family sucks!*

*originally from LJ

So I have a cousin who is about 10 years older than me and has 2 kids (7 and 6 yrs old). I get a call today on my cell phone around 5:30pm from someone not in my phone book. I fumbled with the phone and actually dropped it causing the top to flip open and connect. I finally picked the phone up and said "hello" when I heard:

"Hi Anna. Do you know what yesterday was? You missed my daughter's birthday. We're not some distant relations you can just forget about. You really have no conscience if you don't call a little girl to wish her a happy birthday. What you're doing is horrible. I'm going to give her the phone right now and you tell her 'happy birthdy!'"

...then I hear her try to give the phone to her daughter who didn't want to take it, followed by: "she doesn't even remember you! See how horrible you are? You should really treat your family better. I expect you to call us more often and come to visit from now on." - hang up.

notice I didn't say a single word since "hello." Also, she spoke in Russian so that was a loose translation of her ramblings.

She called me last year and did the same thing around her son's birthday. You know what, I can't keep track of birthdays of my cousin's children. Especially since I never knew them to begin with.

At some point this summer she begged me to come visit her kids because "my chldren really miss you, you don't have to stay long, just an hour or so, it would mean so much to them, etc." So I agreed to visit them in brooklyn since I needed to see my grandmother anyway. I said I'd be there noon-ish. I ended up leaving the city 30 mins late, so I showed up like 40 minutes late. As soon as she opens the door for me she says: "You were supposed to be here an hour ago. I've been waiting for you because I need to do grocery shopping. So stay here with the kids. Their lunch is on the stove, heat it up a bit and make sure they eat a decent amount. I'll be back as soon as I can." And she walks out the door. WTF???

WITCH!!! I really can't stand her. I've programmed her new phone # in to my cell and I'm never picking it up again when she calls. Additionally, from now on I'm not picking up for any unknown caller. I feel sorry for her kids. They're actually very cute and sweet and are just innocent victims of their mother's craziness.

Just thinking about her makes my blood boil.