>2008
>Finally buy a Xbox 360 after spending the last year saving money through summer jobs
>THAT cousin drops by with THAT aunt the following day, apparently was pestering her about visiting me when he found out i had a 360
>This cousin is one of those kids that just gets candy so he'll shut up
>Im playing some Forza 2, we switch with every round until they leave just before dinner
>Mom asks me during dinner if im still using my GameCube
>"Anon if you got that new box you can just give your cousin the old Nintendo right
>No mom i want to keep my GameCube
>My aunt was constantly asking about the GC when me and my cousin we're gaming
>"But honey you can still play your games on the new Nintendo right?"
>No mom, first its not a Nintendo second it uses different discs
>She looks at me as if im speaking Chinese
>She gives me the same ol speech about how i should feel sorry for them, how they have little cash to get by, how her ex husband kicked them out etc.
>I stand by my point, i took good care of that system while my cousin threw his Gameboy at my aunt not long ago and broke it
>A week pass by
>My Aunt asks about my GameCube every time she's calling
>She even requested to speak to me personally about it
>She drops by at the end of the month to talk to me personally about it, i tell her you can but one yourself they aren't that expensive
>She calls me a ungrateful little shit and leaves
>One day i come home from school and head to my room
>My bed has been cleaned huh
>GC IS GONE
>I storm downstairs and demand to know from mom where the GC is
>She says she gave it to my cousin when he and my aunt dropped by crying about a new bill she cant pay
>Im fucking livid
>"Anon im tired of your greedy behavior, you'll gey nowhere in life if you treat family like this"
>Fast forward 6 months, cousins birthday
>I go to the living room
>See my gamecube
>One of the controller ports broken
>Has no top loading lid
>Mfw
Anyway these days im known as the family cheapskate