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My sister came at with a knife. Need Advice?
Okay not a troll or anything, and I usually never ask questions on here but could use a third party opinion.
So before I explain what happened, I come from a dysfunctional family. anyways..
Christmas is coming up and my brother came home for the holidays. He's working for the railroad and making some decent money now, so he just bought a new truck and phones and all. Then he gathered most of the family to go to my uncle's for the day, but like the whole day he was bragging and making comments like "I wouldn't be able to make it on the railroad". It was bugging me so I got pissed after letting a lot of comments slide. I said my piece and apologized for getting upset.
Here's where I need advice. My brother wouldn't let it go, he kept wanting to talk about it and explain why what made me upset was not his intentions. I understood that completely but he didn't understand that I didn't care anymore. We all just wanted to go to bed. So we stayed up all the way til 4am talking about it and that's when my sister and mother finally jumped in. We all wanted to just go to bed and let it go, but out of no where my brother said "and remember what I said, F*** that baby". (he was talking about my sister's baby, we live with each other and he thinks I shouldn't treat my nephew as if it's my responsibility). And he said that right in front of my sister. So she blew up and said he had to leave, but she was screaming, banging on the doors, and I was worried about cops coming
so I told her to calm down but when I told her to calm down I called her a b****. I didn't even mean it, you know how it is when people are yelling and emotional. She took it very seriously and swung on me so I had to restrain her. Then she went to the kitchen and came at me with 2 knives. My ear got cut pretty bad, everyone has been asking me about it and I just really don't know what to do about all of them at this point.
I want to forgive and forget, but I don't think I can. Basically my question is, what would do if it happened to you? I know it's hard to relate because my family doesn't argue like normal families that love each other. Thanks for your time , and answers.
Thanks for all the answers, sorry for forgetting to add how old I am.
I'm 21 and I know my family is dysfunctional. I left and have been taking care of myself since I was 18. But me and my sister have always been close so after living with a roommate and it ending bad, me and my sister decided live together again. That was 7months ago and stuff like this is starting to occur. So yeah I'ma focus on getting a spot of my own, and forgiving my sister. I can't forget it though
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- 3 years agoFavorite Answer
When you start to learn about anger management, we learn to understand what is and what is no acceptable behavior (in addition to what our breaking point is, and how to tell when others have had a breaking point). From this short story, it really sounds as if your family (and you need to include yourself too) have issues communicating proactively and in a healthy way. I agree with everyone here....her coming at you with a knife was WAY out of line but she was obviously WAAAYYY beyond her boiling point (and I'm sure she is probably overworked being a mother without much sleep...which can contribute to an individuals breaking point threshold going way down). There needs to be some anger management here in this family or this can happen again. Your sister needs to be held accountable for her actions and she should (and possibly the entire family) going into anger management to learn how to communicate feelings and respecting personal boundaries and things of the like. Calling the police is up to you but it WILL force her to get help. You need to distance yourself from these members. Being in this environment is NOT healthy for you at all. If you are old enough, move out. IF you can live with another family member do so. STOP watching your sisters child and distance yourself from her 100%. Get some counseling for yourself. This is serious stuff. Im sorry you are going through all of this. You are not alone, i completely understand!
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- 3 years ago
Ur family is unintelligent but u seem a little more competent. Idk how old ur but once ur old enough to leave, leave. Your family is unhealthy and trying to fix it will only cause more problems.
