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[quote=Anonymous]Do not feel OP you look down on your sister and I suspect everyone of the above comments is from the same person. I do not think by giving a little background means you do not like/respect your sister, you laid out the facts.

The take away for me is that she is incredibly selfish and pampered and does not want to inconvenience herself for you, or anyone else. If it were me I would call her and tell her you have taken care of the invites to remove the stress from this task and at that point ask for a "re commitment" from her about whether or not she has it in her to help out or not. I would not pressure her and would tell her that you are fine if she cannot help out but you need to know in an effort for the planning to be done as efficiently as possible. And that would be a good time to go over a timeline/to do list and if she is on board, let her clearly know what your expectations are of her and in what time frame, allow her to say whether or not she can commit to it.

This gives her a graceful "out" or it's a great subtle reminder of if she is going to help out, you are outlining the parameters in no uncertain terms. Good luck, dealing with narcissistic people is never easy. I have a few in my own family.[/quote]

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