person with big head -> "older brother"
Aug. 24th, 2005 05:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
erratiodespite my constant knocking of my siblings, especially my brother 24/7, I do appreciate how important siblings can be (this includes my chosen/adopted siblings who are at least as close to me as my real ones. You know who you are people).
To me, the sibling bond is the strongest love-hate bond in the universe. We all spend our lives fighting eachother, competing for our parent's attention, getting into arguments over stupid things like who ate the chocolate in the fridge. But in a way this constant squabbling is necessary. Because we all need people who we can get angry at and have shouting matches with, and know that when the dust falls they'll still be there for you if you really need it. This is something we can't always do with friends or casual acquaintances, or sometimes even with significant others, because with them if they get sick of you they can always walk away and never speak to you again. So there is always that fear that if you let it all out with them then they won't like you anymore. But siblings don't really have that choice to walk away, and all that enforced closeness does make us fond of eachother (assuming we don't kill eachother first in a fit of childish rage :p).
so i guess that this entry is in fact a way to say that no matter how boneheaded and annoying siblings can be, they are probably the most important people in the world for me right now, and i am thankful for the time they have given me and all the bad moods they've put up with. I feel like a better person for having shared my life with them, and i pity those people who have no siblings, adopted or otherwise. They don't know what they're missing.
To me, the sibling bond is the strongest love-hate bond in the universe. We all spend our lives fighting eachother, competing for our parent's attention, getting into arguments over stupid things like who ate the chocolate in the fridge. But in a way this constant squabbling is necessary. Because we all need people who we can get angry at and have shouting matches with, and know that when the dust falls they'll still be there for you if you really need it. This is something we can't always do with friends or casual acquaintances, or sometimes even with significant others, because with them if they get sick of you they can always walk away and never speak to you again. So there is always that fear that if you let it all out with them then they won't like you anymore. But siblings don't really have that choice to walk away, and all that enforced closeness does make us fond of eachother (assuming we don't kill eachother first in a fit of childish rage :p).
so i guess that this entry is in fact a way to say that no matter how boneheaded and annoying siblings can be, they are probably the most important people in the world for me right now, and i am thankful for the time they have given me and all the bad moods they've put up with. I feel like a better person for having shared my life with them, and i pity those people who have no siblings, adopted or otherwise. They don't know what they're missing.
