What should I do about my cousin

Question

about every time my cousin b! ches me out for something I did, usually something that isn't a big deal PERIOD!!! the last time her baby dropped his rattle and I gave it to him. she b! ched me out over it. i start school soon and she'll visit on labor day weekend. if/when she jumps me what should I do? I have a list of things to do/say.

1. Who lit the fuse on YOUR tampon?

2. God, go take a prozak.

3. Excuse me, but the adults are talking.

4. Are you finished? (in a VERY serious, but not angry voice)

5. Just get up, even in the middle of a family dinner, pack my laundry, and go back to college without saying a word to anyone. if mom calls, tell her I'm not staying when she's treating me like that.

Answer 1

It sounds like you need to sit down with your cousin with maybe a trusting family member nearby and in a calm adult manor ask her if there is something that you have done to make her disrespect you. And talk it out in an adult way so she will have a better understanding that you feel like she is treating you like your "beneath her". Maybe she will see that your mature enough to have an understanding of when your being treated like a child and want to be treated like the mature adult that you are becoming. She may have old resentments from things you've done when you were younger or just doesn't know how to get off her high horse and be nice. Nice matters. Remember, use your indoor voice. All of the responses that you gave are angry and rather immature; try communicating for better results by getting to the point for a resolution. By using the responses you gave you will be setting yourself up for more communication breakdown and "t*t for tat" vocabulary.

Answer 2

ok, remove the chip off of your shoulder!!Your going into this with a bad attitude. Keep a smile on your face and think "how would jesus react?"

Answer 3

Yeah what the first guy said.  Go into it with a smile.  You have this great life ahead of you with college and all.  Just sit back and do what you normally do.  Kill them with kindness.  She/them/whoever is obviously really unhappy in their own life.  All those things ring "BITTER BITTER BITTER'.  Just let her vent out and then when shes done say I am sorry you feel that way is there something I can do? Or something like that.

Answer 4

Drama - not for me - you both sound like you have attitude problems - people need to get over themselves in order to move forward...