After I Paid Off My House My Sister Showed Up With Boxes and My Parents Said It Was Only Fair to Share

loyalty, sacrifice, generosity, and never keeping score. It sounds noble until you see how those values get assigned in practice.

Whatever I had growing up, I was expected to share. Whatever Colleen had, she was expected to enjoy.

If I got birthday money from an aunt, my mother would say wouldn’t it be sweet if I helped my sister pick something too. continue reading …