Do you ever feel that you are more mature then your siblings?
By tlb0822
@tlb0822 (1410)
United States
April 2, 2011 11:20pm CST
I defiantly feel that I am more mature then my older sister. My older sister had many problems in the past few years and I have always been the one that she falls back on. I talk to her late at night or in the wee hours of the morning when she calls (usually drunk). We are four years apart and it seems that I have learned a lot more in life then she has, or at least I take in the lessons of life and grow from them.
She has been in several abusive relationships and my parents and I have helped her to get out of them the best that we can. Yet the guy she is with now is abusive, and she refuses to leave him. I tell her all the time that she needs to leave him and there is help out there but she needs to be serious about it. My mother has kind of cut her out to protect herself I think, so I am really the only one that my sister has. It is just so amazing to me that the 27 year old has to be taken care of by her 23 year old sister. She doesn't have a license so when she calls me when she needs a ride but I have recently not been taking her any where because I feel that I have been enabling her to continue to act the way that she does. So overall I feel that I am more mature then she is.
Do you feel that you are more mature then your siblings? Why do you feel that way?
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12 responses
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
19 Apr 11
I am the oldest in the family, but I am way more mature than my brother and he actually had the nerve to tell me to grow up recently. I have my own home, a farm, kids, own three cars/trucks and own some other property while he has to live with us because he has nothing. He is in jail now because he would not listen to me. He is not a teen either- he is 38 years old! Time to grow up, don't you think?
@ujjwala27 (19)
• India
7 Apr 11
yes. my dear friend... I too feel that i am more matured than my sisters...
infact due to varios family problems.., it was always been that my parents took side of my sisters when we were quarrelling.. and due to many more things, i have to live myself alone with much understandings....
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
3 Apr 11
I have always felt that i was more mature than my two brothers and my younger sister. Sometimes i don't even feel like I am part of them, especially when they do something annoying or embarrassing. i love my siblings with all my heart, but i think the maturity didn't follow them along.
@maunesrockford92078 (305)
• Philippines
3 Apr 11
For me maturity depends upon the recognition of the person the emotions that she or he have been through, I think every individual has its own limits and capacity in looking through mature response, I think we all have that tenacity to focus only on things we feel weak of in responding.
@misc11 (384)
• United States
5 Apr 11
I definitely think I am more mature than my older sisters. I think there is something about having an older sister that makes us more mature because we watch them make all of their mistakes and learn from them. They don't have anyone to watch and learn from. I hope you help your sister get out of her current relationship. It is so easy for us to see when we are on the outside, but we have all been on the inside and know how hard it is.
Of course, mainly because I'm several years elder than my sister!
You life experience will extend as you grow older, hence, I grow up in the past years, and become more mature.
In many cases, I help my sisters. @Angelgirl16 (2171)
• United States
3 Apr 11
Sometimes it does happen that the younger sibling is more responsible than the older siblings. In fact, I know two such girls, one is eight years old and the other is ten years old. The younger is very neat and tidy and the older girl is very messy, so when their mother tells them to cleanup their rooms the older always whines and ask the younger to help her to do or that, she is very immature in more ways than that. So I can imagine what the situation will be like when the grow up. The younger one will still be taking care of the older sister. In my case, I have to say that my older sister was more like the mom, she cooked and took care of the other siblings.
@allknowing (130064)
• India
3 Apr 11
Although being the youngest my siblings including my brothers always looked up to me and have been proud of my achievements.
@penrockerchic (1903)
• Philippines
3 Apr 11
I am the eldest in the family of two siblings. A few years back, I can say that I was more mature than my brother especially since he was still at school and I already started working at those times. I knew back then that he will soon understand whatever sacrifices I had to make for the family and the huge responsibilities I was carrying. Now that we are both working, I can say we're both mature when it comes to responsibilities and career. I'd have to say though that I think my brother is more mature than my boyfriend who is 4 years older than my brother.
@annapplez (208)
• Australia
3 Apr 11
It may be that you're more mature and you make better decisions. But it also might be that you make those decisions because you have had someone who set an example before, even though it was a bad one. As the oldest of three sisters I never had anyone whose experience I could base my decisions on. But I think through the mistakes I have made (and there have been a few) my sisters will now be able to make wiser and sounder decisions in their future.
@sweetme329 (500)
• Australia
3 Apr 11
Hi there, I am the eldest in my family and i think i am the most childish one. My younger sister has so much determination and will to do things. For me it's like 'i'll do it tomorrow'. She arranges her things so well and she is ever ready. I never organise myself properly and am panicking when i am on the edge of something. I would really love to have that quality of my sister in me.
Cheers! :)
