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[quote=Anonymous]Two advanced degrees, working a 50k job, divorced with two kids. He was the oldest of three and the only boy. Could do no wrong in my parents eyes. Ivy League for college. Pressured into law school. Left law for a low paying degree/career.  He still doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life as he did whatever my parents wanted him to do. Left his wife because he wasn’t sure about her either (she is wonderful). He is still dissatisfied with his life unfortunately.

He is a good father and seems to have learned through therapy to have better boundaries with his children. He lets them be kids and has protected them from my parents (as have I). I feel grateful that I was not the golden child as an adult. I have a career that I enjoy and am happily married. It still pains me to see how my parents fawn over my brother. They make so many excuses for him and threw his ex wife under the bus. Like they’re actually embarrassed that their 45 yo son is divorced when they’ve been unhappily married forever. [/quote]

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