A sibling with an attitude problem

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Yesterday, I went meet my father and sister at the airport and had not seen them in 5 years. My sister has had a recent history of anger and depression. So, we met up, I tried talking to her about areas that that I thought she might be interested in, that I liked. She automatically turned her nose up at everything that I said or acted like her interests were better.

They also went on a cruise and that is why she was at the airport with my father. During the whole time, I felt like she didn't once tell me anything about the trip or that she loved the experience. Instead, I heard her whine that she she got tired of it or that she refused to swim in the pools or the hot tubs because there were too many old fat people. I felt was was quite inexcusable for someone who is 21 years old. The only thing she was interested in was the fact that she could eat all the sushi and eel that she wanted since it was her favorite. "Oh, I eat eel all the time."

I e-mailed my dad how I felt since they live together at this point in time. I said that she seemed to acted like she was a little princess and her who attitude, which I found to be emotionally draining.

That was totally the right thing to do. Confronting your sister about it would have only gone badly; you're very wise. I hope he responded supportively to you.

Take some "me" time to get your energy back! It's always so tough to maintain an extended social interation -- even moreso with family.

I spent most of the day crying about the situation since being around her was toxic yesterday. It was also very hard to have a conversation with her, and she was acting like that. Anyway, I em-mailed my dad about how I felt, and he wrote back and blew it off saying that, my sister is my sister, and she's like that with everyone. I mean, he is right it's not me, it's her.

If I see a person behaving that way I just ignore them, problem solved. When i was younger I used to be more involved and happy to speak about things but some people were just verbally and emotionally draining so I stopped fishing for fun facts from people.