To be hurt by DSis’ comment?

[fairynick]

Was at dinner this evening. DSis is in final year at uni and DF was asking what she’ll be doing after. She explained she might go on to do a teaching course, then went on to say “at least one of us will have a career” making an eye gesture toward me.
I dropped out of uni in my final year because I had a mental health crisis and attempted suicide. I now work in a sales position in a call centre.
I know it was probably a joke but it really felt like a kick in the teeth, especially because it was so true.

I totally get you, OP. I also dropped out in final year due to mental health crisis and attempted suicide. My older sister has a degree and various post graduate qualifications and for some reason my family apparently thinks it's hilarious to joke about my inability to finish my course, my now hatred of studying (I wonder how that started) and my apparent 'laziness' which is proved by my dropping out. Everyone seems to have completely forgotten that the experience very nearly actually killed me.

If it makes you feel better, it's been about 13 years since I dropped out and having completed absolutely no qualifications since, I'm now in a manager level role earning about 20k more than my sister so she can stick her stupid jokes up her arse can't she

OP, your sister is a weapon. An absolute prize bitch for that comment.
I hope you are doing ok now and well done for getting yourself a job and for keeping going. Mind yourself.

Your DSis is not so dear. Please don’t be offended, but I don’t like the sound of her at all.

She sounds really awful OP
You should not have to put up with her making snide remarks about a really difficult time in your life.
You're well within your rights to say "Oh do STFU dear"

It really does depend on the sort of relationship you have with each other. I can easily see me and my sibling having the same conversation and probably far worse but we have quite a jokey/piss-taking relationship. We will joke about almost anything, often as a defence too.

If you don't or this is a particularly recent or sore subject at the moment then just tell her it was hurtful.

Very unpleasant comment and she is certainly counting her chickens before they've hatched! Plenty of uni graduates on minimum wage or zero hour contracts these days.

Good for her that she wants a career, but perhaps someone should tell her there are no guarantees in this world and she shouldnt be so quick to put others down... I hope she doesn't encounter the same difficulties you've been through, but there may well come a time when she needs help from her big sis so perhaps she should start treating you with a bit more kindness and respect.

@fairynick Wow what a rude unpleasant bint she is.

Is she jealous and resentful of you? People usually are nasty and bitchy when they're jealous.