MrsKitty
03-02-2009, 03:41 PM
Apparently I am going to be having a big chat with my sister tonight.
Growing up in my house was not easy. In monetary terms, we lived the perfect life. Emotional stability... not so much. I gave up when I was fifteen and moved out of the house, I was not able to handle living there anymore. I ended up in a safe house, and then on my own. Which was fine at first, until I realized I could do whatever I wanted, which turned into a two year drug binge/addiction and alot of bad choices.
All that is clearly straightened out and we are doing very well now. I have always let my little sister know that if she ever needs to talk, that I am here. I never want her to end up in the places I did. She knows that if she needs to talk about sex or drugs or peer pressure or anything like that, that she can talk to me and I will be open and non judgmental and help her as best I can. I have been very worried for her since she became a teenager. I know how difficult it was for me growing up in that household. She is going to face different problems (I was a loner/weirdo, and came out of the closet in highschool, she is very pretty and popular and preppy). ANYWAYS. My point is, that house was not a healthy place to be, and I doubt it has gotten better since I moved out.
So my mom called and said that my sister wanted to move in with us. She wasn't sure if this was a permanent or temporary thing. I don't think this is nessesaraly a bad thing. (I tried to spell that five times and spell checker didn't recognize any of them) I think my sister thinks that she can come here and just do whatever she wants, which would not be the case. She would have to learn how to take a bus because we would not be driving her around, and she would get a little dose of reality, as well as be in a more supportive environment.
Then while I was writing all this I got another call saying that she decided not to come tonight, but that she possibly still wants to move in with us... just not today? But she isn't sure when.
I originally was asking for advice on what to say when she came here tonight to move in.. but I guess the situation has changed a bit. We just need to be prepared for her to maybe move in. Im not too sure what to do.
Growing up in my house was not easy. In monetary terms, we lived the perfect life. Emotional stability... not so much. I gave up when I was fifteen and moved out of the house, I was not able to handle living there anymore. I ended up in a safe house, and then on my own. Which was fine at first, until I realized I could do whatever I wanted, which turned into a two year drug binge/addiction and alot of bad choices.
All that is clearly straightened out and we are doing very well now. I have always let my little sister know that if she ever needs to talk, that I am here. I never want her to end up in the places I did. She knows that if she needs to talk about sex or drugs or peer pressure or anything like that, that she can talk to me and I will be open and non judgmental and help her as best I can. I have been very worried for her since she became a teenager. I know how difficult it was for me growing up in that household. She is going to face different problems (I was a loner/weirdo, and came out of the closet in highschool, she is very pretty and popular and preppy). ANYWAYS. My point is, that house was not a healthy place to be, and I doubt it has gotten better since I moved out.
So my mom called and said that my sister wanted to move in with us. She wasn't sure if this was a permanent or temporary thing. I don't think this is nessesaraly a bad thing. (I tried to spell that five times and spell checker didn't recognize any of them) I think my sister thinks that she can come here and just do whatever she wants, which would not be the case. She would have to learn how to take a bus because we would not be driving her around, and she would get a little dose of reality, as well as be in a more supportive environment.
Then while I was writing all this I got another call saying that she decided not to come tonight, but that she possibly still wants to move in with us... just not today? But she isn't sure when.
I originally was asking for advice on what to say when she came here tonight to move in.. but I guess the situation has changed a bit. We just need to be prepared for her to maybe move in. Im not too sure what to do.