...but he might as well could be. Wouldn't make much of a difference.
I have three cousins. One boy and two girls. The boy is my age and the girls are both a bit younger than us. When we were younger, we would all hang out a lot and have a lot of fun, either all four of us, or just "us boys", or just me with the girls. We would roleplay a lot (not the modern, cringy kind), record glorious 144p short films with my good ol' Nokia XpressMusic 5130, or just play games and hang out.
From one day to the other, though, that had changed.
It might have been a slower process than that, honestly, since their dad loved to call his son over to him to fix cars, or just to go away with him. He always did that, though. But I still remember the last time my cousin regarded me as an actual human being. Since then, he's grown apart from me. He doesn't seem to want to be near me, and behaves as if all colour was drained from him. We can't talk about anything and can't do anything together. I still play a bit with the girls, but they seem to be gradually growing apart from me as well. The fact that their parents are both dicks to mine probably doesn't help much, either. Their mum seems to actually look for trouble whenever she can.
I miss my cousin...
I have three cousins. One boy and two girls. The boy is my age and the girls are both a bit younger than us. When we were younger, we would all hang out a lot and have a lot of fun, either all four of us, or just "us boys", or just me with the girls. We would roleplay a lot (not the modern, cringy kind), record glorious 144p short films with my good ol' Nokia XpressMusic 5130, or just play games and hang out.
From one day to the other, though, that had changed.
It might have been a slower process than that, honestly, since their dad loved to call his son over to him to fix cars, or just to go away with him. He always did that, though. But I still remember the last time my cousin regarded me as an actual human being. Since then, he's grown apart from me. He doesn't seem to want to be near me, and behaves as if all colour was drained from him. We can't talk about anything and can't do anything together. I still play a bit with the girls, but they seem to be gradually growing apart from me as well. The fact that their parents are both dicks to mine probably doesn't help much, either. Their mum seems to actually look for trouble whenever she can.
I miss my cousin...
