My cousin Elly hates me and always has done. The rest of my family live up north while my parents and me live in the south of England, so I don't see Elly and the rest of my cousins very often. When we were little she used to get all of our cousins (who she knows a lot better than me) to gang up on me, and when we got older started saying a lot of stuff, making fun of my appearance and pointing out how much better looking than me she is (which is true and she knows it, but she doesn't need to remind me of it).
Anyway, Elly's parents had a family party for her before she goes off to university, and my parents insisted I come along. I mostly kept myself to myself and chatted to a few relatives who weren't Elly.
Anyway in the evening I was sitting in their living room watching TV when Elly came in. I ignored her as I'd done the rest of the day. My boyfriend Tom [18M] gave me a small cuddly toy for my birthday which I love. I had in my hand while I was texting him, when Elly popped up and snatched it out of my hand. She asked me what it was and I said my boyfriend gave it to me. Elly asked if my boyfriend was as ugly as I was. I told her to give it back and she said ''wouldn't it be funny if I threw it in the bin?''. I was so angry at that moment.
Elly has always worn glasses with very thick lenses (you can't even see her eyes behind them). I pulled her glasses off her face and held them away from her. She started screaming that she couldn't see and for me to give them back. I told her to give me back the toy and she dropped it, but I was so angry that I didn't give the glasses back. I said I'd give them back if she said please, which she didn't, she only screamed that she couldn't see. It got to the point where she actually started to cry. I felt bad after this and realised that it had gone too far. I was going to give her glasses back but she ran out and screamed for her mum. Her parents - and mine - came running and she sobbed that I took her glasses for no reason. I gave them back to her straight away but understandably her parents were furious. They told me I wasn't welcome at their home anymore.
When we got home my parents exploded at me, demanding to know what I was thinking taking her glasses when I know how bad her eyesight is. I know I went too far and I regret it. I get how scared she must have been, but whenever we meet she picks on me and treats me like I don't matter.
My parents are insisting that I apologise to Elly and her parents, which I will, but when I say that Elly started the fight, and that she's picked on me for years, they don't expect her to apologise to me, which I think I deserve.
tl;dr: My cousin has been picking on me for years, and I took her glasses and made her cry, and now have to apologise for doing so.
Submitted August 28, 2018 at 06:37AM by throwaway8491384905 https://ift.tt/2LC9FZg
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