That relative who never contacts you unless they want something

Do you have any relatives like this ?

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Hey Ish.

I’m a little short this week…could you lend me 50 bucks?

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I have relatives like this. I learned a great trick: If you stop giving them stuff, they stop contacting you.

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My relatives dont really contact me period

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Same…

Not too many do reach out to me/contact me..

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all of my relatives, i have a huge extended family and only 3 people have called or texted me more than a few odd times in my life

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I’ve got 5 cousins that I personally know, many more I’ve never met - we don’t speak. All 5 are older than me, in my book they were the ones who should’ve initiated contact, but they didn’t.

And I’ve got an aunt and an uncle (siblings) who rarely reach out. The aunt is friendly and has never asked for anything. She might know about my illness, not sure. The uncle is sadly an alcoholic.

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Mortally offending them works too, and faster.

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My family fell apart after Covid

When my Nan died was the last time I saw many of them and that was two years ago now

Makes me sad as we used to be quite close but no longer

Some stupid feud ruined everything

Very poor behaviour

I knew friends could behave that way but never family

:person_shrugging:

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Yeah I would say the same happened to me, most my cousins are no longer in contact after my grandmother died. I haven’t seen most of them in years.

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It’s a real shame

I don’t really have friends but my cousins were kinda friends before

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