I will start by saying I do love my sister and we generally get on well. We are both in our 30s with 1 year between us. I have 1 DC and am currently pregnant. She has no DC.
My issue is that she can't ever just text me, she HAS to ring to chat all the time. She does a lot of driving for her job and if she knows I am on a day off she will ring me because she's driving to or from somewhere and for some unknown reason can't just listen to the radio like a normal person. It's not just me either, she will ring our DM or DF too. And it's never just a quick 10 minute how are you, what are you up to etc. It's like 45-60+ minutes each time... minimum. I also have DC who is only 3 and can get quite annoying while I'm on the phone, she goes through bad signal areas so she cuts out all the time, and generally whatever she's talking about is just inane rubbish, but she goes on and on and on. I will admit I do sometimes just watch my phone ring and purposely miss the call because I'm just not in the chatty mood to waste an hour chatting shit with her just to fill up her journey. She gets offended if I try and say I'm busy/have things to do etc. It's not even that she has no one else to talk to/is lonely, she has a DH and loads of friends.
The current problem is our Nan is unwell. DM has, for years been at her beck and call and even more so since our GD died 4 years ago. We have had to listen to DM moan about this ever since and Dsis in particular will have a go and tell DM to shut up about it cos she's sick of hearing her slag off Nan. To take pressure off DM I have done Nan's shopping weekly for over a year because she cannot drive and won't get a taxi. But my Dsis hasn't really done anything at all besides the odd call and birthdays/xmas. A few weeks ago our DM had major surgery meaning she is basically on bed rest for the foreseeable. I have been really unwell and signed off work with pregnancy related issues. So from the day Nan went into hospital Dsis has had to deal with it (she also has POA which I don't so not much I can do anyway in that respect). And since then the issue has intensified and she has been ringing me multiple times a day and it's just getting too much. She has minor unrelated medical knowledge so thinks she knows everything which is irritating in itself, and she makes out like she is doing so much for Nan and she has so much going on and I just can't listen to her moan anymore. Nan came out of hospital after a week and the issue died down somewhat (but Dsis still ringing more often just to moan and tell me how much she's been doing for Nan) but she went back in again at the beginning of this week for the same issue and it's all ramped up again. Just a simple text asking how Nan is prompts a 45 minute phone call of her just talking at me every single time. Or I just get a text saying she will ring me when she's on her way home from the hospital. Like no! Just text me 😡 She's also started ringing at the worst times, when I'm putting DC to bed, making or eating dinner, or literally about to go to bed.
I know I'm probably being a bitch and will get slated but I just wanted a rant. I want to smash up my phone every time it rings. I'm relieved when I actually see someone else's name flashing up and not hers.
Please tell me I'm not the only one whose hates this?