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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My big sister is also a control freak and will get mad at me for completely mysterious invented reasons.  I just shrug and try to talk about The Bachelorette instead.  Claire was crazy and I'm glad she's gone.  [/quote]

Yes to this. Every time I visit my family (my sister and parents live in the same town, I live a couple states away), my sister summons me to her house for a one on one conversation in which she lays out some drama that I have somehow caused by doing things like spending too much or too little on niece/nephew holiday gifts or inviting my parents for a weekend getaway but not extending the invitation to my sister, her husband, and four children as well.

I just nod and listen and then say "I'm so sorry you feel that way" and then change the subject. I know she's looking for apologies, but the stuff she's mad about don't make sense to me at all. And I've learned that if I engage, she just yells at me and won't let me speak anyway. So I just let her say her thing and then talk about reality TV or fashion or whatever. My fantasy is that one day I show up and she skips the controlling rage routine and we just go straight to the dumb stuff and talking about our kids. Maybe post-Covid? Maybe never.[/quote]

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