In a past article, I’ve written about differing emotional capacity, as a reason for the mismatch with some siblings. In another, I’ve touched upon unequal investment and reciprocity with the “almost” relationship. Both of these served to illustrate what I call an asymmetrical sibling relationship. In today’s article, I want to expand and broaden justContinue reading “Understanding Asymmetrical Sibling Relationships”
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How Ambiguity Affects Sibling Connections
All sorts of defense mechanisms arise when we speak of how our sibling relates to us in different social contexts with them. One that is seldom discussed, but tends to happen to some of us is what’s called ambiguity. As we’ll come to see, ambiguity can be a power play that our sibling may furtherContinue reading “How Ambiguity Affects Sibling Connections”
