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Did I overreact?
My sister is always having emotional outbursts. Today while I was out shopping with my cousin, we realized that my cousin's phone had dialed someone and was connected for 4 minutes.
About a minute later, my sister called my cell phone yelling and screaming about how she just heard us talking about her because my cousin's phone had dialed her. The problem is that we were not talking about her. We were talking about someone named Juanita Bynum and how her husband had beat her up. My sister was in a violent marriage and I guess she assumed we were talking about her. Long story short, my sister was irrational and refused to tell us what she thought she heard. She overreacts like this all the time. She has fits of rage and never apologizes. She just lays low for awhile. Today I had had enough so I left her a voicemail telling her that I was disowning her and that I was tired of her treating me like trash. I was serious, still am.
Do you think I went overboard?
UPDATE: She called my cousin and finally told her what she thought she heard. It wasn't even close to what we were actually talking about. My cousin says that she told her what we were talking about and she still didn't believe her. What the hell am I supposed to do now? Wait for her to realize how stupid she is and then forgive her for NOT saying she's sorry? She NEVER apologizes and I do mean never.
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You overreacted a little. But I can understand it. I had one of those nutjob "entitled" sisters. It's a pain to live with someone who thinks they can treat you like dirt and expect you to take it quietly.
Calm down, when you're less angry, you won't disown her. You love her, or it wouldn't bother you so much.
She sounds like she needs some serious help, though.
Good luck.
**Just wanted to say, in reply to the "cut her some slack" comment below... She does not deserve "slack". Her sister, the asker here, did nothing wrong, and it's about time that SOMEONE tell her, "This is s*it and I'm DONE with you".
Her choice to remain with abusive men does not give her the right to abuse her family. It's not their fault.
- ~Sara~Lv 51 decade ago
I'm guessing that her overreacting is stemming from teh abusive relationships of the past. The man she was with made her feel like trash and now she may not realize when she's making people that love her feel like trash. Don't disown her, just sit down and let her know how you feel. Explain to her that you weren't speaking of her, unless you really were. Then just tell the truth. Good luck. Cut her some slack!
