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My cousin has crossed the line!

Ok so let me start with saying me and my cousin have been very very close pretty much since birth... She introduced me to my husband and was there when he proposed. Any thing important in my life i would tell her. So about a month ago i checked my voicemail and had a  message. It was from a women claiming to have been sleeping with my husband. She stated that my husband was having oral sex and intercoursewith her and that now  he wasnt answering her calls. She called me a B**ch and told me to have him call her or she would come up to our job and go off. She ends the message saying and HE KNOWS WHO THIS IS. Before the caller hung up i could hear someone laughing in the background.  After listening to the message again i recognized the voice as being my cousins friend. I sent my cousin a message saying i got your message you and your friend left on my voicemail. She denied and i said ok,but later that evening she told me they had done it and it was a joke. I AM LIVID!!!! I deleted her from all my social media pages and wrote her a letter explaining why it was not acceptable and why i was upset. MY QUESTION IS? AM I WRONG? She did appologize and i forgave her but i havent spoken to her since. SHOULD I JUST ACT AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED? OR WAS IT NOT THAT SERIOUS, WOULD SOMEONE ACTUALLY THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE A JOKE? HOW LONG SHOULD I NOT SPEAK TO HER 

Re: My cousin has crossed the line!

  • How long should you not speak to her?

    Does "for good" cover "the warranty" on this one?

    I would never speak to her again. She's evidently got a screw loose. Your "friendship loss" is no loss at all.
  • Some jokes are just NOT funny and I would be done with her, too. 

    What did your DH say about this?

     

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  • Is this the 40 yr old who wanted the Cinderella themed birthday party? If so, I would cut my losses and not speak to her again because she's on a mental decline.
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    Some jokes are never funny and this is one of them. Do what you're comfortable doing. Maybe just be polite at family gatherings and never go out of your way to see/talk to her. Maybe never see/talk to her ever again.
  • Wow that is horrible. How old is your cousin? I mean wow. If it were me I would be polite when needed but wouldnt feel right acting like nothing happened. I would not be close anymore, that would break my trust in her.
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  • Your cousin is twisted.  Please don't try to make sense out of why she tried to hurt you.  You will never get an answer that makes sense.  You can allow yourself to grieve on the sudden loss of your friendship with your cousin, to move forward and not dwell about it, but don't feel guilty about cutting out toxic things from your life.  Since she is related and might show up at the same family gatherings, to keep things as neutral as possible you can still be civil around her and not be good friends anymore (like occasional "hi" in passing).  If you don't look or speak to her again when she's in the same room, since she is unstable this could make her vindictive toward you.  Keep her at arm's length.

  • It seems to me that she would have to make some kind of big, genuine gesture to show that she understands that she was out of line and is truely sorry she hurt you.  I was in a situation where my older brother and I hadn't spoken for a long time, and we missed out on so much during that period.  Give forgiveness when it is earned, and don't play down the severity of the offense.  The stregnth of the apology should match the stregnth of the hurtful act.
  • lol no actually it is her sister!

     

  • she is 32.
  • He was furious. She has done other things to try to pit us against each other before but he wants me to have nothing to do with her.
  • Wow not funny at all. Completely crossed the line. I don't think I would be able to forgive her. I wouldn't talk to her for a while, not in the near future at least. Wow, I am shocked. How old is she? What a horrible thing to do.
  • Crossed the line is right. How dare she do this to anyone. Why would anyone think this is funny? I again, agree with Tarpon Monoxide. It's not a loss, and I would never be able to look at her again, let alone speak to the dippy girl...
  • Thank you guys so much for your imput. It helps me out a lot.
  • Maybe just be polite to her when you have to..such as family gatherings, but do not go out of your way. Otherwise keep doing what you are doing.
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