u/Independent-Hawk-648

My cousin (we're both 18) sexually harrased me from 2022 to mid 2024 until i told my family about it.(They did nothing about the situation and just ignored it)Since then we dont talk,though he rarely greets me .I still see him at family events and when him and his family visit at my house.

I was in the shower when him and his family came over.His little sister (8) came upstairs looking for me but I was in the bathroom so I told her to wait for me downstairs because I needed to walk out my bathroom to dress in my room.It was clear she didnt hear me because when I opened the bathroom door a few minutes later with a towel wrapped around me to go to my room I saw her and the cousin that harrased me walk out my room and go downstairs.

I couldn't help but feel weirded out on wtf my cousin was doing in my room.We're not on good terms at all and when I told my family about this they kind of just brushed it off.Am I overreacting?And is there something I should do about this?

(I have more posted about this cousin on my page)

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u/Independent-Hawk-648 — 19 days ago

My cousin and I (both 18) were close and had a friendship-like dynamic growing up ,however when we were around 14/15 (late 2022) he started doing very weird things like masturbating around me ,trying to make me watch porn with him ,asking me to touch his private parts ,show me his nudes and almost force me to show him mine etc.By the way I was never comfortable with this at all and have never entertained his behavior.

This continued until mid 2024(it continued for so long because I didnt want drama in my family and I was unsure about how everyone would react) until I came out to my family about what happened .It did cause some drama but no one did anything about it ,everyone just acted like nothing happened after some time passed, just ignoring the issue .I still see my cousin sometimes at family events or when him and his family visit my house but we don't talk at all ,obviously besides sometimes when he just greets.

Anyways he has a girlfriend of 4 years and her and I were kind of friends,just casual friends when he introduced me to her back in early 2022.Our friendship kind of died until we were in the same class this year in January and she started talking to me ,being friendly.We would walk to classes together and she would also ask me about my cousins (her bf) embarrassing moments etc just silly stories and some drama.I couldn't help but feel so guilty for not telling her what happened because she seems so inlove with him ,and seeing my cousin alot more at school since he would sometimes come up to her or vice versa when we were together. This situation affected me to the point where I left the school and began homeschooling to avoid seeing them.

I've asked a few friends for advice on this and they all have different options and I don't know what to do.I don't have any evidence on the sexual harassment, but I feel like she deserves to know what happened even if she doesnt believe me (which is likely)

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u/Independent-Hawk-648 — 19 days ago