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[quote=Anonymous]This is how family feuds start and how life-long rifts happen.

OP, be careful how you address your cousin as it may have impacts across your entire family including your parents, aunts/uncles, grandparents, other cousins, etc.

It will also impact YOU and your relationship with your cousin as there is no guarantee how your words will be received, no matter how kindly you try and deliver them.

This is a "family" home albeit your parents'. Your cousin is part of your extended family. You cannot ignore this important fact. She is your parents' niece.

You will really be stepping in it if you go to war with your cousin telling her she isn't welcome anymore, and yet your friend and her family will continue to enjoy vacations at the beach with you.

That will spread like wildfire throughout the family, "Oh, did you hear? OP wants her friend and family to visit but told Cousin Susy she was a slob and didn't help out so she wasn't welcome anymore."

I would not address this right now especially since you are still so pissed about it. You have plenty of time until next year to figure out if there may be something going on with your cousin (PPD? Marital issues? Financial issues?) and can then figure out how to address it a few months before next year's anticipated vacation.

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