I found out about a situation with my mom side of the family in NY that we used to go visit when I was a kid and I got heated at my mom and them, long story short my aunts husband used to touch one of my cousin growing up they didnt do shyt about it and she ended up homeless, if I cross path with dude im beating the shyt out of him
Sad story to hear. Is she back on her feet? Has the extended family tried to help her?
What I hate about stories like what you wrote and the one I mentioned is that, relatives knew what was going on and didn't address the problem; didn't remove the child from the household to prevent further abuse, didn't report the abuser to authorities, didn't confront and threaten the abuser. Just put their heads down.
The first time I ever stood up to my father was over them trying to hide the abuse from social worker. It seemed to go against the "morals" and principles that they taught us.... to lie about the situation. and to not protect my cousin.
All my relatives know not to tell me anything like that because since that incident everybody knows that I'm not for the "grinning teeth" bullshyt. Anything involving abuse and I'm gonna address it right away. What the fukk do I look like sitting next to somebody at a family gathering knowing that they are abusing a kid...? smiling and grinning teeth? fukk that hypocrite bullshyt.
*Yes, when you see that abuser beat his ass indoors, so that nobody passing by sees you and thinks you're robbing him or something