Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : My old 2DS’s (handheld video game system) battery broke about a year ago. I ended up replacing the battery but my mom had bought me a new 2DS already. My friend, who didn’t have any Nintendo game consoles except for the Wii, expressed interest in the old 2DS. I agreed, as at the time we were pretty close, considering each other best friends. Along with the 2DS I gave him some Pokémon games that he’d always expressed interest in. This included: Pearl, White, Y, Alpha Sapphire, and Moon. Each of these games roughly cost $40 for me to buy. I cherish each of these but felt that I could do without them since I had either beaten them or had the alternate versions of each copy (For non-Pokémon nerds, most Pokémon games get sold in pairs with the two games virtually the same besides minor differences)

Fast forward to earlier this week. I made some meme about one of the Pokémon you can encounter in the games. My friend responded, very confused, and wondered what the heck the Pokémon was. It was a fairly common and recognizable Pokémon creature so I was kinda confused. I grew suspicious and hated asking him so, but questioned him in a joking manner “Have you ever even actually played the games?” He flat out said no, and included that he doesn’t know where the 2DS went. I’m glad he responded honestly, but part of me felt very betrayed. 

One could use the excuse that he’s just busy and hasn’t gotten around to them, but he’s consistently Online, playing some sort of Xbox game. I was furious, as I had spent a lot of money on these games. I asked him for the games back if he never was gonna play them, as I wanted my money’s worth and my games back. He kinda just responded half-heartedly, not caring. I haven’t heard back from him since and probably won’t unless I bring the conversation back up.

I know a gift is a gift and that it would be terrible to take it from him, but it also upsets me that he never used it or thought about doing so. I also don’t wanna tarnish our friendship over something as stupid as a video game. Am I the asshole for asking for the games back?
