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Yeah I have a cousin who's like that. For example he told the family about a classmate in college who fucked up and coasted on their team's final year project so much that everyone hates him and went no contact with the guy. Of course my first reaction was wow the guy must be an one-in-a-million asshole to make the whole class hate him. But then I was at the cousin's graduation ceremony and everyone in his class was interacting with the guy normally, except for my cousin who pretends he does not exist (literally not looking at the guy or acknowledging the guy's existence).That's definitely the case. Worst part is that it's not immediately obvious, because sometimes a bad fallout with an ex may come up in a random conversation and you listen to it thinking that a person is just talking about their experience in the context of the topic. Then they do it again. And again... And again... And again... and after 100x more times, along with watching their other patterns, you end up realizing that something is off but it may be too late and if you cross them you'll be that "bad" person they will gossip about with others.
Another day while chatting with the cousin's sister she told me that he's still pissed off by a one-off joke I made (months ago!!!) about his favorite movies, which is why he's giving me the cold shoulder now. Such pettiness. It would be fascinating if I don't have to keep seeing him at family events, as I am sure he talked shit about me to people already.