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Need help with advice for a friend....

LuckyMe Posted:

Need help with advice for a friend....

Okay! I would rather not even attempt to get involved but she is my friend and has spoken to me about it and I feel bad because she is beside herself. So here you go....
My friend(dont want to give her name because some people might know her and she's already embarrassed by the situation)has a cousin who is really psycho and always in trouble as well as causing trouble. She(the cousin)was living with a man who was older than her by about 10-20yrs really not sure but they were constantly fighting because she was a degenerate gambler and would use his bank account or the money he gave her to pay bills to gamble with. She is also involved in many identy theft scams etc. etc. so my friend always distanced herself from her cousin but still always included her in family functions. Okay so the guy is no angel because apparently he was running into alot of illegal things as well and hiding it by saying he was a restaurant owner God this whole thing is insane. Anyhow, the cousin kept bringing the boyfriend around my friends mom and little brother and sister for dinner and her mom felt really uncomfortable. The cousin would call to say that he was trying to kill her and before christmas through her out into the street. He started calling her mom to plead his case, Yada, yada yada right. Okay so now the cousin and the guy break up and he continues to drive 2hours to visit my friends mom and call her on the phone. Well the cousin deceides my friends mom is having an affair and starts calling the moms job trying to get her fired and setting up websites photoshopping crazy pics of the mom and the cousins boyfriend and sending links to her boss. Okay, the family gets into a battle over whos fault this is My friends mom because she had no business being friends with this idiot or the cousin for being a psycho. Okay well now here is where my friend is now going crazy. Her mom has now in the last year started a relationship with this loser and he was in jail and now she calls her this morning to tell her she just wants to get things out the way and tell her that he is out of jail and is now living with her because they are having a relationship. OMG she has basically disowned her mother and her wedding is a few months away and her family that she is closed to is no longer returning her phone calls(her aunts and other cousins)and they are in her wedding and now she realizes it must be because of this. What do I tell her to assure her it will work out? I agree with her that you just dont do something like this and have a relationship with your neices exboyfriend but me agreeing with her is not going to help her. I think her mom is a very selfish person to do this to her entire family for a person who is obviously garbage because he doesnt see the fault in it either. I mean you dated this womans sisters child and now you think it's okay to not only date her but move in with her never mind your a criminal. As if there isnt enough pressure with putting a wedding together she has this to deal with.
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jeanne08 Posted:

Re: Need help with advice for a friend....

WOW! don't even know where to start with that one!
LuckyMe Posted:

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Thanks! That's exactly how i felt. I thought it was a joke at first. Mind you except for her psycho cousin and now her mom her family isnt like this. She said her mom called her brother too and her brother flipped on their mom and also is not speaking to her. How do you do this and just not see how wrong it is on so many levels? I personally think her mom is just a lonely woman and latched onto the first loser who showed her any attention not that it's an excuse but I cant come up with anything else
aliandjoe27 Posted:

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Sounds like a Lifetime Movie....that's toatlly nuts!

LuckyMe Posted:

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Your right!
MRSin2009 Posted:

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it seems like something you would see on Maury. I am sorry you friend has to go through this but I have a feeling eventually her mom will see this guy is a loser. I also think he may steal from her and take advantage and that is the way she will find out he is a jerk.

I feel bad for your friend because when people feel they have a good person in there life they will not listen to anyone and take the guys side.
LuckyMe Posted:

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I know exactly what you mean but I think she is having a hard time with the fact that her mom is being selfish and putting aside what's right so she can satisfy what she wants.
I just wish there was something I could say that would make it easier for her. Thanks though
Mooshyboo Posted:

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okayyyy WOW that is a lot to grab... your friend needs to stay focused and step away from this dysfunction... Everything will work out! I don't have my biological mom in my life & in the beginning when we first engaged was the hardest because there were alot of things I always thought I would do with my biological mother - but then once I got past that and that I am starting a new life with FH then I realized I dont need or want the dysfunction in my life.... (especially if we decide to have children)

040508Bride Posted:

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i want to help but i don't even know where to start.....actually....yeah no....idk. sorry i can't be much of a help. I'd stay out of it though...sounds messy. just be there to support your friend--listen to her vent, etc, etc.
mdawg Posted:

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i truly have NO idea where to even begin with this... oy.

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