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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the good advice. I guess the part I'm sort of struggling with is how to bring this up now, after essentially taking Dora's side for the past few years in all these tumultuous interactions between her and Nora. Like if I change my tune so suddenly, Dora might accuse me of taking Nora's side. And yes, I know there are not really right/wrong "sides" when it comes to this sort of thing -- it's more about perspective. After I talked with Nora, my perspective on a lot of these interactions started to shift, and instead of seeing through the lens of "oh that's just Nora acting like she knows how to do XYZ better than Dora" I now see how Dora's role in these interactions is more a reflection of her own state of mind, i.e. her depression. Dora knows that her sister and I talk frequently, so it wouldn't be too hard for her to figure out that Nora and I spoke about the latest incident. And at the same time, Nora is also worried about Dora -- she just doesn't feel like she can talk to Dora about it, because Dora gets defensive so quickly when Nora tries. So I don't really feel like I can avoid the fact that I've talked with Nora about this, you know?[/quote]

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