So my sister has come to stay with me whilst she finds somewhere to live. Her tenancy ended and the landlord wanted to rent it to a family member so she was evicted. She hadn’t found somewhere in time so I offered for her to stay with me until she does.
I have a toddler by the way so it’s me, my son and my sister. She’s been here 3 weeks now and we keep arguing.
I’m not sure what to do as I think we are both getting on each other’s nerves.
For example, this morning she was up and awake at the table having a coffee and my boy was smiling trying to communicate with her then she just completely blanked him and got up and walked in to the bedroom.
This pissed me off bcus I think it is quite rude and believe children should be treated consistently so I said something like ‘that’s not very nice.’ Then she goes ‘ah you don’t know how tired I am. I’m not in the mood to talk to anyone. I’ve had an awful night. I’m just going to leave.’ She has no where to go tbh so I feel like that is just an empty threat, but she was basically playing victim and not acknowledging the fact that ignoring someone is acc quite rude, regardless of how u feel.
There’s been other instances too where we were out shopping and as we were leaving a shop, she said ‘oh don’t forget your bag.’ The bag was right next to her and I was a few steps in front so said ‘can you just get it please.’ Then she looked at me really funny and I could tell she was pissed I asked her to grab my bag! When I mentioned this to her she started saying how I was treating her like a slave etc and that she would never dream of asking someone to do that for her.
I’m not sure what to do as everyday now it seems we are rubbing each other the wrong way. We haven’t lived together for several years although we are close, we are not used to being in the same house. Kicking her out is not an option as she has nowhere to go , so I guess I just have to ride it out but at the same time I want to find a way to live peacefully because I don’t like feeling frustrated:/