DEAR ABBY: My sister and I have a close but complicated relationship. She has always embellished stories about me when she's talking to others, and most of the time they portray me in a bad light. I usually ignore them when they get back to me, because I choose to pick my battles with her.
DEAR ABBY: My sister and I have a close but complicated relationship. She has always embellished stories about me when she’s talking to others, and most of the time they portray me in a bad light. I usually ignore them when they get back to me, because I choose to pick my battles with her.
Recently she suffered a traumatic brain injury and, although she’s doing well, her “embellishments” have become worse. They have reached the point that other people are questioning me and my motives. I have not confronted her about it since her brain injury because I’m unsure if her behavior has worsened due to her health issues. Some of her personality traits have become amplified since the injury, and I don’t know if this is another one.
DEAR COMPLICATED: If confronting your obviously troubled sibling would fix the situation, I’d advise you to do it. But her pattern is to blow up at you, accuse you of lying, not speak to you and not change her ways. WHY you would want a “close relationship” with someone like this is mystifying, because the closer you are to her, the more ammunition she has to slander you.
I have little desire to continue in IT, but I’m not ready to call it quits. I’m getting a lot of pushback here, including unrealistic suggestions for local employment. How can I manage these conflicting pressures? -- CHOICES IN PENNSYLVANIA
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