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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what happened when she was the only childfree one?

There might be resentments on her side too.[/quote]

She’s always been like this. In the past it hasn’t been as bad bc she hovers and asks if I’m making her a sandwich, my answer is normally sure! Or annoyance and a “no” and I quickly move on. It just hits differently when I’m making sandwiches for all these kids and her husband is working and her baby is sleeping and she asks me to prepare her lunch. (To which I said no.)

That’s one example.

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While  you cousin could use some fine tuning. Most of your gripes oil down to your cousin not sacrificing herself like you do making her entire life about servicing the kids and everyone else. always doing doing  doing, that's what we're supposed to do as women and moms , right?

Cousin may need to step it up, but you need to tone it down.[/quote]

+1 
It's pretty clear what's going on here. I had a couple of relatives who were EXACTLY like this, expected the wives/moms to sacrifice their entire "vacation" to serve everyone else, especially children, and [b]definitely if you had the nerve to exist as a childless woman like the cousin was for awhile.[/b]  :lol: The cousin isn't falling in line and OP is pissed. My self-appointed trip planner aunt wasn't pleased either. Too bad for her that I wasn't willing to be on duty all vacation as the husbands and children just sat in front of the TV waiting to be served. Team cousin. [/quote]

Nah. I’m childfree for life, but when I go on vacay with my nieces and nephew, I help them brush their hair, find their shoes, fix them a snack, etc. Honestly it’s kind of fun, since I don’t deal with the daily drudgery, plus I love them. OP’s cousin sounds like a lazy wretch.[/quote]

You want to do it though which is far different than their mother expecting you to do it. You are also kinda prooving PP's point that the cousin is lazy because she doesn't want to take care of children that aren't her own.[/quote]

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