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To feel 16 again :|

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mermaidtail · 24/08/2022 11:57

A few weeks ago I posted about family coming to stay with me & DD who's 4 in my new house.

Fast forward 8 weeks; I've got my dad and sister here. Dads fine, helps me out a lot etc.
sister is here for another 10 days, then she leaves the country.

I've started to feel like I'm 16 again living at home. I spend a lot of time in my room, crave time alone etc. I fell out with my sister yesterday, she tells me off for my bad habits. I vape too much, I pop my spots too much, I don't eat enough, and whenever I speak to my ex regarding our daughter she gets really shitty and rolls her eyes. She told me yesterday I need to get him out of our lives and that I should go for full custody. He does make my life incredibly difficult sometimes but that's another story.

I just feel like I'm constantly being watched. If I go and chill in my room she questions me as to why I was up there so long! I'm 6 years older than her.

She can be so wonderful and supportive of me but she also acts like my mother, it's very suffocating. Literally anything I do she picks at me. It can be so condescending.

Anyway yesterday I told her straight, I said you need to back off basically. I love her but having her (and my dad) live with me for a few weeks has been really difficult for me.

Any advice?

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GoneWithTheWine1 · 24/08/2022 11:59

Ask them to leave early. It's your home not theirs.

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