I (m16) have a cousin (f16) who had always looked down on me and my family.

We dont have much money and cant afford things like holidays or anything expensive.

She has always gotten everything she could ever want from her parents.

We grew up together and she had made fun of me for this for my whole life, even though it shouldn’t matter in the slightest.

When i was 14 my phone had pretty much stopped working. The screen would freeze and ghost tap often as well as needing to restart to charge.

I saved for a new phone for a year.

At the end of the year i researched a phone to buy. I like to take pictures so a good camera was important to me.

I decided i wanted an iphone 13 pro max, same model as my cousin. I had never had an iphone before. This was around the time the iphone 14 released.

I had a look but couldn’t afford anything more than the standard model so decided not to as they’re basically the same phone.

I very proudly told her i had saved enough to get a new phone and she asked me what model i was thinking of.

I told her i was planning to buy the 13 promax. She did that thing where she scoffed at the same time as holding a laugh while looking me up and down.

I hadn’t felt bothered about her doing this for years but for some reason this pissed me off so much.

When ordering my phone i decided to buy the 14. Not because its better but because i knew it would irritate her and it was only a £10 difference.

It arrived a week later and when she seen it she looked pissed.

She spent a while trying to convince me her phone is somehow better, there’s no difference. She didn’t speak to me for a while…over a phone.

Cousin smashed hers so her dad would buy her the 15. She did not get the 15.

I’ve still got my phone over a year later and she’s going strong. Best purchase ever.

Its more petty than revenge but eh.