I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.
I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.
When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.
America's a family. We all yell at each other. It all works out.
I'm so American that I had grandfathers who actually fought a battle against each other.
I noticed that when my daughter was born, my son really, really liked her. But then as she started getting older, and as she started crawling around our house and touching different things that were his, sibling rivalry issues started appearing.
We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life.
For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.
I don't remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years.
Mothers and daughters have that rivalry thing.