11 Things Only People Who are Close to Their Cousins Will Understand

Even if you didn’t have dozens of cousins, there’s always that one or two you have who understand you so well. You grew up together, fought and shared secrets. At family functions you commiserated on the weirdness of your gene pool. Cousins are the family members that nature provided for extra support. They are there to give you’re a fresh perspective on life that isn’t influenced by your immediate family. Even though you just shared a one sided blood connection with your cousins, you might as well have been siblings. Here are a few things that only people who share a close bond with their cousins will understand...

1. They know all your habits. Do you snore or talk in your sleep? I’m sure your cousin already knows since you’ve been having sleepovers since you were babies.
2. They know your parents’ habits too. Yep, they know your dad wears tightie whities and your mom drinks an entire bottle of wine every night.
3. It’s perfectly acceptable for them to be rude about your parents.
4. You understand each other’s family problems. You don’t need to go into an in depth story about what’s going on with you and your family. You know all about the crazy train.
5. You have someone to talk about your siblings to. Siblings are great until they annoy you. Thank goodness you have a cousin you can call so you can complain about them.
6. They know all of your embarrassing moments in life. Yes, and they like to bring them up around other people to embarrass you.
7. You keep each other posted on all the crazy family drama.
8. You don’t judge each other over the craziness in the family. It’s just part of who you are and your cousin understands.
9. You get to meet their significant other before they introduce them to the rest of the family. It’s good to show your SO that there are normal people in the family first.
10. You can go months without seeing each other, but when you get together is seems like no time has passed.
11. Your parents trusted you when you were with them than when you were with your friends because they are family—even if they are wild party animals.

Cousins are the best thing in the world. You are more than friends, you are blood. Go give your cousin a hug!