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[quote=Anonymous]My theory is it is just the squeaky wheel gets the grease. In my own family, my older sibling (w/kids) and younger sib (no kids) are the squeaky wheels. Same for my partner and my partner's sibling. In both families, there has always been a kid who "needed" more time, attention, money, reassurances, etc. But yes, it feels annoying to just be successful, have a healthy marriage, take care of yourselves and therefore be overlooked as your siblings are messes who "need" more. Somehow having two kids is "really hard" on my older sib, but I have kids and it was never acknowledged that having two kids is hard for me (mine are older than older sib's--so of course it's "harder" for older sib now because their kids are young. Never mind that there was a time when I had two kids and older sib had one.). Younger sib has gotten financial help and coddling their whole life, so it's nothing new. But the older sib coddling started when sib had kids. It's weird. [/quote]
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