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Three days after my SAT scores came out, I saw a post asking for advice: "Both my daughters are applying to New York. How should I split their college living expenses to be fair?" Most replies said: "What's there to ask? Treat them the same—same allowance is the fairest." I was about to scroll past when I saw my brother's profile. "Honestly, the older sister isn't pretty and doesn't care about looks. She's kind of dull too—give her note and she wouldn't even know how to spend it. The younger one is lively and pretty. Her skincare alone costs over 2,000." "So I'd say 800 for the older one, 8,000 for the younger. That's real fairness—based on needs." Right under it, my boyfriend Evan Morrison replied: "Exactly!" "They'll both be in New York anyway. We can look after the younger one, and her mom will feel at ease." I suddenly laughed until my eyes filled with tears. When we played hide-and-seek as kids, they'd hold hands and hide together, leaving me alone to count. I thought if I tried hard enough, I could fit in. But when I opened my eyes, they had already gone to get ice cream without me. Turns out nothing changes when you grow up. In the final minute before the application deadline, I deleted every New York school and switched to schools thousands of miles away, in the south. This game of playing lady-in-waiting to the princess? I was done living in her shadow. Three days after my college entrance examSAT scores came out, I came acrosssaw a post asking for advice. “"Both my daughters are applying to schools in New York. How do I split their living expenses to make it fair?”?" The comments below were all identical in tonethe same. “"What’'s there to think about? They’'re both your daughters—every child is equally precious. Giving. Give them the same amount is the fairest!”." I was about to scroll past when I spottedsaw my brother’'s familiar profile picture in one of the latest populartop comments. “"Can’'t judge without knowing the full story.”." “
