Is it normal my cousins are jealous of me because i live in america?

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so I was born in another country and I moved with my parents to America when I was 3 so I spent pretty much all my life here. My brother who is a couple years younger than me was born here. Sometimes we go back to visit my cousins and the rest of my family during the summers, and I didn't realize it before, but it seems like they are jealous of the fact that we (me, my brother, and parents) live in America and they don't. They obviously don't come out and say it but it's obvious in the way they behave. I just want them to accept me as their cousin, as family, but they don't see me as one of them. Even though I am just like them.

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  • Ellenna
    8 years ago

    You can't change them, you can only change your response and if nothing overt is coming from them towards you, you could just stop worrying about it. It doesn't seem as if you've talked to them about it: you could find out if your impressions are correct by just asking them in a low key way if they'd like to be living in America too?

    You never know, maybe your feelings aren't accurate. In any event, most families are full of unspoken resentments and secrets we all have to learn to live with if we can

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    8 years ago

    Normal. I have a few family members who are jealous of me because I don't have kids.

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  • iritating
    8 years ago

    i wonder if they would be jealous of you if you go to mars! XD

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  • pyewakit17
    8 years ago

    Jealousy is common it not ur fault they will have to live with it. You can do nothing about it nor can they

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    • Ellenna
      8 years ago

      Of course jealous people can do something about their jealousy! Unless of course they prefer wallowing around in resentment instead and doing nothing to change their own situation

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