Her Sister Has Always Been Jealous Of Her Relationship With Her Cousin And She Recently Had To Call Her Out On It
If you grew up with siblings and cousins, was there ever a cousin that you didn’t want to ‘share’ with your sibling?
One woman’s older sister has always been jealous of her close relationship with her cousin, and she recently had to call her out on her jealousy.
She’s 26 years old, and her sister is 27. They were never very close growing up but always tried to be civil. However, her sister has always gotten very worked up over one matter.
They have a cousin named Beth, who is her sister’s age. They love Beth, but her sister has always been a little “too intense” towards her. Her sister always wanted to be closer to Beth and would do whatever she could to make Beth more like her best friend than her cousin.
For instance, they went to the same school, and her sister requested changes to her class schedule every year so she could be in the same classes as Beth. In addition, her sister always wanted Beth over at their house, wanted to be in the same extracurriculars as her, etc.
Despite her sister’s intense efforts, Beth was always closer to her instead.
“Beth and I got along really well,” she said.
“My sister used to hate it and would insert herself into everything and attempt to push me out. More recently, she invited Beth to be there when she had my nephew.”
She and her sister recently had babies four days apart from each other. She had a baby girl named Lyric, and her sister had a son named George. When she announced her daughter’s name on social media, Beth commented how much she loved it.
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Then, at a family gathering a few weeks ago, Beth talked all about how she loved the name Lyric and how unique it was. Her sister was fuming with jealousy, especially because Beth didn’t rave about her son’s name.
As she and her partner were leaving the gathering, her sister approached her and angrily asked why Beth liked her daughter’s name more than her son’s. She tried telling her sister that Beth’s name preferences had nothing to do with her.
Then, her sister accused her of consulting Beth about baby names while she was pregnant to strengthen their relationship, which wasn’t true.
Finally, her sister had an outburst and told her that she always “hogs” Beth and that her daughter has a dumb name.
“It made me realize how we need to keep our distance, and I don’t want my daughter subjected to that,” she explained.
After some time had passed, her sister started suggesting that they have more joint family gatherings with their children, like birthday parties and holidays.
She told her sister no, that her jealousy and recent behavior were why they couldn’t do things together as a family. She doesn’t want her sister to treat her daughter the same way she treats her and doesn’t want any special events ruined by her jealousy.
Her sister told her she was bullying her and being unfair.
Do you think she’s being reasonable, or should she be more open to doing things with her sister?
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