Why does English have to have only one word for both types of cousins?!

I know, right? This is really cousin trouble when you're in the middle of a conversation!

I'll see myself out.

I played this at my father's friend's house. He had a kid who owned a PS1 and Pepsiman. I was just sat there like a statue the whole afternoon because I didn't know him, until his mother told us to play this together. This game really broke the ice. We laughed so hard for hours and since then we became friends lol.