Reply to When younger sister visits, she never lifts a finger. Is this common?

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "When younger sister visits, she never lifts a finger. Is this common?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I am the youngest by 12 years n can see how she thinks a bit maybe-she sees you as more of a mother than a sister. Plus -she's single n no kids- still sees herself as a kid-at that age still pretty self absorbed. Call attention to it "Hey could you help me out a bit?"[/quote]

Thanks for this perspective. It's helpful. Of course, I'm not sure a 30-year-old kid should expect their mom to do all the work while the adult kid just lounges around, but what you say makes sense.

Thanks to the other PPs too. I'm not expecting her to do household chores, just help a bit with meal-related stuff like setting/clearing the table, asking if there's any dinner prep she can help with, etc.  I was a little annoyed when I said I was going to go out and shovel the walk today and she said, "well, I'll be right here on the couch, reading."  Gee, thanks for offering to pitch in and lend me a hand!  :-).  As far as the PP who said the problem is my husband, I assure you it's not. We can't afford a Carson to clean up after us, and I also think it's more about my sister's attitude. As the PP put it, my sister is definitely self-absorbed.  Maybe I'll start forcing myself to ask her to do basic stuff like setting the table or chopping some carrots and see how that goes. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics