This happened at a recent family thing my mom forced me to go to. I’m 21, and I don’t really vibe with her side of the family. They’re exhausting. Loud, fake, weirdly smug for people who haven’t done anything worth bragging about. Especially my cousin—she’s 39, married, still lives with her parents, and is one of those performative progressive types who thinks yelling about capitalism on Facebook makes her deep.

Anyway, she and her husband show up, and someone asked how they met. It turned into this whole moment like we were supposed to be impressed or something. I just kind of laughed and said, “I mean, it makes sense. No masculine, successful, classy guy—like a David Beckham or James Bond type—is ever gonna date someone like her. No doctor or lawyer is lining up to wife up someone who still lives with her parents and acts like a smug activist at a college protest.”

She got quiet, then cried and left. Her husband, who’s just as awkward and unimpressive, tried to play it cool but looked uncomfortable. My mom was pissed, her brother yelled at me, and now apparently I’m the bad guy.

But here’s the thing—I wasn’t being mean to be mean. I was just stating a fact. She’s not attractive, she’s not elegant, she’s not interesting, and she’s not someone who holds herself to a high standard. No high-value guy is going to be into that. That’s not cruel, that’s just real. If anything, I was being honest.

So yeah, she cried, but I don’t feel bad. I didn’t insult her out of nowhere, I just pointed out what everyone already knows but won’t say because they’re too polite or scared of hurting feelings. I’m not.

AITA for not pretending she's something she’s not? My cousin is nothing, she's a nobody she truly is worthless.