Behind the couchers - long term emotional impacts October 13, 2019 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,434 |
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Diya says she was never in any doubt her mother had a favourite child – and that it was not her...The 27-year-old thinks it is because she looks like her father, who left when she and her sister were very young.
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...It was only later that Sara understood the hidden dynamic: “I found out when I was 11 that I was illegitimate,” she says. “My mother was pregnant – and had been deserted – when she met the medical student she went on to marry. In their minds, I wasn’t a ‘doctor’s daughter’ like my sisters: I was just some random man’s offspring.”
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Diya’s big fear is seeing the favouritism pass down the generations. “My mother has let my kids down a few times already – cancelling at the last minute on their birthdays – but now my sister is pregnant,” she says. “I’m just waiting to see if her baby gets more attention than my kids. If I see any signs of favouritism there, too, then the relationship between my mum and me will be finished for good. I’m not having my children feel the pain I did.”
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