My sister is infertile and I'm glad. I am a 28 year old woman and I have an older sister,

Angela, who was 30, whom I've never liked. She always had to compete with me, but never in a normal

sibling rivalry way. Our entire life, she always seemed resentful of my existence, as the spotlight

couldn't perpetually shine on her. So she had to step on everything I enjoyed. Per se, if I

learn piano, she had to learn piano. If I excelled at a subject, she suddenly became a scholar in it.

If I told my mum I had a crush, Angela would be dating that boy in a week. I'd always tell my parents

when she did this, but I was disregarded because sisters copy each other and I can't gate keep what she

likes. She always monitored what activities I did and the clothes I wore so she could outdo me.

If I wore a flannel, Angela would come to school wearing an all flannel dress. It was 2010 and that

was peak fashion in her school. There was also more praise that followed Angela. Even if I took

the initiative to begin the activity first, she was praised because she was better. My parents would

miss work to attend her dance recitals, going to every single one because the world would stop

if they missed it. However, I remember maybe two of mine they attended because they were stuck at work or were otherwise preoccupied.

Angela reveled in this.

She'd make comments under her breath around our parents.

Whenever our parents went around, she'd tell me how much she hated me and how I should stop trying because I'd always come second to her.

She also physically bullied me in school.

Angela purposely tripped me, threw things at me,

and hit me in the hallways on a nearly daily basis. The school had gotten involved multiple times,

threatening Angela with suspension, and my parents fought it every time. My parents repeatedly told

administration that this was a family matter, and we were just bickering like normal sisters.

She was never once, though, reprimanded by either parents.

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