SMNTY Classics: Do Sisters Make You Happier?

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.0 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Multiple studies indicate that people with sisters seem to be happier than people with brothers -- but what does this mean, and could it be true?

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0:00.0	Last season, millions tuned into the betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception.
0:05.1	I'm Andrea Gunning, and now we're sharing an all-new story of betrayal.
0:10.3	Ashley Litten was helping her husband set up a business fanmail account when she discovered
0:14.3	a terrible secret. I saw a hidden folder, and I opened it. What the hell did I just see?
0:23.3	Listen to season two of betrayal on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:28.2	podcasts. On Queen Charlotte, the official podcast, we're stepping behind the scenes and the
0:34.7	drawing boards of this team to experience the life breathed into the Bridgerton prequel. Listen to
0:40.9	the Leaps executive producer and series director Tom Barraka took to capture the feeling that
0:46.3	puts that lump in your throat. And you've got to catch creator Shonda Rhymes. She's dropping gems,
0:52.5	diamonds, and mics. You can listen to Queen Charlotte, the official podcast every Thursday,
0:58.0	on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or anywhere you listen to your favorite shows.
1:28.6	Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. And welcome to Stuff Monver Told you, a production of iHeartRadio's
1:43.1	Hashtag for you. You know, growing up, I always wanted a sister. I did. I decided around
2:00.8	high school after witnessing my friends who had sisters get in some pretty epic spats with them
2:10.1	that I no longer wanted a sister. But when I was young, I really did because I thought it'd be
2:15.2	cool. We could play together, we could share clothes and toys. But around that time, I was like,
2:21.5	you know, maybe it's good because I'm the middle child. I have something that differentiates me.
2:27.5	I will say for me, I did have a sister. Uh-huh. I'm my adopted sister. And instead of sharing clothes,
2:32.4	I got hand mediums. Right. So that's not always wonderful. Yes. A, B. I also got compared to her a lot.
2:39.7	Because she was a star student and very cute blonde. And by the way, I'm Asian, so that is definitely
2:45.0	not me. And so, but I will say having her part of the family, she is definitely the common
2:54.1	and the motherly one of the four of us. I'll be right because the other two are brothers,
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