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[quote=Anonymous]My sister and I have a strained relationship and after years of trying to take a deep breath and ignore her craziness, I am done trying and don’t want her to be a big part of my life. I don’t want us to be completely estranged - I am fine to see her at family events and holidays and even have a quick phone or text conversation every few weeks/month. We can be civil, just not very close. My sister is incredibly competitive, narcissistic and we can’t seem to have a single conversation where she doesn’t accuse me of doing, or not doing, something. She constantly belittles me and makes everything about her.

The problem here is my parents, who cannot accept that their children are not close. My dad is best friends with his brother, and my mom is an only child who always wanted a sibling. My parents recognize that my sister is a difficult person to get along with and can be exhausting to reason with, so they constantly push me to be the bigger person and just let her “win” or agree with whatever she says to placate her. I have explained to them that I get no joy from our relationship and done sitting back and accepting her cruel words or crazy antics. They never criticize my sister for being so harsh or point out that she shares equal blame for our relationship.

At this point my parents blame me for not “fixing” things and it’s making me start to resent them. How can I get them to accept the relationship we have and then just move on? The more the push the angrier it makes me.[/quote]

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