My cousin and I are practically brothers. We’re close in age and live nearby, so we spent a lot of time together. But as we got older, we developed some rifts – small personality issues that grew into big old problems.
Every Thanksgiving, he’d show up with a different girlfriend, and we’d be forced to make her feel like part of the family. But the girls always had a good head on their shoulder and felt like they were being used.
Then, he started dating Janet – this toxic bitch everyone hated. She played along with his games and soon, they were both using everyone in the family to get attention. I saw through her. She could tell. She could tell I loathed her. And this drove her MAD.
She’d do anything to try to win me over. If I was hungry, she’d make me something to eat. If I was going to the store, she’d accompany me so I didn’t have to go alone. If I was shoveling snow off the car, she’d insist on helping. And I’d always use her for the help and then go right back to blowing her off.