When I was young I was really close with my cousin. We were best friends and I was jealous of how smart, cute, funny, and popular she was. We reached college and all of a sudden she got REALLY annoying. Well, more like she never changed from how she was when she was little. She's just a stubborn and delusional as she was when she was 7. last year her and I went to the same college so we lived in the same town. Her for 6th year of her bachelors degree, me for my 1st year of gradschool. (I'm one year older than her). She just gets worse and worse. Doesn't shower, complains about how much she hates her parents every time we hung out, procrastinates on important things, babbles about things idc about, wears clothes that don't fit, texts me at random times and asks for inconvenient favors like sitting with her while she cleans out her apartment. I love her so I tried to accommodate her and be there for her but she is just so extroverted, demanding, and sensitive. IF you're not giving her 100% attention when you're with here she'll find some way to make sure you do...mostly just talking and talking and talking. I'm extremely introverted. I still put up with her because she's family, she's' fun sometimes, and I don't have many friends here yet because I"m relatively new to town.
Well, anyway, now she's studying abroad for a year and now that I'm away from her I can feel myself hating her more and more. She posts annoying stuff online texts me frequently about things I don't care about and in general I just feel bad for how socially inept she is but at the same time don't want to deal with it.
Idk how to go forward. She's my family and she loves me and is even obsessed with me to some extent always reminiscing about our childhood together. but talking to her and hanging out with her is something i dread. i feel terrible but at the same time i'm tired of forcing myself to stay friends with people i don't like.