Silently resentful of my sisters for marrying well

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:(OP again) So there’s one other dynamic here that I’m thinking of - and that’s the way we were raised. My mother raised my sisters with a lot more social freedom growing up and less academic pressure. My parents in the 90s became academics (they had just gotten PhDs) and pressured me to do well in school. I don’t regret that at all - but I was raised to believe that kids who got straight As would become more successful than kids who didn’t care and got C’s. But my sisters did the opposite - they prioritized relationships and having fun. I prioritized school, brand name universities, and getting a DC job. I’ve accomplished more, professionally (being a mother IS an accomplishment, to their credit) and had more unconventional experiences, but a lower standard of living to show for my hard work.

OP, I am more impressed by you than your half-sisters. Any woman can have unprotected sex and have children. It's not an accomplishment. Your half-sisters are screwed if their husbands ever divorce them or die by suicide (no life insurance for them). They won't be able to find lucrative work like you do so I truly think you're in a better position.

What a weird take. If they are genuinely well off and they divorce, the sisters will get half. And have children. And not all these weird resentments. So ahead of the OP by a long shot...

I’m sure that your half sisters have a lot of wear and tear on their bodies due to pregnancy and childbirth. If they have had a caesarean, then they have a scar and regardless, they have a ton of stretchmarks. You probably look banging compared to either of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, their dad died, so I wouldn’t say it’s all been ducks and rainbows for them. I mean, he was nothing to you, but it was till their dad.

Maybe stop competing with them. It doesn’t sound that your life has been that much of a challenge, so maybe appreciate that privilege in itself.

They haven’t had to work, much of their money comes from their dead father, but it’s not exactly like you’ve risen from being homeless now, is it?

I was a latchkey kid (with a deadbeat father who died and didn’t leave me any money) and I think you’re sisters sound fine, op. People who have a stressful childhoods sometimes prioritize finding stability in a way you wouldn’t understand.

+1 To the latchkey kid above ^^
Exactly right about prioritizing stability

- Another latchkey kid in the 70s

[Anonymous]

Comparison is the thief of joy. I suggest deleting this thread; a lot of identifying info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Comparison is the thief of joy. I suggest deleting this thread; a lot of identifying info.

Like what? Having two dumb half-sisters who bamboozled their husbands into providing for them?