I couldn't care less about my cousin and his girlfriend/wife/whatever she is (they were married, then separated but I don't know if they divorced, and then they got back together, so I don't know what their status is now, nor do I care), but it pisses me off that they made my mom cry.

My mom isn't perfect, and she can be rude and invade privacy, plus she can snap at you because she's out of shape and gets frustrated easily. But the way my cousin and his wife (for wont of a better term) are treating my mom makes me mad. My cousin and my mom had a fight the last time she saw him and his kids, several weeks ago. According to my mom, she asked his daughter to get her oxygen bottle and the girl grabbed the wrong one, so my mom pointed to the right one, and the girl flew off the handle (she, like her brothers, has mental problems), and then her dad was yelling at my mom, and I don't know exactly what happened, but they left, and haven't contacted my mom since.

Finally, my mom called them at home yesterday, but got a message saying the number was disconnected or something, so she called my cousin's cell phone. She offered to take them to Burger King and get them a cake or something for their birthdays (I don't know if two or more of them have bdays about now, but that's what she said). I'm fuzzy on some of the details, but he didn't call back, and somehow his daughter's ex-friend (my cousin and his wife didn't like their daughter hanging with this other girl, because she's a teenager and had had a baby--just like my cousin and his wife--so I guess they thought she was a bad influence) ended up with the information that my mom wanted to get in touch with them and went over there. My cousin's wife asked her, "What are you doing here?" and didn't want anything to do with them.

My cousin told his wife, I guess, that my mom had left a message on his cell, and she and he got into a big argument. His wife was saying she didn't need my mom, didn't want anything my mom had and didn't want anything from my mom. I don't know what my cousin's position was, but I figure he might have been willing to bring the kids to see my mom, and his wife objected, since they argued.

My mom did so much for them. I went through hell because my mom did stuff for them that hurt me and worsened my OCD and panic disorder many years ago when I still lived with her; I've mentioned this here a long time ago, so I won't get into that now, or this post will be twice as long. They took over her house, them and their family (my aunt, her two sons [one of them being the cousin I'm speaking of], her severely mentally retarded daughter with cerebral palsy who couldn't walk or talk, my cousin's then-girlfriend [the wife this post is partly about], and their friends, coming over all hours of the night. Then, later, after I moved out, my mom let them move in again so they wouldn't lose their children over not having a proper home!!!

My mom has given them money, a home (at least twice!), watched their kids (the mom likes to go shopping and do whatever she does with her sister--whose baby is being raised by the mom, too!), bought them things, fed them and done all kinds of crap for them, and this is how they repay her??? No, I'm not surprised. I never liked them. But it still pisses me off because my mom told me she'd cried all night plus all day yesterday! She was crying when I talked to her (several times). They are such f***ing scum!!!!!!!!!