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[quote=Anonymous]Middle of three girls here. I spent my entire childhood desperately trying to perform perfection and self-sufficiency in an attempt to get attention and make up for how rebellious my older sister was as a teenager. My little sister was the cute baby and I was mostly just there. I got my first job at 14 while neither of my sisters worked at all during high school. I've consistently performed better than them at "traditional" milestones (better grades, impressive scholarships. great first job out of college, seemingly perfect marriage, etc.) but it's never mattered. I've spent a lot of time working through that resentment and deconstructing the myth that success will bring me love and attention. Working so hard served me to a point but ultimately kept me from being happy and satisfied. As others have said, it is what it is.

It's funny because my dad was the middle of three boys and had all the same feelings and experiences - he went ivy league while his brothers dropped out of school and got kicked out the military...but it didn't matter. His mother never gave him any validation or attention. I had to chose not to let that same resentment fester in me. [/quote]

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