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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:25 pm Post subject: Sisters!

I love my sister. She is impossible to get along with sometimes though. I was telling her on the phone this morning that a new nurse started where I work that graduated from the same nursing school as her. She said that she would never work where I work. I got defensive, she hangs up on me, then she posts on facebook about how I was having a pissing match with her. Really?!?

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:39 pm Post subject:

LOL! Sorry, I have always envied those of you who have sisters. You get to have silly drama that makes no sense with someone and still love each other! I guess husbands will do in a pinch, for that sort of thing. But I've always wanted a sister, and hope my daughter will have one. What's with the silly drama though, in all seriousness? I know a lot of sisters that have incident after incident like this. What's behind that? Do you laugh about it later?

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:36 am Post subject:

This is funny to me. I had sort of this same relationship w/ my sister. We're complete opposites in SO many ways- so we tended to clash. ( I'm cheap, er thrifty, she's not. She wants to be center stage- PLEASE put me in the background as part of a team,etc. I think it has to do with our family positions because she's the baby and I'm the middle child.)
As we get older tho', we just agree to disagree and don't discuss our differences. Also, I cherish her husband, children and grandchild - my adorable great-niece Smile

so its just easier to get along.
There aren't many people who share your childhood.

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:27 pm Post subject:

My sister and I are getting along again. I just called her and asked her plans for Christmas and if she wanted to go in with me to get our dad a Krups coffee maker, and we both acted like nothing had happened. This is what usually happens, and we never laugh about it later. I am the oldest, she is the middle, and we are complete opposites on almost everything except our jobs. She is a patient care tech in a hospital, I am nurse in a nursing home. So similar, but at a different spectrum. I get upset because she has pets that she doesn't take care of the way I take care of mine. She feeds her kids stuff that I would not feed mine. Her kids are athletes, I am a band mom. I go to church, she wouldn't be caught dead in one. So pretty much complete opposites, and I admit I believe my ways are better and try to give her too much advice. I think I just need to keep my mouth shut.

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:25 pm Post subject:

Y'know, I also believe the way we do things are generally 'better' than other ways of doing things, and I don't get why that's perceived as offensive! Why would you choose a way of life, pet care, etc, if you didn't believe it was the best way to do it!? Just a rant, sorry.

The never talking about fights again must breed some resentment over time, doesn't it? I'm a talk-about-everything kind of person. I hate pretending things never happened. Can't do it!

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:39 pm Post subject:

I have a sister who is a middle child and I am the eldest. We drive each other nuts at times...However, I would give my life for her if needed. Same goes for my brother. He and I get into the fights more than I do with my sister. We shrug it off and get on with life.

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:40 pm Post subject:

I am the eldest and I have six sisters. Some of them drive me nuts more than others.

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:38 am Post subject:

I'm willing to donate my sisters to anyone who wants them. Yes, I do giftwrap and delivery is always free.

I am the oldest & they are much younger than I am. I was more like a second mom to them than an older sister. The younger one is fine with the relationship - she still treats me like an older aunt or second mom. Her husband - who is a lot older than she is - hates it. He gets cranky with me all the time. He says I treat her like she's a teenager. I do - but she still acts like a teenager so . . .

The older of the two has spent her entire life trying to outdo everyone. She was bragging on Christmas about being the first to be a Grandma. Um, you are not yet 40 and the kid who made you a Grandma got his sort-of girlfriend pregnant. Not sure I'd want to brag about that. I love my nephew but he's made some really bad decisions - and I think my sister bears some responsibility for some of them.

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:06 pm Post subject:

I love my sisters! I am the youngest of three. Of course, we live over 800 miles apart (they both live in Wisconsin), so that helps the relationships and makes for time together nothing but fun.

Both of my sisters have adopted their dogs from Rescue and totally respect what I do in Rescue/fostering. Gotta love them. Smile

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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:34 pm Post subject:

kelto, thanks but no thanks. Confused

Wow, that is so sad. I can't imagine why they would allow that. How old is your niece?

My oldest has 2 Rescue dogs... one Pug/Chi mix and one Lab/Poodle mix. She also has two Rescue cats. Wink

My middle sister has 1 Rescue Chocolate Lab named Muddy.

They know I would never let it die if they bought from a breeder. Wink

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:04 pm Post subject:

Kelly is 11. All she did was pull her dish away & tell him "sit" then "lay down" to keep him away from her dish. Their other dog is a Malinois mix. I guess Kelly was thinking if the dog sat down he couldn't reach the table (since that's what she's used to). He sat but still kept trying. He reached for her dish a second time, she pulled it away, he growled, she told him "lay down." Then the kid was in trouble & the dog was consoled. I wanted to crate my sister and beat her with a rolled up newspaper.

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:33 pm Post subject:

Gosh, I don't blame you at all. That is so bad! I hope they will see what they are doing wrong before something bad happens.
I won't trade my sisters w/ you, but I'll share. Wink

Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject:

Not even going into my sister....4 husbands and 5 kids later...she only contacts me when she wants money....which I dont have

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:09 am Post subject:

I love my sister she is the best. The only reason i say that is cause she is there to listen no matter what, shes there to help and she treats animals the same way i do, plus she thinks and acts the same way i do. She went to a rescue to adopt my niece a black lab, shepard mix. Dont get me wrong we had are fights b4 i was 18, but after that we have been the best of friends. Right now we are trying save 4 dogs and 2 children that live in a crackheads house.

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