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Wicked Vent

I am SO SICK AND TIRED of my sister's shitt.  I don't even know WHERE to begin.  She's a total trainwreck and she has made it that way, no IFS ANDS or BUTS about it.  She is 30 years old and has moved six times in the last couple of years, and always ends up back home.  She has had roommates, but every one of them has been not of her liking and she kicks them out or she leaves.  One of the moves was to CA where she came back a year later.  She came back August 07 to live back at home, and has had FOUR JOBS SINCE THEN!!  She is about to start the 4th in a couple weeks.  (and in the 3rd job, she switched her shift twice and wanted to switch a 3rd time and they said NO and that's where the big, big trouble began).  She's a miserable person ... she thinks the world owes her something, she thinks everyone is against her, she thinks everything should come easy and fast to her without putting in her due time like eeeeeeeveryone else, and she thinks everyone but she is the problem.  She's SO whiney, she complains CONSTANTLY, she asks the same questions over and over again on what everyone thinks she should do, she makes the same mistakes over and over and over again, she doesn't take anyone's advice or suggestions, and she keeps digging herself deeper and deeper in a hole.  She has no friends, no boyfriend.  At one time, she had both.  She has found everything wrong with every friend and boyfriend she's ever had.  All she has now is her cat (and she even gets stressed about taking care of him because he's a "high maintenance cat") and my parents ... my mother is the HUGEST enabler and is also totally co-dependant with my sister. 

Yesterday at my daughter's Baptism, she barely spoke to me at all in the Church, she would barely even look at me (we had a serious conversation about her problems and life in general a couple weeks ago), and then at the party after, she talked to all of my in-laws and husband about her latest problems ... in between fielding phone calls from people and sitting with my mother and talking about her new job's paperwork and her old job that she's getting ready to leave and other things that really had no place at this particular event.  She didn't eat anything that I or my husband saw, and she refused to have her picture taken.

Today she had class so my PARENTS went to her apartment and did a ton of the packing and moving FOR HER!!!  Oh my God.

 I have tried to be there for her, I have tried to listen to her and help her ... she's been very welcomed into my home and life ... but I can't do it anymore ... she just sucks all the air out of the room, she takes away every positive moment that exists, and I can't stand it.

 

Vent over.  Thanks for listening.  I'm really not a heartless meanie.  =(

Re: Wicked Vent

  • brutal! it sounds like your parents are totaling enabling her to be the way she is.  hopefully she didnt ruin your day yesterday.
  • Ann!  You just made me LOL!!  "Brutal" is right!!  no, our day wasn't ruined at all ... I expected this from her, it was par for the course.  =)
  • sorry to hear about your sister. maybe she can be friends with mine since they have a lot in common. we don't get a long very well or talk very often. how old is she? does your DH have any siblings?
  • I know exactly what you mean, I've seen these kinds of people.  No great advice, just hopefully your sister finds her way and turns a corner.
  • Wow Amye!  I think you are TOTALLY justified in the way you feel!  You've made the effort, given advice and suggestions and have shown you care.  Ever heard that saying " just because their family doesn't mean I have to like them"?.  I think its so true!!  Unfortunately, I'm not sure your sister will every "get her act together".. and she maybe like this for awhile or even the rest of her life.. but thats HER issue!  As much as you care, you can't make her problems yours anymore!  You have far more important things to be concerned with such as your beautiful daughter!  The way I see it is this... you've done your part.  She can't say you don't care, because you've obviously put the time into trying to help her.  Just leave it at that.  The ball is in her court now.  = )
  • That sucks... plain and simple :(  I know someone like this too that I've been able to avoid, but it doesn't seem like that's an option for you. Do you feel any better typing it all out? Hope so!
  • is her name sara by any chance??? she sounds just like MY EX friend i think they would get along sooo goood let me give her number!!

    im so sorry you are going through this!! :-(

  • don't really have any insight for you, but I'm sorry you are stressing about about this. :(
  • I'm sorry your sister is so stuck where she is in life - it sounds like she has a lot of growing up to do...hopefully she will...I think a lot of families have these types of people in them...
  • Ugh, let's hope my brother and your sister never meet - sounds like they'd be just perfect for each other.  It gets so frustrating, because every time it seems like maybe he's turned his life around, something else happens, as I'm sure you understand.  Sorry it was so stressful yesterday - I hope you were still able to enjoy your family's special day.
  • And you know what makes me the most mad?  My sister is REALLY SMART - and a good person with a lot to offer!!  But in the way she presents herself to others, and in the way she lets everything get her down and ruin her life, being smart and good doesn't count for much if you don't use it!
  • Ugh! Your sister and my niece are one in the same. I'm way beyond venting/being angry over her . . . I've reached the point of true sadness with her situation and her "inability" to get her shlt together. It's sucky to watch someone you love make stupid choices time and again.
  • Not exactly the same situation, but I understand the frustration and the sentiment, let's just say.
  • Well she sounds really annoying... I can only imagine after many, many years of trying to be there for her and caring for her and what she is going through that you'd reach a breaking point. Hopefully she can turn it around. It seems to me she is searching for something...
  • Mrs. L, I definitely think she's searching for something ... and I, too, hope she finds whatever it is she's looking for ... I hate to see her so sad all the time and so stuck and trying so hard to move forward but unable to because of herself.  I've just gotten to the point where I'm tired of worrying about her, she's 30.  She's my sister and I'll always love her and worry about her ... I just can't get involved anymore - it's so hard!!
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