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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My adult son loves drama. Going on 10 years now, we can no longer tolerate him. We have asked him not to visit anymore and will not be inviting him to any family gatherings.

There comes a time when enough is enough. 
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I have a sibling like this - definitely somewhere on the spectrum and better when she's on her meds, but it's insufferable.  No conversation goes more than five minutes without shifting to be all about her and her drama (negativity) and always involves an argument or disagreement with the world.  I wish others would stop inviting her to functions, but I seem to have the lowest tolerance of anyone.

I have had people who know her from other walks of life - complete strangers to me - actually extend sympathies to me when they find out she's my sister.  Not kidding..this has happened a couple of times over the past 15 years.

Despite this going on so long it's as predictable as partisan talking points, I was gobsmacked yet again when I called her two nights ago to share the news my wife and I are expecting our first (why I am on this site), and after saying, "that's nice, I'm glad" she started to launch into her life and drama and brand new grievances she's already nursing against people at a job she just started six weeks ago.  OP totally has my sympathies...sis gets it from Dad, who is bad, but not quite as extreme.[/quote]

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