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By: Catherine Zeta-Jones & Christmas Trees « ivy league insecurities

Catherine Zeta-Jones & Christmas Trees « ivy league insecurities — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:02:28 +0000

[...] Manhattan doesn’t have a shortage of celebrities. No, they are everywhere. At restaurants. Strolling the streets. In the park. Celebrity-spotting certainly isn’t a daily occurrence for me, but it happens. And pretty frequently too. Growing up, Christopher Reeve was a next door neighbor. I have shared a communal dressing room with Britney Spears. I have held the Starbucks door so Mira Sorvino could exit with her double stroller. Jennifer Garner used to wait tables at a favorite local restaurant. I recently had an impromptu burger with Cyndi Lauper. [...]

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:03:40 +0000

Well told! And yes, I had sister envy – but it’s gone now. With my sister, on the other hand, she still has it for me, which I find odd. It rears it’s ugly head every once in a blue moon. But when she and I were younger? We both swam. It was my passion. She had the talent. And we were both good – but she, alas, was better than I and she was 16 months younger. I’m not talking best in your summer league good, I’m talking making it to Nationals good. But she was break records good. I actually had a parent of a fellow swimmer say to me, “How does it feel to have your baby sister beat you?”

By: Martha Friedricks-Glass

Martha Friedricks-Glass — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:54:56 +0000

Great about Sister T!!! No envy necessary. YOU are a star in everyone’s eyes.
If those hamburgers at West Branch make you so thin, I am heading over there this afternoon after my Weight Watchers meeting.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:34:18 +0000

I have two sisters and I am surprised to say that I wasn’t competitive with them growing up. But I was the first born and always thought I was the best and knew it all and was in charge. Maybe I didn’t sense the competition?

We 3 aren’t competitive AT ALL now. My sisters are my biggest fans and I feel the same about them. Thankfully I’ve grown out of (most of) my bossy ways and we have a great relationship. Sisters rock!

By: T (little sister T)

T (little sister T) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:46:17 +0000

Thank you so much A. I love you!

By: T

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:01:50 +0000

First of all, how cool to see Cyndi Lauper!!!

Secondly, yeah, my sister will admit to this day that she was always ragingly jealous of me. And I, of her, but in minute ways that she wouldn’t notice.

We’re closer today but still not the best of friends. We’re very different and life keeps us from each other. And though we’ve both grown into amazing, strong, successful women, I still detect the defense when I playfully pick on her. Underneath all of her beauty and success, there is still insecurity. Maybe she’s successful to overcompensate for it.

(Ok, wow, that could be a whole other blog post.)

By: Gale

Gale — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:27:17 +0000

Oh, how I can relate. My little sister. The one with the PhD. The one who was also Phi Beta Kappa. The one who graduated college with a 4.0 GPA (and that was on a +/- system, meaning that she never even got an A-, only A or A+). Yes, there were absolutely times when I was jealous of her academic accomplishments. (I was always an A/B student.)

But, the great thing about being her sister (instead of being a mere acquaintance or casual friend) is that I was privy to the reality behind the report cards. And that reality is this: She was always proud of her accomplishments (and rightly so). But they weren’t the be-all, end-all of her happiness. There were also boy troubles, car wrecks, and friendship fallouts. Good books, summers abroad, and fun nights with friends. She isn’t one-dimensional and while I may have envied her academic abilities, there is much more to her than term papers and final exams. And there’s more to me as well.

By: BigLittleWolf

BigLittleWolf — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:05:05 +0000

Clearly, Ivy and competition is part of your life, and part of your family. I’d be interested in you input on my recent musings about kids, competition, and college. Certainly, the ivies are a rarified environment, and for that matter, any of the top 40 or 50 schools in the nation are as well.

Your kids are a ways off from college prep, but I’d be surprised if you arn’t already thinking the right pre-schools (especially in NYC), and so on.

Thoughts on competition, competitiveness, sibling rivalry, and the realities of the collegiate landscape in the 21st century great recession?

(Pop by my post today to read more.) BLW