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AITA for not letting my cousin have my old car, even though my aunt says I "owe" the family for being successful?
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Well, for future reference, this certainly isn't the way to behave if you want favors from your family. Maybe things would've turned out differently if she approached our protagonist with gratitude instead of entitlement.
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It's absolutely wild to just assume that it is going to be completely free. She could'nt offer anything at all?
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26-year-old's aunt demands that he give 19-year-old cousin his old car for free, she refuses to pay him due to his success: "She's always had this weird resentment toward me for getting out of our small town and doing well"
When you've had a car for long enough, it sort of becomes like a family member. Imagining life without it, even though it is sort of falling apart, is impossible. My grandpa had a car for over 20 years that my cousins and I nicknamed "Trevor" for whatever reason. When he got himself a brand new pickup truck and didn't have enough room for Trevor on the driveway, he had a hard time figuring out what to do with the beloved vehicle. He ended up gifting it to a granddaughter that had just earned her driver's license. So, at least old Trev was kept in the family.
In our story today, an old car is the source of some incredibly tense family drama. When a 26-year-old techie get a new ride, his aunt simply assumes that his old car will be gifted to her son. However, something about the entitlement in his aunt's assumption rubs our protagonist the wrong way, and he puts his foot down on her behavior.