Reply to Jealous of my smug happy sister

Forum Index » Family Relationships

Reply to "Jealous of my smug happy sister "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I’m going to take a different path, OP. I’m all for dispelling the myth of meritocracy, but has your sister in any way (sort of) earned her good fortune? For example, choosing a lucrative career over a more sexy one (eg, lawyer versus nonprofit grant writer), dating quality but unappreciated men (the slight dork who moved into finance versus the bad boy who didn’t see the value in school), prioritizing long term finances over short term goals (a crappy apartment to save for a down payment)?

Said differently, is there anything you could learn from her and apply to your own life?

I ask because I could easily be your sister. For example, when I was in school, I knew many women who looked down at my now husband, who was very much a poor kid trying to improve his life. He was rough around the edges. More than a decade later, he’s a great husband and father and we’re multi-millionaires. There’s a huge element of dumb luck in us meeting, but I do think I saw something in him years ago that many other women missed. And now regret.

I’ve had a lot of luck and privilege in my own life, so I know how differently things could have gone for me. It’s part of the reason it’s important to me to give back. But I can also see both sides of things.

As for the smugness - PPs are right. Life hits us all hard. Your sister will have her challenges too. And know that whatever is challenging *you* now (and spurred this post) will also end. Good luck, OP. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics