Eldest Daughter Therapist - Tumblr Posts

I can't talk right now, I'm doing eldest daughter shit.

*raising my brother while simultaneously not getting involved too much or else I'm going to get yelled at*

*calling my dad out on his shit*

*being a third parent*

*teaching my brother and cousin English because no one else in my family can and I apparently sound like I'm British even though I'm literally not*

*constantly burned out*

*being my mum's therapist*

*being my friend's therapist*

*being an exact replica of my dad*

*giving more affection to my brother than anyone else because I don't want him to end up like me*

*being unable to express verbal affection*

*found family is one of my favourite tropes*

*wanting to move out for college but being too scared to leave my brother alone*

It is a wonderful day to remember that one time I went on a date with this super cute boy and halfway through, I see one of my brother's friends climb up something and I went all "eldest daughter" on him like full on

"get down. You're going to get hurt and it's not going to be my fault. Seriously, get down immediately. "

And I thought the eldest daughter thing didn't have long lasting consequences on my personality.

Not me sitting at the dinner table listening to my mum berate my brother's professor's for the same things my professors did to me at that age, the only difference being that I came sobbing to her and she didn't say anything.

Random conversation I'm sure I would have or will have at some point.

- hey Gracie, how are you? Anything new happened?

- oh you know, just the usual watching my dad give my brother a fucking EATING DISORDER. Then I had a good cry because I confronted him about it and I don't do well with confrontation. Nothing out of the ordinary.

- *👁️👄👁️* are you still seeing that therapist?

My dad literally won't look at me because he thinks I undermined his authority when he was about to give my brother an eating disorder.

Thanks a lot dad.