At a family gathering, a cousin thought it would be funny to toss a relative into the pool, despite repeated warnings.

The stunt destroyed $6,000 in hearing aids, and when the cousin refused to pay for the damages, the matter went to court.

A judge ruled in favor of the victim, and now the cousin’s wages are being garnished—sparking outrage across the family.

Check it out.

AITAH for suing my cousin for 6K to pay for my hearing aides after he threw me in the pool

My family is all on my cousins side for this issue, and I wanted some outside judgement.

My cousin (25m) has always been the golden child of our generation.

He’s funny, good looking, and out going, not to mention a boy amongst girls.

He’s always loved to mess around and play pranks. For the record, I really dislike this cousin. I think he’s irresponsible, childish, and annoying.

Clearly.

I have had hearing problems for years. I recently got a $6,000 pair of hearing aides.

Recently at my grandmothers birthday party we were all eating and drinking on the back porch. My grandmother has a pool.

My cousin decided he was going to throw me in the pool because it would be funny to ruin my hair that I just got done that day.

I repeatedly told him to stop and put me down, in a very serious and not playful at all tone.

He didn’t get the hint, huh?

He threw me in the pool, and my hearing aides were ruined.

Afterwords when I told him what happened he basically said whoops, didn’t know you had hearing aides now.

When I told him the cost of them and that he would have to replace them he freaked out, and said no way.

My family didn’t want me to make him pay for them because i significantly out earn him and also everyone else in the family.

Oh come on.

He was in college at the time, barely making ends meet in a call center job. His girlfriend and him have a baby and they live in a one bedroom apartment.

He refused to pay, so I took him to court. I won.

He refused to make the payments after, so I took him back to court and his wages are now being garnished for the maximum amount, which is 20% of his total wages.

It pushed him over the edge of what he could afford, so he’s had to work extra and drop out of college to be able to pay their rent.

Well, don’t push people in the pool.

My family is absolutely fuming at me. I think he made one bad choice after the other, and he has never given a sincere apology during this whole ordeal.

Had he gave a real apology after the incident and asked if he could wait till he finished school to pay me back I would’ve been fine with it.

But the entitled little pri*k is digging his feet in at every move.

AITAH? The only reason I could see me maybe being the a****** is because it’s affecting his child and girlfriend.

While justice was served, the fallout has left everyone questioning where the line between accountability and cruelty lies.

This person says the family is more than welcome to help him out if they care that much.

This person maintains they did nothing wrong.

This person just hopes he learns from this.

A pool, a $6K disaster, and court-ordered payback—sometimes a joke hits harder than anyone expects.

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