un jour en manif on criait tous "Ă table ! Ă table !", et Ă un moment un mec s'approche de moi et me dit "tu sais c'est pas Ă table qu'on crit c'est acab"
My cousin thought it would be âfunnyâ to shove me into the pool.
I told him not to.
Once. Twice. Three times.
I said, very clearly:
âDo not touch me.â
He laughed in front of everyone and threw me in anyway.
When I came up, my hearing aids were dead.
Completely destroyed.
Replacement cost: $6,000.
His response?
âI didnât know you were wearing them.â
Then he refused to pay.
Said it was âjust a joke.â
My family immediately took his side.
Their logic?
âYou make more money.â âHe has a baby.â âHeâs still in college.â ïżœïżœDonât ruin his future over an accident.â
But it wasnât an accident.
I warned him repeatedly.
He ignored me.
So I sued him.
And I won.
The court ordered him to pay the full amount.
He still didnât.
Now 20% of every paycheck he earns is automatically taken until the debt is paid.
He ended up dropping out of college because he couldnât keep up financially.
And somehowâŠ
Iâm the one the family calls cruel.
Apparently, in my family, respecting boundaries is optional.
But expecting adults to pay for the damage they cause?
That makes you the villain.