>ask for a Gamecube when I was 13
>Mum and StepDad tell me it costs too much and I won't be able to have it for Christmas
>Take it like a champ, just another thing in life I can't have because it "costs too much"
>Look back on it now
>They spent hundreds a week on booze, cigarettes and nights out
>Couldn't stop for 1 week to allow me to have the best Xmas in my life.
>Had to deal with the crushing emotions whilst watching all my friends and family get the presents they wanted because their parents were willing to sacrifice things for their children
Fuck parents.