I'm not sure if it was ever blatantly verbalized, but I was brought up in an environment in which my parents thought of me as the "smart one," and my sister the "pretty one." Academically, I'm sure it helped my self-esteem tremendously, but as an adult has led to some self-doubting as far as attractiveness, and it has led my sister to question her intellectual ability.

When did you realize you were an adult?

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"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, then let it, and if you have to wait for what you really want, take the time because nobody said that life would be easy. They just promised it would be worth it." ~ Unknown author