A Girls Best Friend
Besides my parents and grandparents, I am very thankful for my brother. I know this seems like an obvious choice but my brother and I’s story is very different from most siblings. To start, we are nearly 16 years apart so I don’t remember living with him. With that being said, we never got the chance to develop the standard relationship early on like most siblings. But that’s what makes our relationship so special to me.
Since my brother is so much older he always gives the best advice on how to deal with my parents in certain situations. Such as when my parents are upset about something. He also taught me how to negotiate with them when I want something and warned me about how much responsibility they would put on me once I became a teenager. But along with that advice, he taught me the quickest way to do the tasks my parents assign. He’s basically my survival guide for living in the Broaders’s household.
Another thing I love about my brother is how proud my brother is of my accomplishments. He never fails to tell me about the little things that I overlook. For instance, I’m used to getting good grades. It just seems like something that normally happens. But my brother always goes out of his way to remind me of how getting good grades is an accomplishment not a given. Another example of this is when he congratulates me on my swim performance. Even if I swim like absolute dog crap he’s still proud of me.
What I love most about my brother is how big his heart is. Although he may not show it on the outside he has a huge heart for the people he loves. The best part about being his little sister is that he never fails to tell me that he loves me. Whenever we talk about something, he always finds a way to bring it up. He lets me know that no matter what I do in life he will never stop loving me. For that reason, I don’t know what I would do without my brother in my life. He’s always there when I need him and always super supportive. I’m so thankful for him and wouldn’t trade him f
I wish I had a brother like this :( . He sounds really cool. I feel like the best siblings are the ones where there's a big age difference because they're more like your friends then siblings. I have a brother but since there is a two year age difference he treats me like trash. When he's home he comes into my room for no reason and calls me a fart -face. Then he leaves without closing the door. Anyway...wanna trade siblings?
ReplyDeleteAww this blog post is really wholesome. It sounds like you have a really wonderful older brother and I love that you dedicated this whole post to him. I have two older brothers whose age gap is 7 and 8 years. When I was younger, they were always extremely annoyed by me. I couldn't blame them. They were growing teenage highschools when I was an extremely curious elementary schooler. However, as they moved off to college and I grew older, we've all matured. Now we keep in contact via text and snapchat. They're definitely a mix of teasing for sure but both of them have moments when they express how proud of me they are.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting to see the variance of people's interactions with their siblings. Although they are some tropes of being a sibling that everyone can relate to, there's a huge range of stories.
My older brother is about ten years older than me. He took care of all of us, my other brother, myself and my sister when we were wee children. He is a voice of reason in the house, and I can usually look to him for some advice or if there is some drama going on in the family, he can usually defuse it.
ReplyDeleteAww it sounds like you have a really supportive and caring brother. I've always wanted an older brother who could give me advice and stuff. But instead I have a 13 year old sister who goes out of her way to annoy me lol.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea you had a brother! He sounds like the perfect sibling tbh. I used to want a sibling way older than I am to support and protect me and stuff. My siblings and I are really close in age, so we fought constantly when we were younger. I've always assumed that they're unsupportive, but I had an art thing last weekend and one of them came and the other would've come had she not slept through it. It turns out they're actually pretty supportive; I just refuse to acknowledge it.
ReplyDeleteThis post is so wholesome I love it! I hope my younger sisters think of me like this lol because I m the oldest and I try to advice them so they don't make the same mistakes I did. But I think it's really sweet that you have an extra person who you know is there for you and supports you other than your parents, because it really does help you grow as a person and helps your self esteem especially if your parents get mad at you, you still have your brother that you know will help you through that.
ReplyDeleteI relish having an older sibling so all the blame in the family would be taken off me. *facepalm*. But in all seriousness, I think it's so amazing that you maintain such a healthy relationship with your sibling, and it seems to be paying dividends. Nice post!
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