Would it bother you if your own cousin deleted you from their Facebook friends list?

[kate]

yeah, it's happened to me with someone i rarely talked to. i found it offensive, and if we met again i'd be analyzing him to try to understand why he deleted me, because it's not like i've had any history of conflict with him, before. but it's not something i'd bring up in a conversation

so unless you're going to delete all family members, or delete your profile, i think it's kind of rude. if you didn't want to be facebook friends, why friend them in the first place? unless there was some kind of serious fallout between you, and not out of the blue, like my situation. i also understand people deleting acquaintences, but i'm their cousin, not just "some acquaintence".