@RockyRoad007 - I have every intention of staying right where I am. If I ever decided to move closer to family, I would need a place of my own.

My sister was widowed at a younger-than-usual age. I wonder if that's why she is so eager for me to move in with her. Maybe she needs the companionship. Possibly she wants another person to split the rent with. I feel like there's some motivation that I don't understand.

I called her back when this all started and tried to be warm and friendly. I got kind of rebuffed. I'm not putting myself through that again. She knows I'm here. She knows I'ld like to hear from her.

My sister has this track record of making people feel very insecure in their relationship with her. I think I would rather just give up than keep playing this toxic game. I feel like she's waiting for me to call, so she can be cold and continue punishing me. If I don't hear from her between now and Christmas, then what she's doing will be very clear. It's mean and nothing that I deserve. I believe in being very committed to the people I love. My sister has always had a hard time with commitment. She renegs on promises all the time. No one trusts her to keep any commitments. I guess I have to ask myself if I've been trying too hard to hold on to too little. When they were alive, even my parents told me that I had a lot to learn about this sister.