This is one of those letters where I just make...confused dog-head-tilt.
For context: I am one of seven children. My father has clear favorites & loves him a fancy tech gift; my mother has no favorites & loves any gift at all that shows genuine appreciation.
But...here's the thing, the thing I don't get, which is that I don't for the life of me understand the LW's insistence that being More Capitalistically Successful entitles her to being The Favorite? I mean, I have a parent for whom there are two routes to being The Favorite, and they are Capitalistic Success or Being Extremely Smart In Ways He Can Brag About, so I get that if you have a parent like that, you might think yes, Capitalistic Success, I shall do that and earn the love of my parent!
It is clear LW does not have parents like that. I know why two of my siblings are extremely insistent on Capitalistic Success; they were two of the three least-favored children and now are the Clear Favorites and they bought it with money.
But where is LW getting it from? Did she just make it up in her head?
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For context: I am one of seven children. My father has clear favorites & loves him a fancy tech gift; my mother has no favorites & loves any gift at all that shows genuine appreciation.
But...here's the thing, the thing I don't get, which is that I don't for the life of me understand the LW's insistence that being More Capitalistically Successful entitles her to being The Favorite? I mean, I have a parent for whom there are two routes to being The Favorite, and they are Capitalistic Success or Being Extremely Smart In Ways He Can Brag About, so I get that if you have a parent like that, you might think yes, Capitalistic Success, I shall do that and earn the love of my parent!
It is clear LW does not have parents like that. I know why two of my siblings are extremely insistent on Capitalistic Success; they were two of the three least-favored children and now are the Clear Favorites and they bought it with money.
But where is LW getting it from? Did she just make it up in her head?