Sibling rivalries go back beyond Cain and Abel, or Romulus and Remus (depends on who you are asking). But the modern version is less about founding empires and more about who gets the bigger half of a shared bedroom. Often, these roles are assigned at birth by the real directors of the drama: the parents.
There’s the responsible oldest, the default parent, and the precious youngest, who must be shielded from all harm. This delicate, if deeply unfair, ecosystem relies on everyone playing their part. For one young woman, trying to resign from her lifelong, unpaid position was treated as an act of treason.
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