@MLClark My mom has expressed pride in me since I started helping her out financially since she was diagnosed with stage four cancer. 30 years ago?

"Mom, why won't you come over and see my first house, the life I've built?"

"I am jealous."

My dad says he's proud of me, but rarely. He now lives in a government subsidized retirement community and off social security only.

My sisters don't even acknowledge anything I've done. Jealousy, inferiority complex, you name it. I've lived it.