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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know if I wasn't the favorite or was just the most neglected, but as a middle child I often felt left-out and unwanted.  This is partially because my sister had some health problems and my younger brother was the boy, I think.  But I always grew up feeling that my parents liked me a little bit less, or at least cared a bit less.  It was worse because my grandmother, who is probably the most involved relative in our lives, clearly favored my sister (who was her first grandchild overall) as well.

We do have a very close family friend who is basically like an aunt to us, and over the years she has really reached out to me and gone the extra mile to be close to me.  That does help in a certain way.  It doesn't mitigate what my parents did, but it eases the blow of feeling like the people who are supposed to care about you the most don't like you as much.

So as an aunt, you might not be able to fix the problem, but your love and support could provide that broader "village" of support that makes things easier in the long run.[/quote]

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