What kind of childhood did Yves have?
Would it surprise you if I said: not good?
Money can buy you lots of things, caring and loving parents arenât one of them.
Okay, letâs start with the very beginning, before Yves and Yvelle are even born.
Your parents decide to have you because your oldest sister is preoccupied with being a lawyer and your older sister is considered an idiot by your own parents. You get conceived because your parents want an heir. Thatâs all you are.
But uh oh! Thereâs not one but two!
Which makes life only harder.
The twin sister you adore so much is also competing against you without your knowledge. The price for winning? Being the heir. The punishment for losing? Getting sent off to military school and eventually the army to gain the family some military honor like back in the day.
Yves âwonâ. It never felt like winning.
Your twin, your playmate, your best friend, ripped from your life and sent overseas with a huge chance youâll not be able to see her again and might die in the future as a soldier.
This happens when they are 6.
Your oldest sister tries to do something but quickly gives up. She wasnât around much for you either. Too busy with her own children who are around your age.
But your older sister tries. She tries and tries and never gives up. Until your twin sister tells her to stop once sheâs 16. Itâs pointless and sheâs already decided to go ahead and join the army.
It breaks your older sister. You know it does. But sheâs still there for you. Always. Sheâs the only one who is.
You grow up separated from your twin sister, emotionally neglected by your parents unless itâs to praise you. Forced to study for hours on end.
The older you get the more you reach out to rebel. Substances and girls your age. You keep it down because your parents and oldest sister scold you. Thatâs a lie. Itâs because your older sister asked you to stop for your own sake. You donât want her to worry about you.
You grow up a spoiled brat who only knows love from your older sister and your twin who you miss dearly. They are also the only people you love. Substances and women keep you going.
When you finally reunite with your twin again, you refuse to let go. Even though your wife and her wife and pretty much everyone thinks you are acting like a total siscon.
For some added context: Yves and Yvelle were born in the US to French parents and thus have dual citizenship. Thatâs why Yvelle joined the US army after going to a private military school as a kid.