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[quote=Anonymous]I personally understand the pain associated with this situation.

What you described about your sibling's personality is TO A TEE the personality of my sister, who I am cutting out of my life.  In all actuality, she was treating me as though she hoped that I would leave her alone, like I was nothing but a nuisance to her.  She would argue, be rude, snide and mean to me over and over and over again - and then expect me to come crawling back.  I had to end it, because I can't put up with the treatment anymore.  I am dually proud of myself for pulling out of a toxic relationship, and also devastated that I am losing a person I used to be the closest with.  Its so unfair! But that's life.  I told her how I felt and all she did was tell me that my feelings were weird, and she'd rather let me have them to myself than try to work things out.  She would rather be tortured with devices than admit she was wrong, or provide any apology or responsibility.

I did an interesting exercise: I pretended that we were not related, and I thought about her as a person.  When I did that, I saw her as a very flawed, insecure person and a TERRIBLE friend.  Literally I would never speak to her again if we were not related.

I am currently mourning the loss of our relationship, and thinking about the things I could be focusing my energy on.  Life is to be LIVEd, and people who understand this tend to also treat other people better.  I hope this helps![/quote]

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