Uncle buys his 13-year-old nephew an entire gaming setup to get payback on his sister's childish boyfriend, forging core memories while the manchild fumes: ‘I didn't plan to go as far as I did, [but] it felt so good’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Nov 19, 2025 9:00 PM EST

Aunts and uncles have a few rare moments in their lives when they get to play the hero, and this 13-year-old's uncle used his sister's pathetic boyfriend's behavior as an opportunity to be the biggest hero ever to his nephew. After the boyfriend feigned a sour attitude about his gaming equipment, this uncle decided to spoil his nephew beyond comprehension, buying the kid a full gaming setup to put a smile on his face after the boyfriend childishly bogarted his Fortnite game. 

While the uncle put on his hero's cape, he reveled in the glory of the boyfriend's bad attitude, basking in good vibes with his nephew and forging core gamer memories in the process. 

Nobody forgets their first gaming console. For me, the first game I ever played was Lord of the Rings: Return of the King on the PlayStation 2. Flabbergasted by realistic graphics and hack-and-slash gameplay, this console brought me some of the best memories of my childhood. And for the 13-year-old in this next story, he'll be remembering the afternoons of Fortnite with his (now) favorite uncle, after he bought him a setup of his own. 

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  • Nephew got a pretty awesome setup because of his mom's boyfriend
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  • Uncle playing video games on the couch with his nephew.
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  • This happened a week ago but my nephew is still losing his mind over it and told me I should post it here for everyone to enjoy as well. So here we go. I should
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  • preface by saying I only see my nephew every couple months due to him being at his Dad's or me not being able to come up when she has him.
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  • I (33M)went to visit my sister (38F) and nephew (13M) for 2 weeks. My nephew and I are really big gamers though we are into different games. He loves playing Fortnite with me while I enjoy things like OW2, Warframe,
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  • etc. We were playing Fortnite and he was laughing hysterically because I cant build quickly at all. Just cant do it no matter how much he tries to help and teach me "Uncle! Hit this button then that then that then that over and over to build a ramp!". My sister's
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  • boyfriend (39M, been together like 1 year) comes in and not yells but raises his voice about my nephew using his controller. Mind you its normally ok but randomly its not today. Snatches the controller from him and the game pretty much ends because we cant play together.
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  • Here's the thing about me, Im not a petty person but the look in my nephews eyes hit me hard. I am not a physical altercation person but one that will use my resources to get even. I tell my
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  • sister im taking the nephew for an hour to go out. We go to Gamestop and I buy 2 controllers then head back. We start playing and the boyfriend throws another fit, I just show him the receipt and tell him they are my controllers,
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  • not his. The man child boyfriend then says well its his PS4. We leave again to head to Gamestop. I buy him a new PS4 and we head back. Set it up and start playing. Man child once again has a fit, receipts shown and he says well
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  • its his TV and games. I am annoyed beyond belief at this point because its not that serious. I dont want to spend this kind of money but this is my only nephew and this man is being childish over this.
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  • I pull my sister aside and tell her my nephew and I will be gone early tomorrow for half the day. She says its fine as I knew she would. Next morning we go to Gamestop and I get him a ton of games (I say ton but it was like 10
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  • games), 2 extra controllers, a VR thing for it and then got him a 42" TV from Walmet and a TV stand. Get it all back to my sister's house and set it up in the den. Boyfriend arrives later in the
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  • day and tries to start shit but my lovely sister points out I bought it all and that she pays the internet so he cant say anything about it anymore.
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  • Yall...this man child spent 4 HOURS. HOURS. Sitting in the corner of the living room fuming. Like full on scowl for 4 hours. I was loving it since i could see him from where i was sitting, nephew
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  • was oblivious, sister had to keep hiding her smirk. He was mad as hell that his girlfriends brother spent all this money just to be able to game with his nephew. My sister just saw it as he was being
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  • childish and I was making sure my nephew and I could enjoy something we like together. We spent all day playing Fortnite and having an awesome time. I have never felt so petty but fuck sake it felt so good.
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  • No I still cant build to save my life, yes my sister can build better than I can and also yes, she did game with us while he fumed. She told me if I ever have kids that she will buy mine the latest
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  • and greatest game system when its time. We also try to play together every other night now since my nephew now has noone to tell him he cant use HIS Playstation or HIS controllers.
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  • TL:DR Sisters boyfriend decided to be a petty man child and I went harder. Nephew has a new game setup that he loves. My sister owes me a big one.
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  • Questions I was asked in the other community: My sister normally has a boyfriend like this for 1 to 2 years then finds another one. Its complicated, its one of those i can fix him/lost puppy syndrome things. I didn't plan to
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  • go as far as i did with what I bought so thats why I didn't get a PS5 in the beginning and everything was pre owned from Gamestop and the TV was a TCL so only $160. Alot of the accessories were me feeding off my nephew excitement at the store.
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  • Paulding Ohio214 If someone treated my child like that I wouldn't be dating him PERIOD!
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  • Fresh_Process68... Bravo, Uncle! I'm an aunt who would go this route, too.
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  • Brilliant-Egg3704 Mom here thank you nephew will always know your part of his safe system which is incredible. I wish my kids had an uncle like you you make the world a brighter place just because your you. Damn sorry in my feels.
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