So many years, I have walked on eggshells not to upset the applecart where it comes to my 3 yr. younger sister. All of my llife, I remember our mom saying, "don't say anything," because no one knew what kind of a mood my sister would be in, this time we got together. She was angry when we were young, and very jealous of my life. She pushed me to the ground when I was 7 months pregnant. She makes remarks to get to me. She makes up stories that she must think are true, but are not. She cried because our parents were selling the family cabin and she would have to go to a public park with her kids. They gave her the cabin. Now, none of the rest of us have felt welcome there ever since. We were in a church situation, when she walked into the room, and someone had mistakenly thought she was me. She said that she had been at that church first, and she wished I would just go away. I sat quietly, and thought to myself, "this time, she buried herself." Many of the women in the group jumped on her saying that one of their sisters had died, or one lived so far away, she wished she could be closer. Some even cried. I am very tired of it. I have been kind, and I have put up with this, mostly because of our parents, and that we are the only siblings in the family. This spring, I think it was the final straw. Our business was not doing well, and we were working on some reorganizing. We came to one point, where we had a very large order to go out, and no money to cover the materials for it, as well as pay our employees at the same time. Our employees came to us and said that they could wait for their paychecks until the order went out. One didn't want to do that and we gave him his check, and he quit anyway. My sister's son was one of the other employees. He was the one who suggested waiting for paychecks. We had no idea, but, the next day, he quit, and told his uncle that he had rented the space next door, starting a business like ours, and was taking the rest of our employees with him. Shock. These guys were the best paid, most spoiled employees in our industry, in our area. He has moved in next door, our loan was called, and we are almost 60 with absolutely nothing left. We gave everything for others, always. His dad felt it was good that he was up and running to be ready when we were gone. We were not closing, but had no choice when there were no employees to get out $120,000 in merchandise, which would have paid the loan and the paychecks. We have to start over. Not only that, our nephew stands outside of the building and tells customers that we are gone and to come over there. He has called customers all over the country, and stolen our emails, before we caught him, taking our orders. I haven't heard one word from my sister. I think if one of my kids did something like that, I would call my sister and tell her that I didn't agree with what they did. But, I know my kids wouldn't do that. Her other son also tried to steal businesses from 2 different employers. It is so painful. We are so very hurt, and we have nothing. When you have your own business, you often have to put all of your resources into it., and we did. Of course, our parents don't want to get involved, or take sides, and they are old, and shouldn't even hear about it. It is very hard. I don''t think I can go to family gatherings anymore.
As a kid, it's normal to fight with a sibling, but what if you grow up to find your brother or sister to be your most-hated enemy? Jodi says what started as an argument with her sister, Shannon, over a pair of pants when they were teens has turned into a spiteful, wicked war. Shannon admits she disowned Jodi, but Jodi has no idea why her sister hates her so much! Will these women decide to bury the hatchet now that their father is fighting for his life? And, twins Kim and Kristen's war of words that began as children has turned into an all-out battle, including an incident in which Kristen broke an umbrella over her sister! What's at the root of their bickering? Is it too late to rekindle their sisterly bond? Tell us what you think.
