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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think parents don't have to be exactly equal but they should try to be fair.  I am much older than my sister and as such always had the responsibility of taking of her.  I was always tasked with babysitting her when she was little.  When I got married, my parents sent her to live with me throughout her high school years because they felt too old to take care of her.  I paid for all her living expenses.  When I went to college, I went to a state school and got scholarships to pay for both undergraduate and graduate school.  I even helped my parents out with paying for their dream home.  My parents paid for my sister's Ivy League education. Now that she has a job, she feels that it is too stressful and wants to quit her job or take a leave of absence so that she can go to Europe for two month.  She also wants my parents to pay for her European vacation.  My parents are worried about her mental health and want to help her out.  [b]My parents always bail her out and also expects me to bail her out.  I have driven hundreds of miles on multiple occasions to help her out in what seems like never ending crisis situations. I had to take leave from my job and leave a new born at home to bail her out (literally). [/b] Let's just say I am very resentful as to the degree of unfairness with how we were treated as children and now as adults.[/quote]

You need to stop enabling your sister's dependency for her sake and yours. I understand your situation since I had a similar one with my youngest sibling. You have your own family (including yourself) now to put first.  [/quote]

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