What happened when my older kid asked me if I love him or his brother more
When I was five years old, I asked my mother which child was her favourite: me or my sister"
She pondered the question for a moment, then smiled and said, ?You are, dear.? I must have looked stunned because she explained. ?I love your sister too, of course, but I prefer the company of older children, so you?ll always be my favourite.?
I remember being utterly floored by her answer (it was so definitive?and so very much in my favour!) but also slightly unnerved (wasn?t it a bit unfair for my sister" And wasn?t her reasoning a bit impersonal"). In the end, I didn?t mention it to my sister Meghan out of pity. But many years later, when we both had small children of our own, I confessed to her what our mother had told me all those years ago. Instead of being distraught, my sister threw her head back and roared with laughter. ?She told me exactly the same thing!? she howled. ?Except in my case it was because I was youngest!?
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