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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm just wondering how you expected the cousin to lie to your mom, not tell her where they are for a week, etc.

Maybe because I'm in an estranged family situation myself, but I'm not going to lie to one family member because someone else asks me to.

Obviously she should have told you (like I do), "no, I can't keep my vacation a secret. I talk to Aunt Jenni a lot, and we share a lot of pictures, I'm just not comfortable lying about my whereabouts for a week and having the kids lie too. I'm sorry"

If they are FB friends and have kids that talk too,  and hang out, it's really not likely without lying. I always ask in small talk "so are you going anywhere this summer?" Or "have you been to the beach", and from my perspective just wouldn't be able to lie like that.

I'm sorry OP, it sounds like you can't hang out with this group if it needs to be secret.
You have my empathy![/quote]

This is such bizarre response to me. OP has had to have her mom hauled off by police because of the threat she poses to OP's family, yet you think "lying" about OP's whereabouts is morally repugnant? I think protecting OP's family far outweighs the cousin's desire to share information with the dangerous mom.[/quote]

That's not anything close to what I said.

OP says that her cousin doesn't believe her, and still talks to her mom.
Therefore, it was really a bad idea in the first place to think the cousin was going to keep a secret.

Stop looking for a fight. I specifically said I'm in a similar dynamic and had complete empathy for OP. My point was that going forward this cousin can't be trusted to keep a secret of where they are for a week. I'm in a similar situation and can't just lie to everyone about what I'm doing or where I'm going even though I'm asked, too. So I get it.[/quote]

PP You got called out.[/quote]

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