My husband’s cousin, a highly-successful attorney, self-made wealthy man, bully, and blowhard. It’s impossible for anyone to have a conversation near this person. If he’s within earshot, he interrupts, starts yelling, and goes off on a long-winded lecture. He knows everything about every subject, and everyone else is 100% wrong and needs to be educated.
One of my brother-in-laws, who’s mentally unstable and very mean.
These are two men whom I simply avoid. If I need to be in the same vicinity, I get up and leave when one of them comes nearby. A few weeks ago, when I was eating a meal at a family event, the cousin stopped by and sat next to me. I picked up my plate, beverage, and utensils and moved elsewhere.
This same cousin… A few years ago, Paul and I hosted a party. The party was a huge success; a packed room, with lots of fun and animated conversation. The cousin arrived and immediately started lecturing one of our guests, and in a loud, intimidating voice. Nobody else could talk, because this man was yelling nonstop. Ten minutes later, the cousin, his wife, and Paul and I were the only people left at the event (which I’d worked so hard to plan and prepare). Everybody else had left.