So I'm having another hissy fit with my sister, Sam. I want to talk about it here on dA and see if anyone can tell me who is in the wrong. Of course, I want to feel like I'm right (don't we all?), but I'll post as much information as I can to give an overall idea of the situation. Now it's actually about something very trivial and pathetic, but it has been going on for a long time now to the point where I want to march up to her and bash her little worthless skull inwards... Be a dear and hold me back...

It's about my stories. Ever since October, I've been writing a lot due to some unexplained inspiration *cough*TDA*cough* and like always, I like to have my little sister, Sam read them for many reasons. Reasons being that I take joy in seeing someone like it and editing. I'm terrible at catching my own mistakes and it has proven to be most useful when she reads them aloud so that we may catch them. To my dismay, Sam makes a big deal about reading them more and more with every passing day. I can't say it's her age that disables her from reading them; she's twelve. I can't always say it's the topic that doesn't appeal to her. Depending on the topic, she usually likes horror stories, certain fan fictions (which most of them I know), and plenty of other topics that I've been able to write about and offer to her.

Now I've argued back with plenty of hearty facts. I feel she's always coming back with "lame excuses." Maybe you can tell me if I'm right or not.
>I've argued that reading is good for you. It can expand your mind and enable you to read faster. She can really use that!
>I've argued that reading won't get easier over the years, and not every book will be about something she likes. High school will make her read hefty novels for reports.
>I've argued that reading my stories which can range from 5 to 100 pages won't take too much of her time. In truth, the stories I've been writing lately hardly pass 5 pages.
>I've argued that she usually ends up liking the stories I write after she reads a little of them.
>I've argued that if she wrote something, I'd be happy to read it. The thing is she does write stories, but they were 'inappropriate' and so she wouldn't let me read them; however, she had no problem with her friends reading them until she got busted with them in school.

That's all I feel like saying about my side of the argument. Might I add that I've tried many ways to make the stories more appealing to her. I've tried changing the text font, the colors, and even adding pictures. I've suggested sending small parts of a single story to her so she won't have to read the whole thing at once. I've downloaded a program to make online videos of me reading the story to her onscreen! None of it has appealed to her. As for time, I feel she has plenty of it. She's twelve; it's not like she has that busy of a schedule. She goes to school on a regular basis, comes home, either gets right on the computer or the television, and it all just depends on her mood after that. She has chores just like the rest of us, but they don't usually take more than 10 minutes. As for homework, she puts that off until late at night by choice. I don't bug her constantly. I'll bring it up every now and then, sometimes more strongly than others. I keep thinking, "Maybe later?" But it begins to suck when you're saying that two weeks later...

Now here are all the 'excuses' as I call them she's used repeatedly to avoid reading my stories.
>The most common one: I don't want to.
>She actually uses the excuse that she's too stupid/slow to read them.
>Whenever I suggest she read one by saying, "You should read it", she comes back with things like, "You should learn to cook, but we both know that won't happen."
>More often when I try to make a point, she tells me to 'shove it up my butt'...
>She complains that I'm annoying when I constantly ask her to read my stories. I've argued maybe once that if she would just read the first time I ask, I'd back off.
>She claims to 'not care'.
>She admits to being a pain in the butt.
>Sometimes I manage to get her to give up, but as soon as she sees a chance to escape, she leaps at it. For example, she'll say she has to use the bathroom. I'll let her leave, but then she never comes back...
>She argues that I'm being a selfish spoiled brat for getting upset when she doesn't read my stories.

I could list more, but I think you get the point. The thing is I think I can backlash her with a number of those excuses.
1. She doesn't want to do it? Well, I don't want to do a lot of things like get up in the morning and go to school, but I do it anyway.
2. She admits to being stupid/slow? So why does she brag about her A's and B's in school?
3. She uses that comeback? Well, I can cook. I just don't want to, but I'll do it if asked. I just won't be happy about it.
4. She tells me to shove it up my butt? Considering how often she says that, I don't think I have any room up there for more.
5. She claims not to care? And I thought she loved the characters we all made up...
6. She admits to being a pain in the butt? Ok, but does that have to be a 24/7 thing?
7. She escapes and never comes back? She won that time, but we live in the same house. She can't really avoid me forever.
8. She argues that I'm being selfish? I can't say she's a happy person when she doesn't get her way. It's not like I'm asking for something impossible.

Overall, it's also very discouraging to see my own sister doesn't want to read my stories. This might sound sappy and lame, but her constant rejections have led me to believe I'm not good enough and that everyone will react like she does. I know it's not true, but still...
I have these thoughts every now and then that people will run in fear when they see my name on a novel cover, and that my friends are only reading them out of pity. Although these are not her exact words, this is what they sounded like to me: I'm a loser and a chicken who can't publish my stories out of fear. My stories will never be recognized because of this and I'll be the homeless one on the street while she makes all the money.
Not her exact words, but that's all I hear out of them. I also have a feeling that she values her friends more than me. If a friend of hers wrote a story, I'm sure she'd read that. I have no proof. It's just a feeling.

I've given up just earlier. That was when she told me I was a spoiled brat who always wanted my way. Well, I told her I gave up. I don't want her reading my stories anymore. So she doesn't have to worry about my 'constant' asking or using her precious brain power. This doesn't make her the winner though. I'm hoping this all comes to bite her in the butt.
So just to clear up any confusion and shed some light, am I just being a selfish spoiled brat?