Dear Coleen: I can't stand my sister, how do I get her to back off?
I’m a 22-year-old woman with a sister who’s 33. We got along well when we were younger and both lived at home, but now I can’t stand being around her as she’s always on my case.
She thinks she knows what’s best for me and her advice is really patronising. I know she talks to our mum about me too, which annoys me.
I’m very different to her (we have different fathers), but she’s constantly trying to mould me into a younger version of herself. I finished university last summer and since then I’ve done a bit of travelling, as well as casual work to earn money.
I’m happy and in no rush to be tied to the nine-to-five but I feel my sister is judging me on it and I know she hates that my parents still give me money.
The other day, she made a snide comment about me “standing on my own two feet” when we were visiting my parents. I don’t want to fall out with her but, one of these days, I........
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