I didn't know where else to post this but I have to get this off my chest.
My sister is onto baby number 3 - she's 25 and unemployed. She has had about 2 jobs before - both temp work and over 5 years ago. Anyway, she ended up on the dole and so did I. I didn't give up - I went back to college and I'm now 2nd year nursing. She just stayed on benefits and ended up with a guy that no one in our family likes - he's rude and he acts like a child and has been awful to my family yet she stands by him (even after she discovered he cheated).
None of their kids were planned and they're claiming benefits for themselves plus they get money for the 3 kids. She's going to Tenerife and Glastonbury this year. I can't even afford a weekend trip to London.
Now normally I'd wind my neck in and mind my own business but I read a story from 'This Morning' (the TV show) today about the woman with 13 kids on benefits and it just reminded me of my sister and made me so disappointed in what she's become - she dropped out of an English degree at 19.
She keeps sending me pictures of things she's bought and talking about meals out at restaurants/sending me pics of day trips whilst I'm at work or on placement at uni and now she's going on about Tenerife constantly and it's winding me up because she's done nothing to earn any of it.
She has no idea how much I dislike her and who she's become.
Should I just keep my mouth shut? And if I do, how do I basically cut her out of my life without being obvious about it because she can be pretty nasty and cause drama? We've grown into completely different people and I just don't want to deal with her anymore. What's even worse is that we're quite close in age/look alike and people in our extended family have an opinion of me based on her (she's older than me) before they get to know me - I'm nothing like her and want to distance myself.
How do you erase your sister from your life?