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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Barring abuse, adults should have long moved on from their complaints about not perfect childhoods.[/quote]
My parents treated me poorly as a baby, kid and teen, strongly favoring two of my siblings. As a young adult I put some distance between us, moving to another state, but stayed in touch.  I hoped things would get better with some space and an adult relationship.  I didn't cut contact until much later, and that is based on how they treat me now, as an adult.  I haven't done anything to deserve treated as the family scapegoat.  I'm also not a bad mom because I chose to work and not be a SAHM.  Nor am I a bad mother because I have laundry that needs to be folded or can't attend every holiday party.  Etc. etc.

OP, how do your parents treat your siblings now?  Are they repeating the same patterns that hurt your siblings as kids?

My siblings would never agree that they are favored.  They share my parent's view that I'm an inherently less deserving person and it's totally fair to treat me poorly.  They don't know why I don't agree, but think it must be because of my terrible personality

I do have a fourth sibling, who became the family scapegoat after I left for college out of state.  We're close and she sees the same dynamic I do.[/quote]

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