My older sister hates me and I really don't know why

DEAR DEIDRE: MY elder sister hates me and it breaks my heart.

I am a woman of 32 and she is 34. She ignored me when we were kids.

Our parents parted, so we needed one another – but she wouldn’t talk to me.

This carried on throughout our teens.

She is now married with children and I get on well with them.

But she makes zero effort even to be civil to me, let alone friendly.

I worked in Canada for a while and tried to keep in contact with her.

But she never made the first move and was just about as unfriendly as anyone can be.

I have had to return to the UK for health reasons but it is just the same.

I wrote to her saying I was hurt that she makes no effort to contact me.

She replied that I simply enjoy playing the drama queen.

Why does my sister hate me? I’ve tried everything but nothing works.

DEIDRE SAYS: Your sister’s anger with you probably goes back to around the time when you were born and everyone fussed over the new baby.

Your parents perhaps didn’t handle the situation well at the time because they were distracted by their failing marriage.

ByteZest