I think she got angry at you, due to being already anger at the others. And when angry, people in general i think are more sensitive to criticism/etc ... so she took what you said to mean 'shut up & stop being silly' (or sth like that). Rational doesn't always work when somebody is being irrational/emotional.
That's true, and I totally understand that. But I never meant it that way. I was more concerned with the neighbours hearing. As the house I share with mum is a semi detached house. And, as well as neighbours next door, there's a block of a small flats just across from us.
And if I hadn't come downstairs and attempt to defuse the situation, our mum probably would've pack her bags n' left. Which would've got a
"Well-f*ckin'-done!", followed by a well by a scathing, swear-a-thon of a rant of what I've had to put up with since we moved house. Because they seem to forget I exist whenever the older sibling argue. And my mum n' I feel caught in the middle most o' the time, cuz we're trying to resolve the conflict.
Though, I was thinking about having them go at it, UFC-style in the back garden? :question: Cuz I don't want my family appearing on a shite tabloid talk-show... again.
So what if it happened again? Since my older sister is known for these shouty, angry outbursts. Everytime she comes to visit she'll find something to argue about. My eldest sibling and I used to make a joke of it, singing the chorus to the Kaiser Chiefs song,
I Predicted a Riot, once my mum told us the middlechild was coming to stay for a few days.
But I digress...
My poor mum's already been brought to tears cuz the way my older sibling goes off on these irrational tantrum-like rants. Aye, I know, we tend to be more sensitive to criticism when angry. But my older sister wouldn't even hear us out, and just played the victim. Like mum n' the eldest sibling did with me, whenever I'd call them out for being rude or talking down to me. Cuz they aren't great at taking responsibility if they're the ones who are wrong.
Though, my mum did acknowledge, when it was just us in the house that - unlike my sisters - an argument with me ends once I get an apology. I don't dwell on it asking:
"Why did they say that? Whit'd they dae that fur? Why're they like that?"
Rant over