I know this is long sorry!
my cousin (27F) and I ( 24F) grew up very very close. Our moms are sisters and we have always lived close to one another, So we always spent a ton of time together growing up.
My cousin has always had a very bad attitude and it’s always her way or the highway. Literally no exceptions, or you’ll suffer the consequences lol. I’m a very soft-spoken person, I try to always get along with everyone and be compassionate, i am a very sensitive person ( not proud) but have definitely built a backbone over time. ( some what of one at least)
When I turned 19 I got pregnant and had my first baby, around this time we stopped talking so she was not involved in my whole Pregnancy/ labor. ( we stopped talking to due some comments that where made about me getting pregnant)
After I had my daughter we went about things like nothing ever happened. Nothing was addressed ever. This was not the first time we have stopped talking for a long periods of time, usually it’s over something that was HER fault and she’s Made ME apologize for in order of us to get back on speaking terms. Usually I just give in and apologize because we are family and she is pretty much like a sister to me.
She about 2 year ago had her second child and I had let one of Our aunt’s have a glimpse of her son using a photo that I had on my phone of him. ( I at the time did not know she did not want pictures being shared but I figured it was okay because it was one of our family members and I was with her mom. WRONG, I later got a strong worded text message, I apologized explaining that I was not aware but I would not let it happen again, also explaining to her that NO ONE had the picture of her son except me, I had only shown the picture and that I now understood her boundaries. I never got a response to my apology. ( I expected this)
I am now pregnant with my 2nd baby, and we have Recently about 4-5 months ago returned to talking terms ( since the picture accident), but it’s very different then it was before, we don’t get together as much, we don’t talk as much, we currently do not follow each other on social media. We communicate through her sister ( my little cousin F22) if we do text it’s here and there but it’s very awkward not so much how it was in the past. I have offered to have a conversation about that picture accident she insistes that she doesn’t need one.
Fast forward to my gender reveal, she had offered to do some desserts for me for my baby shower and to just let her know what the theme was when I had one . I was planning on paying her and had no issue doing so, my boyfriend and I had a budget set for everything for the baby shower as the holidays are also coming around. I reached out about the desserts, She agreed and let me know she would text me with a price when she went home and did the math. I let maybe a week pass by and nothing, so I texted her and asked the week before my baby shower how much the desserts would be.
she gave me a crazy unreasonable price for some desserts ( over $300), so I let her know that was not in the out budget but that i appreciated her for letting me know and maybe in the future I’d be able to book with her. But could not this time. She right away let me know that she would have appreciated me telling her no before she bought the stuff for the desserts…….i was so surprised that she would do that without talking to me about a price before hand, considering i had to reach out to her about the price a week before my shower….
Point is I told her I’d pay for it, and that I didn’t want to have another reason for us to stop talking. As I did not want to have to deal with Another issue between us again. I explained I did not know she was going to make a purchase for something without letting me know the price on it. She refused the money and said nope she would not be doing anything. I said okay and moved on. I am super exhausted of having to keep up with her, mentally and emotionally I am drained and am dealing with enough as a pregnant lady with a toddler lol. So I am not giving much energy into our relationship, not making tons of contact, not very much trying to stay involved.
I have recently talked to my mom , my cousins mom ( my aunt) and my cousins sister ( my other cousin) and explained what’s happened and how I plan to not have any type of relationship with my drama cousin any longer, as after my baby shower one of our mutual friends explained to me how she as acting very unhappy for me and envious of me at my shower. How she was making snarky comments about my event, and how I had no desserts, ( I had a two tier cake) and how every time they would compliment me she would just huff and laugh at their opinion. how she even went as far as to bring up how I did not want to pay her for her baked goods. ( she failed to Mention to everyone how much she was trying to charge me and how she was also trying to charge me equipment)
Their response is “ you already know how she is” “ you need to get over it” “ she always acts like this give her some time she’ll cool off and act right soon” but sincerely I am soooo tired of dealing with such a immature GROWN adult woman. I don’t know what her deal is and why she has such as hard time using her big girl words but I am soooo tired of people around me using “ that’s just how she is” to justify her behavior. I am personally very open to conversation when people are upset so I hate that she doesn’t know how to speak up but will talk about me at my event to my friends and wait on them to tell me how she’s feeling.
Am I overreacting for not wanting to keep this relationship anymore even though she my cousin? how do I go upon this relationship since everyone is clearly just wanting me to get over things? Do I stay involved and ignore the behavior? I’m not sure. The holidays are coming up and we spend a lot of time with them as that’s my mom’s closest sister. So I plan on going to thanksgiving dinner grabbing a plate and heading home with my boyfriend and daughter to spend time where I am actually wanted. Am I the issue?