July 10, 2014 WHEN YOUR LITTLE SIBLING WON’T STOP ASKING YOU TO PLAY Today’s question came in anonymously. It reads: My annoying little sister won’t stop asking me to play with her. I’m way too old for dolls, pretend, and making gross foods. I need my space! Help!! My Advice: Hi there, Anonymous and Annoyed! As someone who ALSO has a little sister, I feel your pain! If I had a dime for every time Brianna asked me to play some silly game with her, I could buy not just the latest iPhone, but Apple itself! I’m going to let you in on a little secret that may seem kind of confusing at first: the trick to getting out of playing with her is playing with her. I know, you’re probably like, “What, girlfriend? That makes no sense!” Allow me to explain. It sounds like your little sister really wants your attention, and she probably gets the sense that you’d rather pluck your eyebrows out one by one than hang out with her. So, because she wants your approval, she asks you to play with her all the time. But let’s say instead of yelling, “Not now…I’m busy!” you said, “I’d love to play with you for a half hour around 3:00!” Then she’ll know you’re not blowing her off. In fact, she’ll think it’s SO important to you that you scheduled it into your day! I know, a half-hour may seem like a lot of time to devote to dolls and pretending. But let’s face it: you’re probably spending WAY more time listening to her whine! I’m not going to lie to you: she MAY stop annoying you by asking you to play with her and start annoying you by asking, “Is it 3:00 yet?” But hopefully, she’ll ask your mom instead and you can enjoy some sister-free time doing stuff that’s WAY more fun than mixing milk and orange juice! What do you guys think? Do you have any advice for our new friend, Anonymous and Annoyed?
yesim says October 25, 2014 at 2:06 am i have a little bro and he always wants to play my DS games it is so annoying (*groan)
Artistgal199 says October 22, 2014 at 4:56 pm I am SUPER lucky. One of my friend’s sister makes her play baby and Dora with her. I feel bad for her. :O
dorky kissez1909 says October 25, 2014 at 3:49 am Yikes, I know how you feel. Sometimes siblings are super annoying.
barbie lover265 says October 21, 2014 at 6:11 pm My sister won’t stop bugging me and asking me to play!
Nadya Evans says October 21, 2014 at 7:26 am OMG! I totally know how you feel! My sister is always begging me to play with her- especially when i’m doing HW (so i’m guessing she’s now doing it on purpose:{ ). one day I got a genius idea though. The following day she asked me to play with her and she didn’t stop whining tilI said “fine”. she then rushed to get her Barbie dolls and when we started playing I acted so bored and made up weird voices and EXTREMELY ‘bored outta my mind’ scenes. she hated me playing with her so now she never asks me to play again! Awesomeness for me….! Hope it helped! 😀