child of wonder
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Here's a little background info...
My younger sister is 23. She moved out of my parents' house when she was 17 to live with her boyfriend. She skipped classes constantly and would sneak out at night to get drunk. Her behavior really started to deteriorate at age 15 when my parents had to move because of my dad's new job.
Since she was 17 she's been fired from at least 6 jobs, had two cars repossessed in a short time span, filed for bankruptcy, been married (even though it was obvious she just wanted to BE MARRIED and would not be happy with this man) and subsequently divorced. Right before the divorce, she moved back in with my parents and promised to start cleaning up her life. That ended with her abandoning her job, driving 120 miles with my parent's car to meet her husband, and then leaving it at a gas station for them to pick up and moving back in with her husband.
Fast forward to the present. She has moved back in with my mom and dad AGAIN and, once again, promised to clean up but instead she is partying with friends, sending naked pictures to guys on the internet, disobeying my parents, and being a general pain in the a55. She shirks all her responsibilities, feels she is an "adult" and can "take care of herself," and thinks everything should be handed to her.
Anyone else have siblings like this? How do you deal with them? Personally, I'm about to call her up and tell her I never want to speak to her again. My wife's side of the family isn't much better either, so we're kind of getting "attacked" from both sides by people like this and we're sick of it. Having them in our lives and caring about them is not worth the pain and grief they cause.
I'm also upset at my parents because they shield her from real life by covering her butt when she makes mistakes and giving her special treatment. When I was young, I acted out and made dumb choices but after 2-3 years of that I started to turn around. They were not so easy going on me.
I could go into far more details about her retarded decisions but I'd rather not bore everyone.
Cliff hangers:
- Sister is 23, divorced, bankrupt, can't hold a job, drunk, internet whore
- Parents keep letting her move back in, won't let her experience real life consequences
- My wife and I are fed up with her and would like to never talk to her again
- Curious if others have siblings like this and how they handle them
My younger sister is 23. She moved out of my parents' house when she was 17 to live with her boyfriend. She skipped classes constantly and would sneak out at night to get drunk. Her behavior really started to deteriorate at age 15 when my parents had to move because of my dad's new job.
Since she was 17 she's been fired from at least 6 jobs, had two cars repossessed in a short time span, filed for bankruptcy, been married (even though it was obvious she just wanted to BE MARRIED and would not be happy with this man) and subsequently divorced. Right before the divorce, she moved back in with my parents and promised to start cleaning up her life. That ended with her abandoning her job, driving 120 miles with my parent's car to meet her husband, and then leaving it at a gas station for them to pick up and moving back in with her husband.
Fast forward to the present. She has moved back in with my mom and dad AGAIN and, once again, promised to clean up but instead she is partying with friends, sending naked pictures to guys on the internet, disobeying my parents, and being a general pain in the a55. She shirks all her responsibilities, feels she is an "adult" and can "take care of herself," and thinks everything should be handed to her.
Anyone else have siblings like this? How do you deal with them? Personally, I'm about to call her up and tell her I never want to speak to her again. My wife's side of the family isn't much better either, so we're kind of getting "attacked" from both sides by people like this and we're sick of it. Having them in our lives and caring about them is not worth the pain and grief they cause.
I'm also upset at my parents because they shield her from real life by covering her butt when she makes mistakes and giving her special treatment. When I was young, I acted out and made dumb choices but after 2-3 years of that I started to turn around. They were not so easy going on me.
I could go into far more details about her retarded decisions but I'd rather not bore everyone.
Cliff hangers:
- Sister is 23, divorced, bankrupt, can't hold a job, drunk, internet whore
- Parents keep letting her move back in, won't let her experience real life consequences
- My wife and I are fed up with her and would like to never talk to her again
- Curious if others have siblings like this and how they handle them
