How to deal with two extremely annoying little cousins?

Question

Hey there, my little cousins are coming to visit next week for 2 weeks!
They're twin girls and they're both 8 (9 in October) years old. I'm almost 15 (my birthday is right around the corner) and I find them the brattiest, most spoiled and annoying children I have ever had contact with!

They follow me around, ask me what I'm doing constantly, asking me why I did something a certain way, asking me why I can stay home alone for long periods of time and they can't, asking me why I'm playing on the computer and not playing with them, asking me very personal questions, asking (more like begging) me to give them piggy back rides.... you get it.

The point is they are extremely annoying! I understand that younger kids want to be like the older ones and want to fit in and want to be able to hang out with them and stuff. I think we've all been there.

But this is absurd! Several people have told me that the twins are very annoying and are always in the way and I've had to apologize for the twins and clean up after them at many events and other things.

I brought a group of friends around last summer and all they did was follow us around and bother us after their parents told them not to. Me and my friends went to play manhunt in the forest at night and the brats HAD to play with us. They ended up getting lost and started crying and we had to end the game because they were scared. Then we weren't aloud to play it anymore because they couldn't play with us!
My friends were very upset and just went home. Leaving me with the twins and then question period started! "Why did we have to play it at niiiiiiight?"
"Why were your friends mad?"
"Where are your friends going?"
"Why didn't we just play normal tag or hide and go seek with just the three of us?"

My friends are yet to let it go! It is constantly "Well we're not going to your house this summer, your cousins might pop up and ruin our fun again!"

How do I deal with this? I tell them to go away but it's like I'm expected to entertain them always! I just want to scream at them! I swear if they were 6 years older and a foot taller things would be a little different!
They don't want to leave me alone, they don't respect my privacy, they are always showing off the new toys or whatever their rich parents bought them. They get everything they want! And what's worse is the take my stuff without me knowing! I've never gotten any of it back ever!

What am I to do? I'm not interested in anything they have to say! They are that bad! Usually I have a pretty high tolerance for people but they push every button and work every nerve!
Thanks for hearing me out... I had to get that off my chest!

Answer 1

my 9 year old brother is the same way. there's not much you can do. play with them and try to get along with them. then just answer every question they have as simple as you can. i know how bad having one annoying brat follow you around can be i can't even imagine two! but look on the bright side, they will only be there two weeks.

Answer 2

Your parents and grandparents aren't doing her any favors by not correcting her behavior. I'd tell them exactly what you wrote here, but do it privately with them and when everyone is calm and not in the middle of a fight over something your cousin did. It probably is better if you tell her when she's out of bounds, but your parents and grandparents need to back you up on these things. I think the thing to do is always to wait until sometime after the fact, when you're not angry and she's not defensive, and try to calmly explain what she did that wasn't right, and why. Also, don't forget that she hasn't had the benefit of normal exposure to other people if she's had an "extremely sheltered" life, so it's OK to try to cut her some slack.

Answer 3

Tell them to leave you alone I mean your 14 its not like your parents are going to make you watch them by yourself.Or tell your parents to make sure they leave you alone.

Answer 4

try making an agreement. tell them u'll play with them for 30 minutes after they leave u alone for an entire hour. or trying bribing them..

Answer 5

Play hide and seek with them. Tell them to hide and never seek them.

Answer 6

pit them against each other.