I have two older siblings. They treat me "like a child" because they're older than me; they refuse to acknowledge that I'm an adult just as wise, developed and experienced (if not more) as they are. They have expectations of me that have nothing to do with what I want/need out of life, and almost anything I say that proves I'm not a "little girl" (anything deeply philosophical, intellectual, saying that I'm in a relationship, etc.) is either funny or disturbing to them. Or both. I use to find the whole "You'll always be a baby to me" thing flattering and kinda sweet from my relatives, but that mentality has been detrimental to our relationships. Freezing their perspectives of me in the past is just silly and now we don't even know each other. Or want to.

What makes it even stranger is that they weren't really involved in my life when I was growing up. They didn't know me then and they haven't really witnessed me grow and become who I am now.

In no way that COUNTS are they my siblings.