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by misskitty3681 on October 12th, 2008

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How do you tell a sibling that they are being selfish tactfully?

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  • by Ben_J8475 on February 25th, 2011

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    Forget being tactful, you should be able to speak with your siblings upfront and truthfully.

    My latest encounter was with BOTH of my siblings. I asked them kindly to donate to the Humane Society Spay Day 2011 photo contest for my dog who I had to put down last October and I was very devastated over for having to do so. I have no children so the loss was huge for me and my husband. We had had this dog for 16.5 years.

    There are 3 children between my 2 siblings of whom I have sent birthday and Holiday gifts to each one of their children for the past 8 to 13 years since the day each one was born. I do it out of love for the children and because I feel like it's the right thing as an Aunt to do for my nieces and nephews...twice a year for each child I spend about 80-100 dollars each time.

    My brother donated $5 after having to send him 6 emails requesting "might he donate in Max's name".... my sister.... not a friggin cent. These are people who drive $50,000 Audi's' and live in $400,000 homes, have good jobs and yet they couldn't find it in there heart to honor something that meant something to me! F*&% them.

    Because of this incident I have FINALLY written them off for good. They are obviously very unhappy people who hate everyone and have free floating hate between themselves and obvious for me as well. I believe in Karma and there greed and unkindness will come back at them in the end. I am sure they are screwing up their children... what a great example to share with them.

    I say with siblings....and for that matter anyone who treats you poorly... forget being tactful and tell them what you need to tell them then walk away... they are who they are for a reason and it is no refection of YOU.

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