We’d go through anything for each other, but stay out of my business, or else

We’ve known each other our entire lives. We’re part of the same family. Why can’t we have a single, normal conversation that doesn’t involve raised voices and too many tears?

You can have my kidneys — for real. Actually, you can have one of my kidneys. I’ll keep the other one just in case. I’ll give you my blood, my bone marrow, the other half of my liver.

But you absolutely cannot have my phone charger. And if you take (read: steal) my white shoes without permission, even for shabbaton ‘cuz you have NOTHING to wear, you don’t want me to finish my sentence. I promise.

Ya, sis.

It works like that for some reason.

Like we’d go through anything for each other, but stay out of my business, or else.

Sister Squabble Number One:

Your sister is on the phone. You want the phone. What happens next? You know, but I’ll tell you anyway.

There’s shouting. There’s door slamming. There’s (gasp) name calling that always ends with both of you in tears.

Sister Squabble Number Two:

Your sister gets straight A’s. You do not get straight A’s (to put it mildly). You hate every single trophy and award hanging in your shared bedroom because none of them belong to you. Like, why does she have to be so perfect? You give her the silent treatment every time she hangs up another one.

Now take this: Your friend wants to use the school computer. You want the school computer. You pull up another chair and you both end up getting no work done because you’re too busy laughing. And when she gets trophies, you hang them up for her.

Weird.

WHAT?

What is sibling rivalry?

Sibling rivalry is a type of competition or animosity between siblings.

Sibling rivalry is different in every family. Depending on your circumstances and position in your family, the things you bicker about will vary. Like, if you’re the oldest, you might have to deal with younger siblings who don’t listen to you; if you’re the younger end of the family, you might have bossy older sibs. Middle children need to deal with both — poor them.

It also depends on your siblings’ personality. Some of your sisters might scream, some of them will give it to you over your head, and some of them will ignore you for the rest of their lives (or at least they’ll try to).

And you — you never do any of that, right?