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My parents (45M, 42F) are angry that I (19…

I (19M) really don't like my sister's friends. They're all 15/16/17 years old and they are allowed to be so intrusive. Before I left for college I knew 2 or 3 weekends a month would involve big slumber parties with most or all of her friends. Even during the week she'd have random slumber parties. And summers were the worst because they were allowed multiple overnights in a row once they were teenagers. I know they're young and I have fun with my friends too. But these girls would come into my room without permission, they would steal my shit to use and they would dare each other to flirt with me or try to kiss me. It was awkward and I wasn't allowed to lock my door so my patience wore out years ago with that shit. My parents were even okay with them snooping in their room. If they had an issue THEY could lock their doors. But since I was one of the kids they didn't think I should be allowed to. My sister is as bad as her friends and she would get in my face for hiding stuff so they couldn't steal it. Our relationship was never that good anyway but this kind of thing made it worse. My parents used to tell me to invite my friends over so I'd have my own company and I did until they got so tired of the intrusiveness of my sister and her friends. We couldn't sleep comfortably or do anything without them butting in. Moving out for college was a huge relief but Christmas was ruined with the same stuff. So I planned to be somewhere else this summer. My parents asked and I told them a dozen times or more now. They told me I should be home and I can visit for a week here or there. I made it perfectly clear I was not coming home to be swarmed by the girls again. They told me it would be just a few days. We argued a couple of times because they tried to order me home and I ignored them. Now they're pissed and my relationship with them is shitty. I don't like that but I also can't get them to agree to a compromise like my sister can't have her friends spend the night while I'm home. They just expect me to come home and deal with it. My room already got repurposed for these slumber parties too. I guess I'd like to not lose my parents over this but I'm not really sure what I'm meant to do. submitted by /u/ThrowRAParticuls to r/relationship_advice [link] [comments]