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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the scapegoat and my next younger brother is probably the golden child, although not entirely clear now whether it was really my older brother to begin with. Five kids total. My older brother is a sad case. He was closet gay, and my parents rejected him. He is brilliant, but you wouldn't know it now. Was a national merit scholar semifinalist and graduated from Haverford. He lives with my parents and works as a caregiver. My younger brother is now the clear golden child. He is mostly doing fine, married with one kid and happy but with limited career success: self-employed in an artistic field and they struggle at times to make ends meet. He rarely attends family events, and has a testy relationship with most of the siblings. My younger two siblings are not married: one has substance abuse problems and is usually only semi-employed; the other got pregnant when she was 15 and has mostly gotten it together since then but has never maintained a serious relationship, and left raising her daughter mostly to my parents. I'm married with three kids, and have been quite successful in my career. Still the scapegoat.[/quote]

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