To the older sisters out there -

That's good advice, thank you very much. I'll be going to college in a couple of weeks, so maybe not being confined in close quarters will help. I mean, I hope to stay close to her, because she is my little sister, but maybe some time apart would help.

Well, I hope that it does help your relationship with your sister.

Thank you again for your advice. It is much appreciated.

This is excellent advice. I'm very grateful for this and I will try to put this plan into action if she will let me. Thank you for your consideratin and your insight into this issue and for allowing me to see it through my younger sister's eyes. Have you tried this before with your younger sister?

Don't trouble yourself about being long-winded. It's much better than no reponse at all, and you are quite correct. Typing often comes off in a way that is completely unintended, so I understand your need to clarify yourself, just in case it could be taken the wrong way. You're right about being the 'coolest' thing on the face of the Earth. I'm not sure why my little sister thinks that, and she sure has a funny way of showing it, but I know it's true. I will take these suggestions to heart and put them into action as soon as I can. I think that what you're saying seems like a very sensible solution, and it is certainly better than screaming at each other and trying to fight it out rather than talk it out, have fun, get along and stay close as sisters. Siblings are for life. I don't want to break the bonds I have with them, and when we're seventy-five, I still want to reminisce (that's spelled very incorrectly, I believe) about all of the good times we had (the ones we can remember at that age, ha), not be alienated and wondering what did my sister do with her life. Thank you very much for your input and advice. It is incredibly helpful.

I'm glad this may help you! Actually, in my case it was younger brother, lol, but it was much the same. We have 5 years between us, and let me tell you, when you are both in your mid and upper 20's, that age gap exists only in your younger sibling teasing you about being almost 30, lol. But he always wanted to be with me and my friends, or have me hang out playing video games, etc, and it just wasn't in my agenda. But I found that if he knew that there were certain things that we would automatically do together on a schedule of sorts, he wasn't so put off when I did want alone time. I also tried to look at things from his side, so I would do things like drive him to school once or twice a week (and I had a Trans Am at the time!), or if I had a party I would allow him to have a friend over and hang for a bit with us. Now when it came time that we didn't want the younger ones to hang with us, they didn't mind so much. A, he had a friend to be with, and B, they go to hang and party with the "older kids", thus making them totally cool with their friends at school as well. I hate to make is sound like a younger sibling is like a dog waiting on a treat, so I hope it doesn't come across this way. More, it is that you, as the older sibling, are like the coolest person in the world to them right now. You can drive, stay out late, go away with friends, go out to clubs, do things without your parents, you've had the battles with the parents that pave the way for the younger ones to have more fun... and, she may also be afraid of soon losing you. This is the age where many kids go away to college, move out with friends, etc. (I assure you, if this happens, for some reason, it then becomes so fun to have your younger sibling come stay over a few times a month - I don't know why, but it does, lol) I was lucky, my mom was the youngest of 4, so she gave me a lot of advice on ways to help the situation based on how she felt when she was younger and what would have helped her. Sorry this is so long winded, but I'm always afraid of something I write not coming across the right way - it's not always easy to read typing as intended. Again, I hope this helps you both!! :)

Ha. I also have a younger brother who is two years younger than me, and he and I get along really, really well. It's good that you're close to your family, though, and can talk to them.

Neither do mine, unforutnately. Thanks for your response!

Thanks for the comment. And that's good news to me. And yes, my little sister is like that too. I think she wants to be me sometimes, haha, but I'm glad to hear that she'll grow out of it. I hope that one day we'll be close like you and your sister are.