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[quote=Anonymous]I know someone who has done this-the sibling of a dear friend and I spent a lot of time with them growing up. Of course it’s hard to tell from the outside but my impression knowing them for years was normal, not perfect family but no abuse, no red flags. Three of four kids have typical parents child relationship with them as adults and the fourth is estranged  I know parents can treat different children differently however I will say her complaints are literally along the lines of “you let me quit ice-skating after a couple of years and I wish I had stuck with it!”)this is in the context of sibling fervently wanting to quit ice-skating.)  And “other people’s dads took them on fishing trips but you never did and I got invited fishing as a 20 year old and didn’t know how!” What’s more, the sibling is also semi-estranged from my friend the other siblings for similar complaints. “You were kind of nerdy and so when I started high school the year after you at first people thought I would be nerdy too!”

It may sound like I’m making fun of the estranged sibling because the complaints are so absurd but I actually think it’s sn indication of serious mental illness. They are OBSESSED with typical childhood beefs like this and cannot stop thinking about them. It’s heartbreaking. [/quote]

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