I'm fairly sure my family don't read here so I'm going to vent as it's getting to me. I'm also going to counselling about other issues and the counsellor wants me to open up more about my childhood to her too as she thinks some of my issues stem back to this too.
I think today I finally accepted my sibling is the "favourite" with my parents and it hurts. Not because I want to be in that position but because I've realised that my parents don't really care much about me, at all.
I've just had to babysit for my nephew today for 11 hours whilst my sibling and parents went on a nice day out Christmas shopping, out for a fancy lunch, quality time together as a family etc etc. I wasn't invited & I didn't even get a thank you for babysitting, not even a token gift like a box of chocolates or whatever. In fact they came home four hours after the time I was told they'd be back and couldn't understand why I was upset.
I've had this sort of behaviour before and I always just shrugged it off. My parents will call my sibling a few times a week for a chat, will visit them yet would never pop in to see me (I live 5 mins away...!) and it's almost as if I don't exist unless I make myself known. It's fucked with my self worth hence why I'm working through it with a counsellor.
I am thinking of distancing myself from them due to this behaviour which has been going on for years. Not an easy decision but one I think I need to make.
Has anyone else been in this situation?
I think today I finally accepted my sibling is the "favourite" with my parents and it hurts. Not because I want to be in that position but because I've realised that my parents don't really care much about me, at all.
I've just had to babysit for my nephew today for 11 hours whilst my sibling and parents went on a nice day out Christmas shopping, out for a fancy lunch, quality time together as a family etc etc. I wasn't invited & I didn't even get a thank you for babysitting, not even a token gift like a box of chocolates or whatever. In fact they came home four hours after the time I was told they'd be back and couldn't understand why I was upset.
I've had this sort of behaviour before and I always just shrugged it off. My parents will call my sibling a few times a week for a chat, will visit them yet would never pop in to see me (I live 5 mins away...!) and it's almost as if I don't exist unless I make myself known. It's fucked with my self worth hence why I'm working through it with a counsellor.
I am thinking of distancing myself from them due to this behaviour which has been going on for years. Not an easy decision but one I think I need to make.
Has anyone else been in this situation?