I remember your mommy
I remember your mommy
Were either of your parents alcoholics? Very typical behaviors..high achieving and low achieving life styles show up in adult children of alcoholics.
The most important decision in most people's lives is who their parents are.
That's a way of saying luck matters a lot.
I work at some career colleges. We help typically 20-35 year olds get vocational training to get careers like medical assisting or hvac tech. It's humbling to listen to the struggles our students have and is a constant reminder of how fortunate I was and many on this board likely are. If anyone would ever want to sit in and see for yourself, find me on LinkedIn and we will set it up.
Not really answering your question directly on how siblings can have dramatically different life trajectories. A lot of that is luck and preferences on what makes individuals happiest.
Also, if you were fortunate to have great parents and go to 4 year university, you won the genetic lottery in some regards. Shouldn't ever complain about taxes to the wealthier as a big reason you're there is from luck.
sheltered wrote:
Were either of your parents alcoholics? Very typical behaviors..high achieving and low achieving life styles show up in adult children of alcoholics.
My parents were not alcoholics but were not... very loving I guess. It does seem like my sister focuses on all the negativity a lot and drowns in it. I have those thoughts too, but I try to view them as life lessons, like overcoming adversity, etc. I guess I could see how such situations could break some while strengthening others. That still doesn't explain the intelligence gap, however.
My Dearest Doctor STEM,How will you survive another day knowing that your siblings just don't match up to your majestic brilliance? The struggle must be very real.
golden child wrote:
The obvious answer is that we have different fathers, but this is definitely not the case since we all look quite a bit like my/our dad. I am the youngest, yet I always did extremely well in school, while both of my siblings were pretty average, really. The gap widened post high school as neither of them finished college, while I have gone on to earn a PhD in a STEM field. Both of my siblings literally struggle to hold down a job of any kind... My brother works in manual labor and my sister has been fired from multiple minimum wage jobs (bussing tables, answering phones, etc). Besides that, both of their lives are kind of disasters. They've both wrecked more cars than I will probably ever own, neither can maintain relationships, both are in terrible physical condition and drink a lot... I just don't get it. The contrast is so great it reminds me of the movie Twins where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito are brothers.
Anybody have any idea how common this is or even know of any similar cases? I do not personally know a single other individual comparable to me who can relate.
I believe that you've been more "successful." But I wonder if it's possible that they understand the definition of "profound" better than you?
They might! How embarrassing !!
Anyone who calls themselves 'golden child' has more problems than the burden of intelligence.
Dunno about all this, but anyone else think the OP sounds like a twat?
I mean, I have a high IQ too but I don't get all prissy about it. Just chill, let your sub-par siblings be sub-par and go about your doings
Do your siblings look anything like the mailman or a UPS driver?
You seem like a strange dude js
ya'll are just losers who are jealous of OP
golden child wrote:
... both are in terrible physical condition and drink a lot...
This could explain much of the difference.
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