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[quote=Anonymous]My sister and I have a complicated relationship and we are going on a week-long beach trip together with our families over the holidays.  We are staying in the same house. Before you say I shouldn't do it, know that I am going so that my children can spend time with their cousins, who are around the same age as my children, and who my children adore.   While she has some good qualities, I find my sister inconsiderate and entitled and her husband snooty and obnoxious.  It's taken years, but I now accept that I cannot change her actions, that trying to do so only frustrates and saddens me, and that I am much better off if I expect very little in terms of a satisfying sisterly relationship.  I am trying to think in advance about how I want to act/react during the trip so that I don't get sucked into any drama and can enjoy myself.   Give me a pep talk for acting like the bigger person during the trip.  Also give me some zingers to combat expected inconsiderate and obnoxious behavior should my plan go to hell!

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