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Anyone else got a “scary” sister

28 replies

Rootheroo · 10/06/2025 18:13

One who goes from 0-100 in a second?
One who is incredibly impatient?
One who has had lots of falling outs with friends and colleagues in the last?
One who has little self restraint in arguments and will always actively try to hurt?

I do know that she’s in an unhappy marriage with an arsehole, but it’s quite exhausting knowing that any slight disagreement is going to end with her desperately pursuing an argument.

tell me I’m not alone?!

OP posts:
Blinkagain · 20/06/2025 07:37

AGlinnerOfHope · 20/06/2025 07:35

My mother. And as for dragging people down with her- she seems to get release from her pain when she sees other people suffering it. So when she’s unhappy she prods and pokes me until I get upset, then she seems to sigh with relief.
@Blinkagain does that sound familiar?

I’m trying to find a strategy for it. One is that when I stay with her I plan something nice for the last evening, as that’s when she tends to erupt.

Well it’s anytime, but the last evening is a dead cert if it’s not already happened.

That sounds awful but my sister’s unhappiness manifests itself in a different way.

Sharp tongue, quick to take offence, always seeing dark shadows and basically just not very nice.

She is in what I suspect to be a pretty dire marriage so I think that feeds in to it

Cillaere · 20/06/2025 07:41

I did in our childhood. She is ND and my parents were terrified of her when we were children to the point that they pandered to her every whim. She made my childhood unpleasant and I now haven't seen her for upwards of 20 years.

aspidernamedfluffy · 20/06/2025 07:59

I have 2 and I see them both very rarely (even though 1 lives just a 3 minute walk away). I've got no time for their nonsense and I refuse to be their verbal punchbag anymore.

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