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Thursday, 4 November 2004
Family Matters

Every family has its black sheep. I like to think that I am the unusual one in the family, but truth be told, it is my sister. Crispy (as I refer to her) lives for male attention and hasn't quite made the mental transition into her thirties, much less her late thirties. She still wears the big hair, the spikey heels that show off her ankle tattoo and tank tops with cute little sayings like, "Porn Star" (imagine a graphic of a star rather than the word star).

She is always in trouble. She always thinks the world is doing her wrong and she always shows up at my doorstep at the most inconvenient times (although, honestly, there is no convenient time to have someone eating up your groceries and bumming money from you).

Last time she showed up I was poorer and saddled with a cat. She showed up last night at my doorstep. What am I supposed to do, shut the door in her face? This being related stuff sucks.

Posted by sychotic1 at 2:42 PM PST
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Friday, 5 November 2004 - 1:25 PM PST

Name: coworker

You could always give her a map to the rich sister's house or a nearby shelter

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Saturday, 6 November 2004 - 10:22 AM PST

Name: GrumpyBunny
Home Page: http://www.grumpybunny.net

Yeah. My brother DEAR has been with us - 2.5 years. He honestly didn't think he'd be here 1...I'm glad I was able to help out and provide a roof over his head. It also allowed him to change careers. He'd been in the food industry for 17 years...now he works for a pipe company.

Though lately he's been whining about that too. I told him if he quits this job and goes back to food; he can live in his truck.

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Monday, 8 November 2004 - 9:21 AM PST

Name: Amanda
Home Page: http://humanmishaps.blogspot.com

By letting her stay with you, you are enabling her irresponsible behavior. Much like my mom enables my deadbeat brother's behavior by sending him money and bailing him out of whatever trouble he's in.

I haven't seen my deadbeat brother in years. And I haven't sent him money, either. He knows not to come to me for a source of income or shelter or anything because until he begins taking responsibility for himself and his actions, he'll get nothing from me.

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Monday, 8 November 2004 - 10:30 AM PST

Name: Sychotic1

Actually, I agree with you Amanda. Unfortunately, my Mother lives with me, making my house the landing pad for all sorts of family members.

Everyone knows that this cannot be a long-term solution (mostly because things would be broken and screaming would commence) so my sister is on a waiting list for a halfway house and is camped out on my couch.

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Monday, 8 November 2004 - 12:15 PM PST

Name: Johnny Huh?
Home Page: http://www.intellectualpoison.com

You can't choose your family, it sucks. And it sucks that she's still stuck in 15 years ago mode.

The thing is, she will keep using you for as long as you let her. She knows the safety net is in place and Sychotic1 be its name.

That doesn't mean I'm saying you should let her splat on the ground but maybe let her get a good close up look at the ground every once in a while to let her know that your aide is voluntary and not never-ending.

Good luck! By the way, I'm the black sheep in my family, for sure!

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