My oldest little half-sister is a moron. She's been hiding the "relationship" she's been in from my mom for a year. She's not super bright, easily manipulated, and desperately needs the approval of others.

My mom, who cares deeply for me and my sibblings, but is terrible at giving praise, is rapidly losing control over said sister. In the past year, she has started working more and more hours at her job (Jack in the Box), and subsequently lost any chance she had at getting college scholarships.

She's got a bunch of stupid high school friends who tell her she doesn't have to listen to her mom. My mother has a lot of faults, but she got me to and through college. We don't agree all that much, but I wouldn't have been here without her. And to see my sister hurt her this way (by destroying herself) is vexing.

Well, this may sounds like it sucks a lot, but she's a teenager and part of being a teenager is making your own mistakes. And compared to what my sister did when she was a teenager...

My sister ran away to live on the streets of Hollywood and do drugs when she was 15. She had a cell phone which my mom still paid for since it was the only way to contact her but she often didn't answer if we called.

One day I called her to tell her that our dog died and while sobbing she told me that she was just smoking crack while our dog died.

My mom eventually tracked her down with a private detective and my sister spent some time in juvey and the like, got expelled from multiple high schools... you know, the works.

Community college and then transferring to a university isn't glamorous but it can work just fine and that's always an option. I did it.

It's going to be more of a "Continue working at Jack and the Box and get by on her looks until she doesn't have her looks anymore," I think. It could be worse, it's true. But well... I dunno. Watching someone choose mediocrity honestly makes me sicker than watching them make huge mistakes.

Mediocrity is a thousand times better than being a complete fuck up that needs to be regularly rescued who is a wrecking ball in the lives of everyone around them. And again, she's a teenager. This whole making your own decisions thing is new.