I (22F) am still trying to wrap my head around a situation that happened recently. My cousin got married, and leading up to it, I was incredibly stressed. I had a lot going on with my life, so I wasn't in the right headspace to be around people or help with preparations for a full month like my family expected.
I didn't actually make it to their place to start helping until about a week before the wedding. I know my aunt and uncle were disappointed that I wasn't there sooner. I did apologize and tried to explain that I was just overwhelmed, but it didn't feel like things were "settled" or totally forgiven. There was definitely still a lot of tension and disappointment directed at me, and I just had to live with that while I tried to help out as much as I could during that final week.
The real problem, though, was this guy, specifically, a friend of my aunt and uncle who is probably in his 40s. I barely know him. He reminded me that we met once when I was a kid, but that’s it. For some reason, he decided to make me his target for the entire week.
Every time we made eye contact, he’d make some off-handed, insulting comment about how I wasn't there to help earlier. It got to the point where it was just bizarre and uncomfortable. At one point, I was just trying to find the station where the drinks were because I wanted some water. I was asking around where to find it, and he overheard and said, "Oh, so now you want water, huh?" in this really weird, way, like I didn't even have the right to be there or have a drink.
Later on, when we were all getting together for a group photo (not even a private family one, just a large group), he made another comment insinuating that I shouldn't even be in the shot. I don't remember his exact words, but the vibe was very much, "Why are you even here?"
He did this constantly, often in front of other people who didn't have any context for why he was attacking me. It was incredibly embarrassing and made me feel suffocated at the wedding. I didn't want to make a scene or stress out my aunt and uncle further, so I just stayed quiet and tried to act like I didn't hear him, but he just kept egging me on.
I honestly just wanted to get home. I still don't understand why a man in his 40s felt the need to keep targeting a 22-year-old he doesn't know over a situation that had nothing to do with him.
AITA for being annoyed by this, or did I actually do something to warrant this kind of behavior?