YOU are not “getting” what we’re trying to tell you. It is not your house. Plain and simple.
You can say whatever you like…you’re your parents daughter, you have a CLOSE relationship, you feel entitled to treat it as your own house b/c you’re their daughter blah blah blah. But the** FACT** remains that it is not your house and as a result, you do not have control over who gets to stay here. Because guess what? If the house really was yours, then you would have the power to NOT allow your cousin to stay there. And then there would not be any need for you to vent on this thread.
Your cousin might be the most gossipy, rude, smelly, dumb, unclean, lazy etc. person in the world. But since the house actually belongs to your parents, your parents have decided that they will welcome your cousin into their home. You are more than welcome to vent here all your like. But that doesn’t change the actual FACTS in the situation.
The only people who have the power to not allow your cousin to stay in the house are your parents. You have the choice on whether or not to continue living in that house.
Nadz, if none of the wisdom in some of the posts is up your alley, then take comfort from knowing that before you know it the time will fly by and she’ll move out and on with her life, and you’ll be free to grouse about something or someone else.
Our house guests left last night and it was a damn good feeling.
