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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So my sister and I live in different states and don’t see each other very often due to distance and money (she can’t afford to travel). I knew that she and I lived very different lives in basically every way but I am in her hometown for work and so I paid for a hotel room for her and her kids to come visit me. We have spent the last couple days together in and around my work meetings and it has dawned on me how different we really are. It’s all the little things like their hotel room is a mess, they don’t want to do anything much, they hate the city. But the biggest thing is how much of a drag they are. There’s no happiness, no laughing, not even smiling. [b]My 21 year old niece and I just walked to get some food and all she did was ask how far it was and how her feet hurt.[/b] It was like all my energy was being sucked out of me just being around her and my sister. They are never happy! I know this isn’t my problem to solve (and I can’t), but it has dawned on me and it’s just made me terribly sad. Not for me as much but for them. To be that miserable all the time…it’s just no way to live. Her biggest worry is money and I have lent her plenty in the past (right now she owes me $1k as she waits for her tax refund) but I don’t know, I feel like just getting more money isn’t going to make her happy. I don’t know. Sorry, this is really just a sad vent.[/quote]

When I was 21, I would have been massively annoyed to have to share a hotel room with my parent and younger siblings for a weekend, just to see some out of state aunt.  The 21 year old probably doesn't want to be there.  The 21 year old doesn't view seeing Aunt X as a treat, and she isn't happy about this setup, but was probably forced or guilt-tripped by her mom to be there.  [/quote]

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