Friends: The Family You Get To Choose.

Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.  ~Charles M. Schulz
What a wise man. Although crabgrass is useful for some things, it is mostly seen as a weed. As something that should be rooted and sprayed to prevent.

I still will never understand my sister. She has her good times, bad times and serious psychotic breaks.
As kids we played but there was always an animosity in the air. We got into fights, both physical and verbal. We were separated as much as possible over summer vacations.

Then she left. She left me. She left my mother. She stopped talking to our family. She took my place at my fathers house. She abused the hell out of that relationship too. Yet my entire family still hangs on all her lies and gives until they have nothing left.

We did get close, both times- after she got her 'heart broken'. She has always had a hard time with relationships... and these two were no different. They were actually her only serious relationships and they were doomed from the start. But, like a good sister, I helped her out. I introduced her to new people, let her hang out with my friends and I. I even went as far as helping her move out, by myself, both times.

I get repaid by being made to feel as though I am 'stealing' her friends (when in reality I knew most of them first, I just never got very close to them) and being a bad person in general.

Well, today just went swimmingly... She created an event on facebook and invited me (I thought 'oh, look at that, progress!' ... I was wrong):

Me: I may be going to south carolina for a private screening... i'll let you know

Her: Look for me on TV at the LA premier which is the week before this. I'm just saying, you know to sound cool, because no one really cares that you might be going to South Carolina nor do they care that I'm going to LA. I think a maybe would have sufficed, ya know, considering there are approx 5.5 months to go.

Her: Pardon the snark, I couldn't fucking help it.

Me: You know, why don't you just leave me alone if you can't be nice. i havent done anything to warrant your behavior and honestly i'm sick of it.

Her: *cry*

And you'd think that after that she'd leave me alone. Nope, not my amazing sister...

My Status: Listen to your parents when they say: 'If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all'

Her response: *cry*

So because it's all on facebook and I ABSOFUCKINLUTELY hate when people air their dirty laundry for the whole world to see I send her a message:

are you just trying to get a rise out of someone? honestly you're being so immature i'm wondering if you maybe should be seeing some one to discuss your problems.

Of course, because my sister is the best person in the entire world... she decides to not only post this private message but add a caption at the bottom

Stef Tzathas: are you just trying to get a rise out of someone? honestly you're being so immature i'm wondering if you maybe should be seeing some one to discuss your problems.

Spare me, Dr. Phil.

Then she immediately changed her status to :

Fucking LOL. haha.

All the while I am getting texts and emails and notifications of people asking what I DID to provoke my sister to flaming me...

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK? THAT SHE'S A FUCKING SAINT? I DID NOTHING BUT SIMPLY STATE THAT I MAY NOT ATTEND AN EVENT AND WHY I WOULDN'T BE ATTENDING!

Fucking A.

So I'd really just like to say this: MY FRIENDS ARE AMAZING.