Thread: Is anyone competitive in your family?

I have an aunt who is this way. Not in the sense you would think either. It is more or less a narcissist thing. We will be talking and she will ask me what is wrong and I will say something like "I didn't sleep too good" or "I just didn't sleep well" and she will respond back with "Well! Now you know how I feel! I haven't slept good in YEARS!". Everything I say about myself gets counteracting with her talking about herself and it drives me nuts.

Do you have anyone like this in your family? If you do, how do you deal with them?

I don't think so, my family communicates pretty well. If anyone in my family is like that, it's probably me

Well, my three siblings are female and I'm the youngest. My youth years always felt like an uphill battle in that regard! I think traits of sibling rivalry do tend to get carried into adulthood. We're mostly on good terms but I'm definitely the most laid-back sibling.

My wife's aunt is the youngest of her siblings so is similar, she seems to go through life thinking everything is some kind of competition. Not in a good way either and often screws over my mother-in-law over petty stuff. As you can imagine this causes a lot of drama.

Originally Posted by TheRedComet

My wife's aunt is the youngest of her siblings so is similar, she seems to go through life thinking everything is some kind of competition. Not in a good way either and often screws over my mother-in-law over petty stuff. As you can imagine this causes a lot of drama.

I've seen this kind of behavior as well withing some of my family members (both distant & close, unfortunately) and it always causes a fuss...I'm certainly not a fan.