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[quote=Anonymous]Long story short, my sister is a gossip and has said some terribly mean things to me to my face (and behind my back).  She adores my kids, though, and is going through a tough time.  We are just completely different personalities -- she likes to be too direct (ie. your hair looks awful, your house is such a mess, etc.) or goes off on our religion (we converted to a different religion than the one in which she and I were raised), whereas I would never say such things to anyone, let alone my sister.  She said some truly horrific things to me when she found out I was pregnant with my last child, and I have kept her at arms' length ever since.  She lives in another state, so it is easier to do that.  However, she adore my older children and has been very good to them since they were born many years ago.

Anyway, DH is now going out of town and cannot join me and my DCs on our planned beach vacation (we were going to stay in a hotel).  Sister has been dropping big hints about wanting to go to the beach, spend more time with my DCs, etc. and wants to look into getting a beach house now that my DH is going away.  I was completely caught off guard by her suggestion and just left it at I'll get back to her.

Yikes.  I like to keep her at arms' length, but I don't know how to get out of this one.  I always get off the phone with her feeling pretty bad about myself, I guess because of the way she talks to me and tries to get information out of me (I suspect to gossip about me to the rest of the family; she gossips about pretty much everyone in the family).  Any suggestions would be appreciated.[/quote]

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