Me and my cousin both study on the same university. We have different courses but one class is the same.
Two days ago we had an exam for that class, I studied of course and it was going well for me. My cousin wrote stuff on small papers and put them in his pocket to cheat off of them. When the teacher was passing by our row of chairs he noticed one of those small papers in the ground in between me and my cousin. He picked it up and saw that there was class material written there and asked us two who had this. My cousin said immediately that it was me, that the teacher should check the handwriting cause it was like mine. I immediately said “How do you know the handwriting is similar to mine if you supposedly haven’t seen the note?” The teacher compared it to my handwriting and it was indeed very similar but i only write with this one muji gel pen since my 9th year and the note was written with normal pen. So the teacher asked to see our pockets and there was when my cousin got caught and his exam was annulled.
I told my mom this and she blew up on me. Saying that my cousin had difficulty on learning, and “boys will he boys” that i could take the fall this time cause i can raise my grade in that class much more easily than him.
She said that since i want to turn my back on family she will turn her back on me too. And said she would stop paying for my food and helping me on anything.
Edit: My mother has done this more than one time. She has threatened to send me to my father, or to boarding school in the past etc… i doubt she will truly do it but i know she will be mad at me for a long time.
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Now you know your mother true feelings , find a part-time job and go low contact with your family. You know they will lie ,they will steal.if they do both ,they will kill ,you find out cousin is golden child ,keep your distance
Please dont fall for it lol clear lie.
Different scenarios for these made up bs.
Always an angry family member saying “family first” or “blood is thicker….”
Absolute tosh that a mother would disown her kid for not getting caught cheating and jeopardising their education.
1/10 – failed this subreddit.
And “my writing is quite similar but I used a different pen” is not even comedy, it’s pure r/im14andthisisdeep shit.
Whoa, NTA but your mom sure is!
Nta, but your mom and cousin are. He was so quick to throw you under the bus when he knew before the test even started that he was going to cheat. Your mom because she would rather see you fail that have your cousin be held accountable for his actions. Also doesnt cheating in college have harsher consequences and could possibly derail your college career if the professor felt the need to report you for academic dishonesty? No one is worth risk your future for especially someone who doesnt see the value of working hard in school.
There is no way that this is true!
A mother would not say this to her own child.
Well he threw you under the bus without hesitation didn’t he? NTA. You owe him nothing. Cheating is an academic integrity issue and can get you kicked out of university. This is absolutely a hill to die on. If there’s assigned seating request to be moved away from your cousin. If not always sit as far away as possible. If you’re ever aware your cousin will cheat tell that professor. Tell your mom you’re not risking expulsion because your cousin wants to cheat instead of studying. Going forward do your best to have different classes (even if just different times) than him.
NTA. It wouldn’t even occur to me to wonder if someone pulled something and lied that I did it that I was the A hole. It would be an automatic oh hell no.
NTA. Your mother teaches terrible lessons.
Supporting family *can* be important but not when they are being lying cheats who throw the consequences of their own actions on innocent people.
You are definitely NTA, but your mother and cousin absolutely are.