My sister and I were the best of friends when growing up. I was the only child until I was 8 years old, so I was ecstatic to have a baby sister. I took her everywhere I went.
When she got into High School, she gained lots of friends and I had gained kids of my own. Our interests began to differ. She began to hang out with her friends more and more. I went through a rough relationship leading me to leave town. I moved to another state entirely. When she graduated, she moved to that same state with me. My mom fell ill and we moved back. She went right back to being with her friends.
I want mad or jealous. I was happy she had a network of people to be around. I could no hang out with them as much as I had kids and was older. They could not do the things I could do because of the age restriction.
Now it has been 16 years and she is complaining of how we don't have the relationship we used to have, how we don't hang out, how she wants me to be a sister. Well, I have a husband and a family. I have a house with all the bills that go along with it. You don't have children. You live in an apartment with maybe 2 bills. I don't have the extra money like she does. I cannot go hang out and spend money all over the place. I have to give it to the house and 2 kids I have left at home. The other 3 live on their own and have their own families now. She is welcome to come over anytime she wants. Welcome to dinners any day.
Why can't she understand that I am not available like that? Plus, I am old, LOl. I'm not a Spring Chicken. My knees hurt all the time. I don't like loud people. I don't like strangers either. I don't like the public like she does. I go to the mall, yeah to take my kids' shopping. I go out to eat, with my husband and every two weeks with him and our kids. I go to the lake, to get my steps in and hang out with my kids. They need my time. I gave her my time years ago. I need to guide and teach my children the ways of the world as I did her.
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