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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one should have to make themselves smaller to make others more comfortable. The problem is yours, not your sister's. If you think she's too much, go find less. You think she's too big, maybe she thinks you're not enough. Dealing with someone like that is like pushing a rope. Go find less.[/quote]

NP and i agree with this (to a reasonable extent).  My whole life, i've always gravitated towards friends with huge personalities, whom others describe as sucking up the room.  I also have a pretty big personality. I love having someone effectively keep up with me. Others find it exhausting.  I'm typically not a fan of quiet people or people who don't bring enough energy.  Just different strokes for different folks. [/quote]

I am a new poster...I think there is a difference between taking up space in a good way and sucking all the air out. I enjoy a life of the party type person usually and find them entertaining. I would describe my sister as sucking all the air out the room because it's all about her...her major accomplishments, her medical issues, bragging about her children, complaining about her children and then when somehow it isn't about her she is busy on her phone or zones out. If she finds out someone has a medical issue...hers is always worse. If someone tells her a sweet story about another person's kids...her kid is better. Everything is a competition or a brag or a pity party and I just feel drained around her. I watched her do her thing at a family gathering where there were some non-family and it was both sad and entertaining. The person speaking with her looked exasperated and kept trying to make excuses to exit stage left.[/quote]

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