Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
How Can I Get My Sister To Stop Treating Me Like I'm 12?
My sister and I are close despite an 8 1/2 year age difference. She's 27 and I'm 19. We run a business together and now we're getting a house together, but she never really takes me seriously. I'm an adult, and she still treats me like I'm in middle school. Yells at me when I swear, cuts me off when I disagree with her, and if I have a concern about something she says I'm overreacting and puts it off till the next day, and then puts it off again until the absolute last minute when I'm at my wits end.
Its starting to get to a point where I am constantly frustrated with her.
She goes over my head with business decisions and has done the same with our new place. We are renting, and I was concerned about having her guy friend live with us for the first few months, but her and her best friend (also living with us, with her two year old child) were so excited about having super-cheap rent that my concerns were completely overlooked. I'm not concerned about him personally, but he has a dog and neither of them know if its good with cats or other dogs, which I have both of. My pets have no other place to go and he refuses to leave his dog, which is understandable but we really should have made sure everyone got along before we added him.
I really just want to stop being treated like I'm not on equal ground. What do I do?
2 Answers
- ?Lv 58 years agoFavorite Answer
Oh man, that sucks.
Next time she yells at you for swearing or cuts your off for giving your point of view on something, just tell her that you're an adult now. You're not 12 years old anymore, you can handle swearing, you can have your own opinions and concerns. Remind her that she doesn't run the business by herself, you're an important part of it too and that you should be working as partners and make business decisions together, these type of things should be discussed by the both of you to come to a reasonable decision because after all, you BOTH run the business. Tell her that you feel a little uncomfortable about the whole situation about your future roommates. If you're going to be sharing a place with other people, you want the whole situation to be figured out by the time everyone moves in so you won't have any problems. It's not just HER place, you pay the rent too. Again, make sure that she knows you know how to handle things, you're an adult and not a child anymore.
One thing is that older siblings always tend to think of their younger siblings as a child no matter what. Your sister probably still sees you as a kid and will always be her kid sister, you could be 40 years old and she'll still think of you as a kid.
P.S. Sorry if I sound way too assertive.
- 8 years ago
I have a sister thats the same way with me sometimes, exept shes 4 years older than me. I say you just tell her, I mean just demand to be heard. If she cuts you off keep talking, if she makes you feel like your opinion doesnt matter keep insisting. Dont let her push you around cus in a way she see's the way you are and takes advantage. I'm sure she doesnt mean to because all our family wants to do is look out for us and do whats best. I think just get her when shes calm and in a situation when you can talk to her and just tell her how you feel.
I hope this helps :-)
Source(s): I have an older sister of my own..
