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5 days agoI'm 34 and my younger brother makes twice what I make and my mother brings it up exactly once per visit in a way that sounds like pride for him but lands like a verdict on me and I've never once said anything because the older sibling's job is to be happy for the younger one and nobody checks whether that happiness is real - Silicon Canals
Sibling comparison and career validation struggles create lasting emotional wounds that successful people rarely discuss publicly but frequently experience privately.