Her Cousin Helped Her Get a Job — Now He Won’t Stop Calling and Texting, and She’s Never Been Close to Him
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Well, this story is gonna make you uncomfortable…
Because that’s definitely the reaction I had when I got all the details about what the woman who wrote it is dealing with!
I think you’ll agree that this whole situation is just…strange.
Take a look at what she’s dealing with and see what you think!
AITA for not wanting to talk to my cousin who’s obsessed with me?
“My (20s F) cousin (30s M) and I were never close when I was growing up.
When I turned 18 he contacted me and helped me get a job where he worked.
Through this time we’d see each other at work, work functions, and a few of us colleagues would meet up for drinks and things. Over time he’d start texting me more and more, less about work.
He sounds like a bit of a drama queen…
I didn’t care for a while but eventually it got a bit annoying. If I didn’t respond within a certain time he’d text back saying things like ‘what have I done to deserve this?’
And things along those lines.
He will text me pretty much every day even when I don’t reply. He will call me multiple times too.
I’ve tried politely telling him I can’t text him all the time and that outside work I didn’t really want to go for drinks or stuff with him. But it never really sank in.
Oh, no…
I quit the job we worked at together a little while ago. I thought maybe after I left it would ease off a bit but to be honest it’s worse now.
He will call other family members of ours and ask them to contact me to try and get me to text him back. He’ll remove me off Facebook and then re-add me to get my attention. Every platform you can think of that he could contact me on he does. I’m getting texts and calls constantly.
I think outside work he doesn’t really have too many friends and maybe he’s a bit lonely and I do feel bad about that but I also don’t know if that makes me responsible to see him all the time.
This has turned into a big ordeal…
A few of my family members have said that I should just go meet up with him, and I’m worried that if I argue with him or block him that will cause a rift between me and others too like my grandma.
My mom for instance who he has called multiple times thinks I’m being rude and unnecessarily cruel by ignoring him.
I’ve tried explaining the situation but she thinks because he’s family I should be nicer and just go meet with him.”
Reddit users spoke up.
This person weighed in.
Another reader said she’s NTA.
This individual agreed.
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Another Reddit user shared their thoughts.
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And this person weighed in.
This guy is way over the line…
And I’d even say that he’s being borderline creepy.
Yikes!
Her cousin needs to take a hint and back off!
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