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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a mean older sister and I try to fix things now at holiday celebrations. But then she gets me going again. I've never met someone I didn't get along with as much as my sister. I'm very easy going. We're like oil and water.

I actually blame my parents a lot more for my sister and I's disagreements than I blame her. We were 10 years apart and everything was absolutely different in our childhoods. I did so many chores and even my parents acknowledge that I did 90% of the household work (that's being generous). They said it made me a better person and they didn't try to get her to do any chores because she was so difficult. They constantly told me that life isn't fair when I was growing up. I agree that life isn't fair, but we should have been treated equally. I learned last month that they're paying for her grad school and I went and cried in my car. I so wanted to go to grad school but couldn't make the finances work and it's been a big regret. [/quote]

So when you were 15 and she was 5, you did more housework?[/quote]

I lived there throughout college. So yes a 12 year old can do chores. She was 10 grades younger but more like 9.5 years. [/quote]

You don't get it... so when you were 22 and she was 12 you did more. That is normal.

Now if you said when you were 12 you had to do XYZ and when she was 12 she only did X.

Birth order matters... your 12 yo self was not living with a 22 yo family member that should help out.

You need to let it go. Life is not equal. The oldest has parents that are trying too hard, have less money and make lots of mistakes. The youngest has parents that are more laid back, have more money and don't worry about mistakes.[/quote]

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