11-22-2015, 02:40 PM
I love my baby sister, but she's very image-conscious and self-centered. My niece is pretty edgy and doesn't give a shit about what anybody thinks. They were clashing a lot and my niece also wasn't thrilled with my sister's third husband (since divorced).
Anyway, my niece hated the idea of leaving her little sister (she was 4 at the time), but had no problem whatsoever with leaving her little brother who's 3 years younger than she -- they fought like cats and dogs.
So..........they thought that San Francisco with Aunt HOTD might be a good change of pace for like a year and I said what the hell. Well, she's never going back, she says. The first year, she visited Southern California three times. Now, she's working for me and another part time job (on break from school for a year) and likes it here way more than the So Cal suburbs. She hasn't wanted to go back down for a visit this year. But, she talks to her mom and her siblings on Facetime a couple of times a week and she and her brother are actually much closer than they were, despite (or maybe because of) the distance.
Anyway, my niece hated the idea of leaving her little sister (she was 4 at the time), but had no problem whatsoever with leaving her little brother who's 3 years younger than she -- they fought like cats and dogs.
So..........they thought that San Francisco with Aunt HOTD might be a good change of pace for like a year and I said what the hell. Well, she's never going back, she says. The first year, she visited Southern California three times. Now, she's working for me and another part time job (on break from school for a year) and likes it here way more than the So Cal suburbs. She hasn't wanted to go back down for a visit this year. But, she talks to her mom and her siblings on Facetime a couple of times a week and she and her brother are actually much closer than they were, despite (or maybe because of) the distance.