,you are an easy target and you are family so its easier for him to pick on you in a comfortable familiar place and get a stand ovation from his boy rather than picking on someone in the street and getting his ass kicked.
    His boy sounds fucked up in the head and gets excited over nothing.
    do u see what is going on here? these 2 ass holes are showing off in front of each other and you happened to be in the middle thats all!!!

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  • Justsomejerk
    11 years ago

    You owe your brother $15.
    Why has it taken you a few months to not pay him back?
    What kind of asshole tries to get a full set of strings out of someone for accidentally breaking 1 string?

    Your brothers friend is a dickhead for stepping in though.

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  • Darkoil
    11 years ago

    You should of knocked both him and his friend out cold.

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  • FocoUS
    11 years ago

    They're crazy.

    And you don't have to buy the strings in a set.

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  • Boo!
    11 years ago

    He's an idiot. If he wants to play that game then find out how much your new set cost if less then subtract it out of the money you owe him and tell him your only geting this amount because you broke my string on my guitar and that makes it even. If it cost more, then you owe nothing because he's not going to pay for the damages. He sounds tempermental so make sure you bring back up in case.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    I agree with the above posters and you need to tell your parents. It sounds like he was very hard up for the money for some reason and it may be something that your parents need to know about.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    11 years ago

    What your brother did was cowardly. If anything your brother owes you money. Guitar parts are expensive. He had no right to try to jump you for a lousy 15 bucks.

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  • iEatZombies_
    11 years ago

    That's fucking stupid.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      could you specify? elaborate? please and thank you.

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      • iEatZombies_
        11 years ago

        Your brother was acting childish. Regardless of who was right or wrong, he could've handled it better. He instead acted like a suburban thug who, btw, wouldn't know what to do with a real problem. He's not a thug, just a spoiled brat who needs some growing up.

        As for who was right or wrong, he did owe you for breaking a string. Strings come in packs, $20 packs. He's lucky you didn't tell him to give you another $5! As for his friend, he should've at least told him to stay out of it. How brotherly.

        Where was your family when all of this took place? Next time harasses you, don't screw around, just call the cops. He sounds like a wimp who'd get scared at the thought.

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  • BurnaBaby27
    11 years ago

    Sounds like what happened to me a few weeks ago, minus the wanting to fight part..

    My boyfriend borrowed $20 from me. He seemed to have every intention on paying me back. Then the next day, we were play fighting which escalated to real fighting (at least on my end), where I firmly told him to "stop touching me" two times(I should only have to say it once, right?). He failed to adhere my warnings so I popped him (I wasn't looking, I just kind of swung backwards at him) and his glasses flew off of his face and broke.

    Later in the week, I approached him for my $20 and he told me I wasn't getting it. I was livid. I had to confront him with a third and fourth party to get my point across that when someone says "no" or "stop", it doesn't matter if they're your girlfriend or a stranger on the street, you need to stop or you will be to blame for whatever happens to you.

    Plus, it's a recession lol. I wanted my money.

    Your brother didn't intentionally break your guitar string. You allowed your brother to use the guitar, correct? It's not like he went against your word to use it. Accidents happen. In my opinion, he could have contributed to buying a replacement set, but you still should have given him his $15, because in the end, if the string didn't break..you would have given him the money that you borrowed, right? And the string breaking was only an accident.

    I don't think holding money hostage like that would hold up in court either, but hey. I'm no judge.

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    • iEatZombies_
      11 years ago

      Yeah.. Well, when a guy runs over a kid on accident- he still goes to jail.

      None of the scenario would hold up in court- it's all petty.
      I've loaned people $50 and not got it back. Simple solution- I didn't loan anymore.

      As for my boyfriend- I would never 'loan' my bf $20, I would 'give' it- and I'm a broke bitch.

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      • BurnaBaby27
        11 years ago

        Well yeah he could go to jail because someone's life was or could have been lost.

        This has nothing to do with someone dying, it's about fifteen bucks.

        We have a baby, I need that money to buy him things.

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        • Short&2thepoint
          11 years ago

          The point he's trying to make is that regardless of intention, one should own up to their own mistakes. If i break a friends window, im not going to laugh and leave him to fix it. I'd pay for it to be fixed and go on with life.

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          • BurnaBaby27
            11 years ago

            Owning up and paying up are two different things.

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            • Sog
              11 years ago

              No they aren't. If you don't have the action (paying back) to follow up your words, then your words are meaningless.

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