US /ˈsɪblɪŋ/
・UK /'sɪblɪŋ/
And I was overcome with this realization that we sort of forgot to do the sibling thing.
realization that we sort of forgot to do the sibling thing.
They found that about 80% of the difference in sibling height is genetic.
in sibling height is genetic.
They may want to punish a bullying sibling or release themselves from a sense of intolerable vulnerability created by an incident of early abuse.
They may want to punish a bullying sibling or release themselves from a sense of intolerable vulnerability created by an incident of early abuse.
The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme. Why would anyone take steps to deny themselves an experience which seems so plainly positive and life-enhancing? Plenty of people are denied love by external forces. Why would anyone take active measures to sabotage love if it lay before them? The answer can only be found by looking back in time. Though we all crave love in theory, our capacity to accept it in practice is critically dependent on the quality of our early emotional experiences. To abbreviate sharply, we can only willingly tolerate being loved if, as children, the process of loving and being loved felt sufficiently reliable, safe and kind. Some of us were not so blessed. Some of us were stymied in our search for love in ways we have not yet recovered from or fully understood. Perhaps the person we wanted to love fell ill or grew depressed. Or at the height of our dependence on them, they went away or had a new family or turned their attention to a younger sibling.
Or, at the height of our dependence on them, they went away or had a new family or turned their attention to a younger sibling.
Maybe there was an older sibling who was bullying and jealous.
Maybe there was an older sibling who was bullying and jealous.
Can Drogon and Rhaegar defeat their undead sibling?
Can Drogon and Rhaegal defeat their undead sibling?
Is Zendaya— Is Zendaya the oldest sibling?
The oldest sibling.
Franklin is the eldest, although some depictions have made Valeria the older sibling.
Franklin is the eldest, although some depictions have made Valeria the older sibling.
There may be few opportunities to be anything but when Dad is an alcoholic or has a violent temper, Mum is neglectful or a sibling is very ill.
There may be few opportunities to be anything but when dad is an alcoholic or has a violent temper, mum is neglectful, or a sibling is very ill.
We may have to mourn that our father's sexuality was far too complicated, or that our mother couldn't deal with our vulnerability, or that a sibling was favoured, or that we have made a mess of our adult love lives because we have grown up without an ability to trust or assert ourselves.
We may have to mourn that our father's sexuality was far too complicated, or that our mother couldn't deal with our vulnerability, or that a sibling was favoured, or that we have made a mess of our adult love lives because we have grown up without an ability to trust or assert ourselves.