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Sometimes I think I am 12 years old again
okay. The backstory is that I have two cousins who are the same age I am. One was born in January, I was born in May and one was born in October. I think our moms thought we would grow up to be best friends. That was sooo not the case. Now I come from a huge family. I have over 50 cousins ( my mom had 11 brothers and sisters) We are almost the youngest. There are only 2 younger than the group of us.
All of our lives we were compared. All of our accomplishments and failures were layed out for the whole family to judge. I don't think any of it was to be mean... it was just how it happened. As a result, the three of us grew up seeing each other as rivals not friends.
I had not spoken to either of these cousins since we graduated from high school 20 years ago. Now one of them has friended me on face book.
I just spent two hours trying to beat her high score in bejewelled blitz just beacuse I HAD to.
Yup. I totally reverted to childhood. *sigh* I have issues.
~Kennedy
Re: Sometimes I think I am 12 years old again
You made me so smile! I know exactly what you are saying...3 of my Mom's sisters gave birth the same year I was born, 2 in my same month (all girls)...When my aunts and Mom chat, they like to chat about us (mostly who has the better daughter...of course my Mom does
).
Awww. I don't really have competition with my cousins since I haven't seen them since I was 5 or so and they make me look really good in comparison (dropped out of HS, drug abuse, several marriages, abandoned children, lots of debt, etc.)
But I totally get the feeling 12. I felt that way when I was home with my parents this weekend, nevermind I am the parent to 2 preschoolers and am MUCH closer to 40 than I am to 12 (how did THAT happen???)
I can kinda relate, on a differant level. Julie's brother is ALWAYS competeing, and he HAS to have the best of EVERYTHING, on every level. Him and Julie are very close. However, the only time he told her good job, was at her college graduation. (Which he never did).
Examples, Julie gets a new Car, he gets a new car, and he HAS to be one model better.
We get a new place, He has to get a place just a smidge nicer, (extra bedroom, etc)!
All of this would be okay, and Julie and I don't really care, but their house is foreclosing, and they filed bankruptcy before 25. It's just frustrating.