I believe that it is not always true that sibling rivalry stems from childhood and continues to adulthood. I am and have been the eldest sibling of four children. (There's 3 of us girls and a "baby brother") You see, our problems started when us girls had turned into teens and than there were boys, phones, hair, clothes and all of those materialistic things in life. Than, competition between us became an issue and than "jealousy" was born. Than of course comes the rivalry. I was never the competitive one but always the leader even if it weren't intended to be that way. My siblings and I are three years apart and now that we are all adults, my sisters even compete about who was to get pregnant first, who has the bigger family, who has the better man, and who makes the most money!

Could you imagine? If you ask me personally, sibling rivalry was born when the rest of the world became so freaking materialistic! Who really cared even a decade ago about the materialistic things in life? Not me and to tell it straight, I live comfortably with my own family and I don't care about who has what or whom because I am quite happy with all that I have and even prouder knowing that I worked for it all!

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