Poor Parents
One of the most common comments grieving adult siblings hear is this one. Several told me they started to feel like they weren’t “entitled” to feel sad as surely it must be worse for their parents. This is called Disenfranchised Grief.
What many don’t realize is that the sibling relationship is often the longest one you will ever have in your life. Longer than we are with a partner, parents or our children, our siblings are with us through every milestone in life.