Originally posted by: Mountains_Lakes
That's so appalling! I am so sorry for people to place you in this situation and not even allowing you to mourne in peace. I am angry for you!
As far as the cousins are concerned, isn't it great?! Why why waste your energy thinking about those who really don't care. It's better to cut these toxicity from your life. I have started with "busy with work" as an excuse to avoided meeting toxic relatives in my life. Not sure how hard/easy to do that in your situation though.
Honestly, I personally don't give a damn about them. But when you are hit such a low mentally and emotionally, you look out for some comfort and support in others, so did I. And it just hurt me that being the youngest child in the family and having gone through so much already in life, (I bet my cousins can't get through even half of it without support) they couldn't even show me the slightest of empathy.
Being highly educated and holding some important and prestigious government positions, still didn't have them do the minimum what we'd do even for strangers. And it hurts, even though I didn't expect them to do much, but it still hurts. Strangers or acquaintances have lent me more support than them.
Sadly, for me I can't get out of some issues without them. I can't boycott them or avoid talking to them at the moment. I have reduced it to the bare minimum though.. let all these problems resolve and I won't even see their faces in life, if I'm given a choice.