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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really do not like to spend time with her or enjoy being around her in any way.  Do I not invite her to family events at my house?  [/quote]

I don't think you can invite your parents without her if they are so enmeshed. Maybe meet them in public places where you can make an excuse to leave if it is too much.

I too thought my sister was making mom so miserable always sharing all her self-created problems (starting dramas at work and then wondering why people distanced themselves). I finally realized in therapy mom needed this as much my sister did. They had a whole codependent insanity going on. The problem is my mother kept trying to drag me into the dramatics and I kept pushing back with saying these are things she needs to work out in therapy and I will not get involved.

When my mom has a brief respite from my sister's latest drama mom doesn't seem to enjoy it. She just gets herself wrapped up in her housekeeper's dramas with her family or a random friend's dramas and mom goes on and on and takes sides and obsesses. It's like soap opera addict I suppose. And she tries ti suck me into gossiping about her housekeeper's daughter in law or her friend's daughter. I just get off the phone or make an excuse to leave. Not my monkeys, not my circus. [/quote]

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