27 now. I had ten more in the subsequent half hour before I finally hit the block button. I heard through the grapevine that the text feature on my cousin's phone wasn't working properly and that's why he called me near 30 times. He doesn't text. His words.

My cousin is, in part, a busybody who feels entitled to my time and undivided attention on demand because we're family. My parents, who are responsible for him being here in the first place, encourage this behavior towards me because (although they will never admit this to me) they don't want to deal with him either and attempted to use me as a go-between.

It's tiring, to say the least, and this blocking is a nice respite.