Sister E is momma bear to K. Sister S has the daughter diagnosed BPD. Sorry for the confusion.

Yes, sister E defended baby cub and has some twisted view about it and I’m not sure why, but at least we settled that dispute and sadly ended a whole family relationship over her treatment of me. I suppose she’d talk to me and act like we moved on from this, but I won’t. It hurt too much. Her negativity toward me just hurts too deep. What did she think of me to have vilified me mercilessly until I demanded she put into words exactly what she thought I did, which she did not, and that ended this matter?

Sister S is a quirky one. I knew she was a prickly pear. I guess I just never saw that until I experienced it first hand.

I never saw her act so dismissively to her daughter (who is 30). Come to think of it, I never saw any interaction between the two of them of any depth verbally.