Can I just vent for a minute????

I am SO upset, I just want to cry.....I went to my last class before my show on Friday....and my daughter stayed at my sister's house cuz my mom was watching my sister's kids today.

My sister and I don't get along very well. We tolerate each other - and we do fine in social situations - but she has always been the kind of person to put me down to make herself look better. She's only said maybe one nice thing to me in my entire life. When I was a kid and my parents would beat me incessantly, she would chime in - either by hitting me, throwing things at me, or mocking me to humiliate me.

As adults, we love each other...but we're not close. And her husband isn't very fond of me. He acts civil towards me, but my mom has slipped a few times with telling me some of the things they say about me behind my back....and it's just hurtful.

My niece is the exact same way. She puts people down to make herself look better....She always has to be "right"...and she always has to be the center of attention. I love her, but I can't stand her, kwim?

Well, all of a sudden, they decide they want to go to my show...I really should've said no. I don't know what I was thinking at the time....I never thought in a million years that my sister would want to go - unless it's to tell everyone behind my back how awful I was. My niece originally wanted to go - until she found out that my set is only 5 minutes and said it wasn't worth paying $15 for a ticket if I was only going to be on stage for 5 minutes.

My BIL is deaf, so my niece will be interpreting. She then kept texting me while I was in class saying I needed to be sure she got a place on the stage, with proper lighting and that she needs the material in advance so she can prepare. She's using the experience for practicum hours since she's getting an interpreter cert.

I told her that she wasn't getting the material in advance. I am not asking each classmate to provide me with their acts....Just NO.

I told her that she wasn't going to be on stage. It is 4' x 8' stage, and we don't need the distraction. She will need to sit near BIL and interpret from the audience (which we've done in our family for years, mind you - you don't have to be on stage to interpret unless it's for a group of people).

I told her that I didn't want to be distracted during my show, and I'm sure my classmates would also not want the distraction.

She started barking about how it's the law and that's the way it is at most events, etc. I told her that I understood that, but that this is not a public event - it's a private function for my classmates - so it's not about what's the law and what's not. It's ONE person that needs an interpreter, so we don't have to make a big deal out of it.

She bickered on...

Finally, I told her that this is MY show, MY night, MY time to be in the spotlight, NOT hers. I must've sounded like SUCH a selfish brat....

I don't want THEM to be in the spotlight. This is MY night....STOP trying to ruin it for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And my T and many people in group T will be there, supporting me....I don't want my sister and niece to go anywhere NEAR these people...GET AWAY from MY SUPPORT AND LOVE.....

I am SO sad right now.....