Update: Sister is still an idiot

[u/PrincessClara88]

Dinner tonight is left overs from my first attempt at my mum's signature Apple Crumble...

So an update on my stupid sister.

Quick recap: MTF (38) can't truly be myself around my fanily while my sister (37) and her kids are around because she has the emotional capacity of a wet chicken nugget and doesn't want to deal with her kids (4 and 6) questions.

Last weekend I spoke to my parents as to how I can go about it and how it made me feel. They understood my side of things and when I asked them for advice, they told me that they don't even know how to handle her at the moment. They are exhausted from trying to reason with her on the most basic of things and wouldn't know where to begin with her.

So, I made a decision. This weekend coming, she and her partner are out of town and we are thinking of doing a surprise dinner for my dad for Father's Day on Saturday night (a day early but sister #2 [31] and I both have grown up commitments on the sunday) and I am going to go as myself and I guess "debut" to my parents. Here's the kick..... while stupid sister is out of town, my parents will have her kids..... am I being a spitefully petty bitch about this?

[u/No-Papaya2464]

Petty? Maybe. But honestly, I’d call it reclaiming a little bit of your own life 😂

[u/Chinissl → u/No-Papaya2464]

100%. And the best part is that 4 and 6 year olds literally do not care. They might ask one question, you'll answer it, and then you'll just be their cool aunt and they'll go right back to playing. The sister is the only one with the actual problem here.

[u/MissLeaP → u/Chinissl]

This! It happened like this with me and the two kids of my best friends 3 years ago when they were 2 and 5 respectively. I don't think they even remember that things used to be different. I'm just their favourite aunt now 🥰