LOL whoever said "blood is thicker than water" and to let it slide is ridiculous. Family is only a word at a certain point. heres an example...
I HAD a cousin who borrowed $1000.00 from my Dad for rent and various other things he needed to get back on his feet (he just had a kid at the time too). The agreement was that when he started back at his job he would pay my pops in payments until it was paid off. (long story short) 4 or 5 months passed and no money and no contact at all from my cousin about the money... my dad tried calling him, leaving messages, going to his house etc. He shutoff his phone, stopped going to all the family outings and BBq's (xmas, thanksgiving, new years etc.). Soon after, my dad was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and was in and out of hospitals for about 5 months until he was put on Hospice at our house and passed away after about 6 months from being diagnosed.
My cousin never called, stopped by, nothing. He knew what was going on because his mom (My aunt and my dads sister) was always there and he lived with her, so we knew he knew what was going on. Even when my pops was at home on hospice he never showed his face.
Guess who was at the funeral and now attends all family BBQ's and is back to normal ? That mofo I call a cousin. Its like once my pops passed away, all debts were dropped and everything was OK now... Man just typing this makes my blood boil. Has since never even attempted to pay my mom money or say anything on the matter. And he has to live with that for the rest of his life. He knows he ****ed up, but is just a coward to face it like a man.
Lesson learned: Family is only a word when people pull shady ass shit like that. Ohh yeah guess what he used the $1000.00 for ? To buy drugs and sell but ended up smoking more then he sold.
FAMILY IS ONLY A WORD UNTIL THEY CAN PROVE TO YOU THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU, BROKE OR RICH, IN GOOD OR BAD HEALTH. FAMILY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND. He is not family to me anymore. I feel for you Blackxrunner05, sucks man. good luck !