Try explaining it as nicely as you possibly can to your cousin about the situation and maybe they may understand?

Literally just call, communicate, talk. These are your bills, what you need to pay to live. Ask them with an urgency as if you lost money to keep it polite. Most people DO NOT CARE and WILL NOT HATE YOU over stuff like this. Bad relationships are seen and stick out more because their more entertaining. Just ask!

Sounds like your cousin is going to have a great honeymoon!

How do you 'accidentally' give away $400?

How can you not pay attention while paying bills? That's just asking for a disaster.

I never get how in the States you guys don't have automatic billing on anything? Over here everything is done straight away without us having to send any money anywhere ourselves. Get some direct debits people!!!

We do, why some people don't is beyond me. I have it and it's wonderful because I never have to worry about a thing.

Although I 99% agree with you, bills can also mean things you need to pay cash for. Car repairs, home repair labor. And phone bills may be phone cards,
or he is paying someone who pays his bills for him (his parents, or cash to someone who sells prepaid cards for cheap) Not all bills are online, not everything can be autopaid!

We have the option, but not everyone chooses to have it. I use it for my TV bill, but not my electricity bill because I work a minimum wage job, getting paid every two weeks, and I'm not guaranteed to have the amount for my energy bill the day it's due. I support myself so I'm usually out of money by the time I get paid again.

Sorry. You deserved it

best cousin ever!

that's just idiotic to be s o careless and then not say anything.

your paying your bills by sending cash through the mail??? ydi. that's ridiculous.