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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You seem to excessively annoyed by this.

I can't imagine caring (or noticing!) that a guest used my toothpaste. And getting annoyed about the hair dryer is just flat out bizarre. [/quote]

OP here.  You're right. Although I do think that sharing toothpaste is gross no matter what.  My frustration is more with this person in general and how helpless she is (can't book her own flight, can't check in for her flight, gets mad that I checked her in 2 minutes after the flight time and she had to board in the C group, etc). Then when she's at my house she needs to borrow a million things that she asks me for when I'm in the middle of doing something else because she doesn't want to bother buying anything travel sized although she travels several times per year.

Any friend who comes to stay with me--I'm happy to provide anything they need. This person--gets on my last nerve,  so the requests are just icing on the cake. It's a family member, so I can't just not allow her to stay with us. [/quote]

OP, I almost never recommend this but ... it is time to jump right in to play the Passive Aggressive Game right back at your relative.  You 'forget' until [i]hours[/i] too late to check her in for boarding groups, whatever her preferred brands are you need to switch to something she doesn't like, and oh by the way one of the kids dropped the toothpaste in the loo so be a dear and won't you run out to CVS for a new tube, etc.  Unless this person is a step-child (in which case, DON"T DO THIS), I would start throwing her passive aggressive behavior right back at her.  I can guarantee you that it will escalate for a bit and then it will completely extinguish.  Sometimes to stop a fire you need to start a fire.  It is time for her to start being independent.[/quote]

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