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Post by Overlord Gamma (the great) on Dec 31, 2007 18:40:53 GMT -6
1. No, he's not. 2. No, I don't mind.
Yes, I have hated him since childhood, but I couldn't tell why. It's just one of those things that has always been.
As for the backing down easily part, I agree. I'll say things like "Greg, turn off the lights," or "Greg, take Sparky out," things like Greg to this, Greg do that, and he does them without any arguement, most of the time, like 99% of the time. Occasionally, he'll come up with, he did it last time, or he had done it all day, so he doesn't want to do it anymore. But most of the time he'll just do it.
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Post by Overlord Omega on Jan 1, 2008 10:29:55 GMT -6
I see. the way I see it, Greg probably has the notorious "2nd child syndrome" (It's not really a syndrome, but that's what psychologits call it.). You see, he lacks the pride, privladges and and attention that the eldest child gets, but also has less attention than the younger child. The parents will often look at the middle child with a sence of, "Oh he/she doesn't need as much attention as the elder, because the elder came first, and the younger one is still so little and I don't want to neglect him/her." It's basic parent psychology. AND THEN, the middle child will also have to endure the other siblings themselves. With the older sibling, it can go one of two ways. One, the older sibling will withdraw from the family, and go out and do things on his/her own, leaving the 2nd child without a playmate, usually resulting in him/her to become pretty withdrawn himself. He may not have as many friends because as a child, the older sibling was always out doing things with his/her own friends, and had allready had a chance to get used to being independent. The other thing that could happen, (and this isn't really the case with your family because I doubt that Becca is the abusive type) is that the older sibling becomes used to being the idol of the family, so when the second child rolls around, he/she gets an immediate sense of jealousy, and tried to keep the second child sown in any way possible. This isn't as bad in 3-child families because after the 3rd child is born, the eldest child gets used to the idea that he/she is not the only member of the household and that 2 others is too much competition to attack and settles down.
Now issues that the second child may have with the youngest sibling are quite different. One, the younger sibling may idolize the 2nd sibling and attatch him/herself to the 2nd child. This could either flatter, OR (in most cases) annoy the living shit out of the 2nd child. Another scenaio is that the youngest child will become vain, snotty, (from all the attention that youngest children get) and take a passion for beating the patience and self-esteem out of the 2nd child (verbally or even physically. Much like Tom Sawyer's Cousin Sidney.). If the 2nd child is naturally agressive, then you have two sibling who will constantly beat on each other back and forth. If the 2nd child is withdrawing, shy, and afraid to fight, then the youngest sibling usually has the feeling that he has won against, is better than and will always be superior to the younger sibling. (Feeling can be confirmed if the parents pay signifigantly more attention to the youngest sibling for merits in sports, theatre, band, ect.)
So that's my sibling psychology rant. Did it make sence, because that's just from my observations and things I've read.
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Post by Overlord Gamma (the great) on Jan 1, 2008 20:23:55 GMT -6
Holy crap, that's a lot of observations. But this is how I see it (off the top of my head).
1. As you said, my sister's not abusive. 2. Nobody in my family got more attention (that I know of), so no one can be obnoctious because of that. 3. I am the most aggressive of the 3 of us (my brother, sister, and I). 4. One thing that you probably don't know is that my sister is actually the same way (in some (not all) cases) as my brother. She locked herself in her room most of the time, and these days my brother does the same thing (unfortunatly in the SAME room as my sister), but she would stand up for herself more than my brother. 5. Which brings us to 5, which is that (something else you probably don't know) my brother and I are most of the time neutral when it comes to every day disisions. We don't really stand up for one thing because, we didn't have anything to stand up for. We only really have things that we don't stand for, and try to avoid that. While my sister, usually will have that one thing to go for. I personally think my sister is more disicive than my brother or me.
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Post by Overlord Omega on Jan 3, 2008 21:31:57 GMT -6
So, what you're saying is Becca knows what she wants and how to get it. When she shut herself away, it was more or less just to think. When Greg does it, is it just because he's withdrawn? Is something bothering him... is he afraid of something? Graduating? Death? You? (I'm being totally serious here, by the way.) Or does he just go there to escape and think, like your sister?
And another thing I'm wondering, (and this may sound like a random pointless question, but I assure you, it IS relevant) How messy is Greg's room, and how messy is Becca's?
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Post by Overlord Omega on Jan 3, 2008 21:34:03 GMT -6
And if the reason isn't because she was thinking, another possibility was to avoid spending time with her obnoxious little brothers. (No offense. That's just how most sisters would phrase it.)
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Post by Overlord Gamma (the great) on Jan 5, 2008 19:38:39 GMT -6
Possibly.
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Post by Overlord Epsilon on Jan 5, 2008 20:17:43 GMT -6
Its spelled cardinal.
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Post by Overlord Omega on Jan 6, 2008 13:33:19 GMT -6
You didn't answer my question about the rooms, though.
And I KNOW my spelling is crap. I gave up my good-grammar obsession way back in 8th grade.
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Post by Overlord Epsilon on Jan 6, 2008 13:43:07 GMT -6
Well, I know Greg and Geoff share a room. And your room is a mess, Omega.
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Post by Overlord Epsilon on Jan 6, 2008 13:43:24 GMT -6
Well, I know Greg and Geoff share a room. And your room is a mess, Omega.
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Post by Overlord Epsilon on Jan 6, 2008 13:43:59 GMT -6
But I know you were talking about Geoff's sister.
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Post by Overlord Omega on Jan 6, 2008 14:09:49 GMT -6
I've never seen Geoff's room.
and how do you know? I cleaned it this weekend.
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Post by Overlord Epsilon on Jan 6, 2008 14:30:32 GMT -6
I was going on from what you said about your room earlier.
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Post by Overlord Omega on Jan 6, 2008 14:31:40 GMT -6
Oh yeah. You mean the tunnels?
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Post by Overlord Epsilon on Jan 6, 2008 14:44:32 GMT -6
Yes.
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Post by Overlord Gamma (the great) on Jan 6, 2008 16:34:10 GMT -6
DAMMIT JAC, STOP FREAKING DOUBLE POSTING YOURSELF!!! IT'S GETTING ANNOYING!!! Anyway, shouldn't we get back to what this thread is about.
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Post by Overlord Epsilon on Jan 6, 2008 18:36:00 GMT -6
I can't control when I double post......and I don't feel like deleting them.
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Post by Overlord Delta on Jan 7, 2008 19:21:27 GMT -6
Yes, I think we should excommunicate thee unactive members. Or at least some of them. I mean, we are running out of letters.
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Post by Overlord Gamma (the great) on Jan 7, 2008 20:48:33 GMT -6
We've got the runic symbols after we run out of Greek letters.
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Post by Overlord Omega on Jan 9, 2008 22:03:21 GMT -6
Yes, but I do still agree with excommunicating the tumors of our clan, nonetheless. They just get in the way and they're hard to keep track of.
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