[tharbert]

---Start my rant--- I've been doubly stricken. Both my sisters make me wish I were an only child.

My older sister was always supported by my dad. She simply could never make ends meet. After he died, she burnt though a high five digit $$ inheritance in a couple years. Last year, she showed up for an unannounced visit that lasted two months, the second time that's happened. I also have a younger, batschit crazy, borderline bipolar, fanatically religious sister. Whenever she's around, I'm watching for signs of green pea soup to start oozing from her mouth. I'm sure I've seen her head spin around a time or two. We invited she and her husband to Thanksgiving last year. All she had to do was bring a green bean dish. She showed up 90 minutes late with a dish that still needed to be baked...and she lives 1.2 miles down the road. And, she brought a stranger from her church. ---End Rant---

You can't choose your family but you can certainly avoid them like the plague.