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posted Monday, May 28, 2012 at 4:45pm
I am the younger of two kids in my family. I moved away from home to get out from under my older brothers shadow, only to listen to both my parents tell me all about his achievements over the phone every time I talk to them, they can barely remember it is I went to college for. Now I have to attend his wedding and pretend to have fun at someone's wedding I'm not even on friendly terms with; I made the request to have a table of my own friends as I am not part of the wedding party and don't want to sit alone with people I either don't know or don't like ie. wives of my brothers friends and that also has been seen as complete unreasonable.
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May 28, 2012 at 7:16 pm
get over yourself. Maybe your mom talks about you to your brother. Maybe she talks about your brother to you because you are not on speaking terms with him and she knows this. you need to give to get, so start talking about yourself more to your mum if you think she's outta the loop ( but mums rarely are )
May 29, 2012 at 10:54 am
That is kind of unreasonable. It's HIS wedding. You can make him do whatever you want when it's YOUR wedding.
You sound very young and self-centered. Don't worry; life tends to fix both those things with time.
You sound very young and self-centered. Don't worry; life tends to fix both those things with time.
May 30, 2012 at 7:02 am
with the other two posters. It is difficult to be on the receiving end of this, and I've seen it in action in my own family and my ex's as well. It can be very painful to be the one who feels left out and less valued. All I can suggest is that you hang in there, value yourself, and stop trying to win their approval because you won't (been there, done that - as soon as you reach the goalposts, they will move those darned goalposts again). And surprisingly, once you stop trying, they will become interested. Just be good to yourself, and try not to let it hurt so much....
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