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My little brother is having a baby with his partner

My little brother is having a baby with his partner

Yeah hi everyone this is my first time posting on here I really need to talk to someone. I’m 29 almost 30 and my younger brother is having a baby with his partner and I’m the older sibling, I still live at home with my mum and I don’t have a partner and I’ve always thought that I would be the one to bring a grandchild into the world for my parents first but my brother has already beaten me to it. I’m very upset about the situation and I know it should be a happy time that a baby is coming but it’s really affecting me. I don’t like my sister law she’s done some awful things to my brother and I can never forgive her for them. My brothers also to young to be having a child. I feel like this life is nothing but a competition between us and he’s always winning. He’s always been the golden child and I’ve always been the ‘reckless’ one or the ‘black sheep’ of the family. I have spoken to a counsellor and they said I am griefing the life that I wanted and I haven’t got. Is that true? Sometimes I’m angry about it other times I’m sad and I cry. I’m jealous about it all and this weekend I have my sister in laws baby shower and I’m dreading it. It will be the death of me because she will be the one who gets all the attention chances are I will just end up dissociating from it all so I don’t have to deal with it. I’m not sure if anyone else has experienced something like this or knows of anyone who has maybe been through something similar as well? If I could get some advice on how I could maybe learn to deal with this it would be greatly appreciated.

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Sorry I forgot to add that my sister in law doesn’t speak to her mother so she is constantly talking to my mum about this baby that’s coming and sharing this experience with MY MUM! I hate it! I’m so jealous over it and it crushes me because she’s not even her mum she’s my mum!

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Hi@sabdina270397

Sorry to hear that you feel this way. This sounds like a very unhealthy dynamic between you and your brother. Has it always been like this? Without knowing the whole picture. It sounds like your parents have made you compete for their attention and praise. Which is not good because everyone should be treated equally regardless of what they have achieved. Everyones path in life is different and everyone will experience some sort of difficulty. The grief counsellor could well be very wrong. Who is to say you can't have what you want but later in life and be happy or possibly even happier? My advice to you is to focus on your self as much as possible. Do what makes you happy. If there are people who bring you down you need to create boundaries and be firm. If things get too much at the baby shower,maybe you can excuse yourself and say you aren't feeling well.

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