Mom: do you remember your cousin Fred?
Me:
no
Mom: come on! You remember your cousin Fred!
Me: oooooh!
you mean FRED! 
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Mom: yea....well, he died
Me: oh. RIP
If I don't act like I know them, then my parents would just keep gaslighting me into thinking I remember some random family member i met 30 years ago when I was a kid, and they would just keep telling me "you remember!" Like that's gonna help
Me:

Mom: come on! You remember your cousin Fred!

Me: oooooh!


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Mom: yea....well, he died

Me: oh. RIP

If I don't act like I know them, then my parents would just keep gaslighting me into thinking I remember some random family member i met 30 years ago when I was a kid, and they would just keep telling me "you remember!" Like that's gonna help
