My cousin showed up at my door May 12, 2023

I expected not to post about my cousin again. But he came to bother me one more time yesterday. He saw my last Reddit post, and came pounding on my door. Rather than open it, I spoke to him through my window, just in case he was ready to take another swing at me. I had my phone ready and recording. He started yelling at me about how I’ve humiliated him, got him arrested, got him fired, and ruined his life. Then he started pounding on my door and demanding I open it so he could kick my ass.

I told him he was welcome to try. But I was recording him, and I had a baseball bat ready to use if he tried to break in. So go ahead! Make my day! He chose to back off. But was demanding I take down my Reddit posts. I told him it was too late. He had the option to be civil long ago, and I was done with him. I could care less what his so-called friends think of him. They egged him on to steal the bike from me anyway. A bike he gave to me as junk. It’s not valuable just because I fixed it up. Even at the bike shop they said that unless it had new tires put on it, it was only worth about $40. Then my cousin said I should have given him $40 then.

I basically said “You gotta be kidding me! You’re still saying that crap after you got yourself arrested! I should be surprised. But I’m not. I put in the work fixing up that bike on a budget because I was broke! It was worthless when you gave it to me. You didn’t make it worth anything. I did! That means it’s value is to me, not you! But I don’t care to debate this with you anymore! You just want money any way you can get it, and I’m done! Go home and don’t talk to me again until you decide you actually wanna act like an adult!”. He cussed me out some more, but finally left when I said I was going to call the police if he wasn’t gone by the count of five.

I decided I’m gonna file for a restraining order. I’ve spoken with my parents and my cousin’s parents. And they all agree it’s for the best to keep him away. I’ve already filed a police report on my cousin for threatening me, and on my next day off I’m going over to the courthouse to file for the RO. If my cousin has any brain-cells left, he’ll know to stay away after getting served. Unless he wants to get even more charges added to his impending court case. His parents also threatened not to let him move into the garage loft if he goes near me again. So hopefully I won’t need to post here ever again.

My cousin went to jail August 18, 2023

Well it’s over. My cousin after a lot of convincing, plead guilty since he really couldn’t fight any of the charges. He was brought upon theft, assault & battery, underage drinking, and harassment. He was sentenced to a few months in county jail, followed by two years probation, and anger management classes.

My cousin acted like he’d gotten so much worse as he was pretty emotional about it. Not exactly crying or angry. Just emotional. That’s really the best way I can put it since I was not there to see it. He did originally try to aim for not guilty. But the public defender he got and his parents basically told him he had no chance of fighting the charges because of the clear evidence against him. There was CCTV footage of him attacking and robbing me. Cellphone footage of him showing up at my apartment to try and attack me. Screenshots of the ad he put up of the bike he stole from me. The police report on his being intoxicated from underage drinking. And all of the harassment I got from him and his friends. He really had no choice but to raise a white flag plead guilty, or he’d have possibly gotten a longer sentence.

He’s sitting in county jail now. And when he gets out, he’ll likely go back to living in the loft above his parents’ garage. He finally gave up on blaming me since no one sided with him. All of his so-called friends ghosted him too. And he was forced to write out an apology to me by his parents. I did get the restraining order against him. But it’s only good for a year. We’ll see if his behavior changes and whether or not I’ll need to renew it. But I want nothing to do with him for the foreseeable future. I wouldn’t say dead to me. But I don’t want to speak to him, let alone look at his face any time soon.

Other than that, I may as well fill in a few more details. The bike is still riding well. I put slime sealant in the tubes since one of them developed a slow leak. I found the spot with the leak, dabbed a drop of super glue onto it, then squirted a generous amount of slime into the tubes. There hasn’t been a leak since. And yes, I did get a proper lube for the chain. I also re-greased the crank bearings.

Before going to jail, my cousin had a miserable time in that loft above his parents’ garage. The summer heat made it very hot up there, and he had no air conditioner. Not that anyone would give him one. So he just had to use several fans. Rumor is he stole a couple of those fans, because they were clearly not new, and just appeared out of nowhere. He was broke, so the family think odds are he didn’t buy them. He didn’t bother looking for a new job since he knew jail was imminent. And since he’s a known thief, I wouldn’t doubt it if he prowled around at night taking whatever he could grab. But I’m not gonna make assumptions. I’ll leave that to everyone else.

The most ironic thing is my cousin had to either walk or ride his father’s bicycle if he wanted to go anywhere. He used to have a motorbike, but had to sell it because he had debts to pay. All his good stuff like his PC, gaming systems, motorbike, furniture, and even some expensive shoes he had all had to be sold. Pretty much anything he had of value was sold either online or in a garage sale. So when he gets out of jail and eventually has to find a job again, he’ll have to start from square one. I didn’t really have any sympathy for him. He caused all of this to happen after all. His life is gonna be screwed for a long time with jail on his resume too.

If you hear nothing from me about my cousin on this site again, then you’ll know he’s leaving me alone.

Update on my bike stealing cousin March 27, 2024

It’s been some time since I posted. My gifting-bike-stealing cousin has been out of jail for a while now, and is serving his two year probation. Thankfully he hasn’t come near me since I still have an active restraining order against him. He has found employment again. He’s currently working in construction. I’m told he hates it immensely. But he’s got the muscle for that line of work. He’s still living in the loft above his parent’s garage, and he’s still paying back his remaining debts. So he doesn’t have a lot of money to his name. His dad had some sympathy though, and picked up a used motor-bicycle for him to ride to work. It’s just a cheap bike with a cheap engine kit on it from what I heard.

I’ve also heard my cousin went through some nasty stuff in jail, and came out of it with some trauma. I do know he got his ass kicked because of his attitude. But there may be more. Don’t know what. I could only guess. One of my friends joked he probably dropped soap or something. Which…EWW! I do not want to think about that! Nor do I want to believe that happens in county jail. But it’s not like I’ve ever been there.

My cousin aside from his current job, essentially has no life right now. His employment prospects are going to be screwed for years, due to his record. And while he got what he deserved, none of this would have ever happened if he’d just left me alone. He’s still in anger management classes too. And probably will be for a while because he hasn’t shown much improvement. No one has heard him blaming me anymore. He does seem to acknowledge he made his own bed and had to lay in it. I was basically his targeted scapegoat. But a scapegoat is only good if other people back you up about it. And no one backed him. None of his previous friends have gotten back in touch with him either. So when not at work, the most my cousin really does is hide in his loft and play video games.

As for me, I’m still riding the red beach cruiser. And it’s still working fine. Haven’t needed to change any tubes or tires, and I try to keep it clean. If anything, I’m kinda anal about it’s upkeep. I also tend to visit the bike shop from time to time. And they gave me a free used tire with a tube already in it for when I’ll eventually need to replace the rear tire on the bike. It is a coaster brake after all. And there is some wear, but not enough to worry about yet.

My riding that bike has gotten me a girlfriend though. She rides a beach cruiser too. A blue one. So we connected over a mutual like over the bikes. She also knows about everything my cousin did to me, and actually has problems with her parents being terrible people. We met because she works at a place not far from me, and we live about a mile apart. We’ve been going on rides together, and with friends. There’s even talk of starting a bike club. Happy time for me. My cousin though, not so much. I heard from my uncle that my aunt accidentally let it slip that I got a girlfriend thanks to the bike, and my cousin went into the loft to have a fit. He probably thinks it as salt in the wound that I’m happy and he’s not. But it is what it is. I do sincerely hope he gets better in time. But I don’t want to see him any time soon. And I won’t hesitate to involve police if he ever comes after me again.

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