I’m not going to lie.
It’s tough growing up with an older sibling that’s got it all together, especially when you feel like a total soup sandwich half the time.
My sister, Joanne, is eight years my elder and pretty much everything my parents could have wanted.
And then there’s me, the hellspawn with the rebellious streak and bipolar adventures.
They totally should have quit while they were ahead.
It’s tough growing up with an older sibling that’s got it all together, especially when you feel like a total soup sandwich half the time.
My sister, Joanne, is eight years my elder and pretty much everything my parents could have wanted.
And then there’s me, the hellspawn with the rebellious streak and bipolar adventures.
They totally should have quit while they were ahead.
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Actual baby picture from my youth. |
Sibling rivalries are a common theme in fiction and while my sister and I get along just fine, our differences were often pointed out while growing up.
Still, at least our relationship didn’t go anything like Scott and Alex Summers, better known as Cyclops and Havok of the X-Men.
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