Congratulations ! I know the feeling . My cousins and I are almost always competing with each other sometimes on purpose , sometimes subconsciously I couldn ' t go home for thanksgiving , but I ' m really excited about Christmas because I ' ve lost weight and the cousin closest to my age has gained weight . I just spent a semester abroad and she took a semester off and moved back in with her parents . It ' s sooo stupidly petty , but for the first time in a long time I feel like I ' m winning this year . And every time she reaches for a Christmas cookie or fills up her wine glass I ' ll be that much more motivated to not touch any of it . <| sep |> we are going to have to make our own space . The more I think about it the more I think we need our own space .