As far as comparing him to his siblings, I was the second born son of five of which the fourth sibling was a female. So four boys and one girl. My older brother was only one year older....he always made excellent grades in school but was lazy as hell in working around the house. I grew up in the South...yeah we are a redneck family and as far as yard work and working in Dads garden and on the Grandfathers farm I outworked them all except they all did way better in school than I for I hated school and mingling with other kids alot.I liked playing football and baseball at school but as far as learning in High School I could have cared less at the time. They all graduated high school--Three with honors and the other did ok, but me I dropped out in the eleventh grade and took the good ol GED. Of course I had been into drinking and smoking dope for several years prior. And all of my other siblings went to major universities and got degrees, one Electrical engineer, one in speech communications, one got a forestry degree then a Masters in Business, and the Narcisist--don't have time to look up the speeling--- got a BS in buisness,a masters degree in Accounting, then became a lawyer and mom loves him the most because he is sooooooooo successful, he has an airplane and five beach condos so mom says and this makes him so great. Well me....the high school dropout that took the GED...I ain't moms favorite but I later in life managed to go to a junior college for two years and make the deans list most every quarter, then I transferred to a major university and went three quarters but dropped out for we had a child coming. I was the black sheep of the family for years because I drank every day and smoked weed and got mean as hell when drunk and got thrown in jail for it multiple times...no felonies thank goodness, DUI'S to the max, weed charges, all types of motor vehicle violations,attempting to elude, wreckless driving(speeds excess of 130 mph), speeding,no mufflers, hot rodding in general while intoxicated describes me back then best.
But now I have been clean and sober fifteen years and am no longer the black sheep of the family lol. Guess who is though moms won't admit it...........................................................................IT'S THE NARCISTIC LAWYER BROTHER THAT IS EXTREEMLY WEALTHY AND STAYS DRUNK ALL THE TIME.And he is a true narscist a word I can't seem to figure the speeling on but again I'm not going to go get a dictionary,for we diagnosed him before the psychiatrist did but mom can't seem to grasp the concept that he is sexually intercoursed up.See he will never be able to see that he has a problem due to his Narcisism and he is going to die from obesity and cirosis, I won't look that word up either, of the liver if someone doesn't kill him first becasue of the way he acts due to his that big ol NAR WORD LOL.....and he is in the rat race big time, got a plane,a big yaht, five condos, money to burn,Wife divorced him and he has two children he hasn't seen in 1.5 years because he has chosen not to see them.
Now I kinda envy his money but not the rest and I have clinical depression/anxiety disorder and this hurts like hell at times to.....I lost my job of ten years five months ago and have yet to be able to get another one...BUT EVEN WITH ALL THE PAIN OF MY DEPRESSION/ANXIETY...I'd rather be me than him and I'm jobless to and this doesn't feel good especially in front of my son.
There has been way more tragedy in my family than I care to get into or you will care to read but one day yours will be grown...maybe he will be like me( i hope not) maybe he will be like the Narcisist brother....(i hope not), maybe he will be like my older Electrical Engineer brother that is now on disability due to mental illness, again i hope not, but I hope he may be like my youngest brother the forester with the masters in business or my sister for they are the sanest of us five. Nothing in life is perfect and perfection can drive some of us crazy. Good luck with your children......