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[quote=Anonymous]My parents always did their absolute best to be very even with all things growing up between my brother and me. I have to say, I appreciated that. I never felt a sense of sibling rivalry with my brother and he never felt it with me.

That said, one hiccup emerged more recently.

My parents paid for my college and some of my grad school, but they made my brother take out student loans for his 2nd try at college (he flunked out the first time on their dime).

He ended up taking out minimal student loans because he went to a state school, and to date on net my parents have spent a lot more on me.

My brother and both have pretty good jobs now, although I make a bit more.

My brother is pissed about the fact that he has some small student loans when I do not. I think my parents will at some point pay them off, to be honest, but they want to make sure he understands he has to be responsible first.

So, in our family, the less responsible person got less help!  And it did turn him around, I have to say. He was really messing up for a while.

Food for thought. 
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