i resent them, big time.
i love them, big time.
at times one is stronger than the other, but i know i will always love them and never hate them except for one cousin lol
when i was younger there felt like there was some sort of void, it has just been me and my mum since forever and i always felt isolated whenever i went to my nanny's or aunties, it's part of the reason why i had a terrible upbringing that still hurts me to this day. i felt looked down upon because of my mum, she was really distant from all of them and didn't/doesn't value family like i do so they naturally were distant towards her too - although, they often express how much they regret that fact, especially my nanny. i've been bullied my entire life too, and whenever i went to my aunties it felt like that too with my cousins - i also never had (or have) real friends so it just added onto that. i don't think i have ever forgave them or ever will.
the only reason why my mum is in contact with her family today, and i know this for a fact, is because of me. if i wasn't born and if i hadn't encouraged her to go out and contact them ever since i was a kid she wouldn't be in contact with them today - i'm the only thing that prevented her from cutting them all off completely, there were times when she didn't talk to them for months/years. she's very hard to live with and i sometimes can't handle it, she is part of the reason as to why im so miserable today and have been for most of my life, she is completely ignorant to my resentment of her and my health problems - she is often times emotionally abusive and has added on to my deteriorating mental health + hasn't helped with my lack of sociality which has grew worse over time. like the rest of my family, she has reminded me of how 'weird' i am, how i have no friends, how miserable i look all the time (funny how she acknowledges that) and etc...but nah, we'll not ask why or try to help.
but she, like me, is damaged and i can see that and i know why - so i don't want to make a big deal out of it and would rather help myself, it's hard keeping it all in and recently i've been cracking after years of storing all this hate, anger and sadness. it really is better to let it out but i have no real outlet, so i can't.