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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Some of what makes me more resilient than my sister is because I had to navigate and figure it out by myself without the benefit of any wisdom from others.
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Interesting, Cyn. Does that mean you made a lot of mistakes?
And did you end up advising your sister a lot, and that's why she isn't as resilient as you are?
For me, I am an only child so I had no sibling advice, but my parents laid a pretty heavy burden on me to be a good kid and to make them (esp. my mom) happy. I may have rebelled very slightly when I went to grad school (finally!), but even then I reigned myself in after a short time and a huge mistake.
This may become a threadjack, so maybe you or I should start a new one about which is better: wisdom via experience/mistakes, or via someone else imparting their experience/mistakes to you, and you being smart enough to listen to them.
