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Old patterns renewed
So I found out this Christmas that my brother and I? Still can't play a game together. We're still to competetive, even on the Wii.
And I did start it by teasing him (I'm the oldest), too. We were still (mostly) joking when my brother yelled back at me (when he beat my high score) "In your FACE, number TWO!!" but it sort of wigged out my daughters.
What old patterns do you see spring back to life in the holiday season?
And I did start it by teasing him (I'm the oldest), too. We were still (mostly) joking when my brother yelled back at me (when he beat my high score) "In your FACE, number TWO!!" but it sort of wigged out my daughters.
What old patterns do you see spring back to life in the holiday season?
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Permalink Reply by Danica on -
I channeled my mom perfectly and gave the youngest brother a hard time about how much he was drinking, and bossed the other siblings around, like the oldest kid that I am. I also ate waaaay too much in the cookies and candy department. Yeah, nothing changes much. :)
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Permalink Reply by ruth on -
wookie, I'm cracking up at the image your brother yelling "in your FACE, number TWO!" That's hilarious.
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Permalink Reply by Mamawho on
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My brothers are 10 and 13 years younger than I am, so if we fell into really old patterns, I'd be changing one of their diapers while the other digs through my purse to see what he can flush down the toilet.
But when we get together, we have fun. We tend to get a little physical, and someone ends up flipping the sofa over or barrelling through a closet door. GirlWho thinks it's a hoot. When she was 4 or 5, she was watching the melee and said to our grandma, "Wow! Mommy's acting like a bad kid! I'd get in trouble if I did that!"
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Permalink Reply by Lea on -
That's funny Wookie! I do the same thing with my little brothers. I start acting like a bratty teenager, I even get all exasperated by my mother and roll my eyes a lot.
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Permalink Reply by StitchyWench on -
One time my brother and his wife gave my daughter a horrible Christmas cartoon about this kid who's sister was dying. They evidently found it in the dollar bin and I was horrified when we watched it with our then three year old kid. Needless to say, we don't ever expect anything thoughtful from them.
John T. Capp said:We gave my younger brother, my SIL, and their kids neat gifts. They gave our kids OK gifts. They gave my wife and me rubber finger puppets that must have cost about 25 cents total. This is the same guy for whom I ordered a custom Randall knife a few years ago -- it'll be ready in 2012 because of the incredible demand and corresponding lead time for their knives. I know it's the thought that counts, but that only counts when thought goes into the gift. There is nothing significant about the cheap rubber finger puppets. It's almost insulting. It frosts me to a degree because my youngest brother has money but has always been cheap. He expects everyone to pay his way. I guess that comes from being the youngest child -- I always had to pay my own way and blaze trails. My parents were so much easier on him.
So same old pattern.
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Permalink Reply by mightyninjamom on -
Definitely happening here - Know-It-All-Sister (my older sister) has been visiting us, and is just as bossy as she ever was when we were kids. At least she has pity on my liver and isn't making me drink as much!
Somehow, we both ended up with the same cold and while I was curled up in bed with a low fever the other day, she came in my room and demanded that I stop 'wallowing', force-fed me some Sudafed, and when I threatened to kick her ass, told me I had anger management issues! So typical. Of course, she probably would have taken me more seriously if I wasn't laughing my ass off the whole time.
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Permalink Reply by TeacherJ on -
My brother, who thinks he's basically a genius, always riles up my parents' dog. And when I'm all, "Hey, could you stop playing so rough, because we don't want to train the dog to snap at people," he laughs at me. Which makes me mad for two reasons: 1. I don't really like being laughed at and 2. the dog, who is normally very mild mannered, starts BITING PEOPLE.
So he was just leaving the house and I'd finally gotten the dog calmed down when he (the brother) came charging back through the door, setting off the dog, leaving snow chunks all over the stairs, and when I said, "Just leave the snow, I'll clean it up, go." because I was getting the dog under control, he came over to pet the dog AGAIN, causing me to let go of the collar, which meant the dog bit him. Not hard, but hard enough that he said, "Ow! Man, why don't you get the dog to stop biting people, if you're so good with animals." and left. Leaving an crazed dog and ice all over the place. Thanks, little bro.
Phew. I needed that rant.
Other than that, we successfully avoided most of our falling into old roles pitfalls when everyone was together. So, as long as he leaves ten minutes earlier next time, we should be good to go.
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My brother riles up my mom's dog, too, except he lives with the dog. The dumb dog chased GW down the hall when she was 5 and bit the back of her pants, pulling them down. She screamed (and laughed) and scared the dog. So now the dog will only chase her. He playfully, but painfully, snaps at the rest of us.
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Permalink Reply by mightyninjamom on
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T-Rex said:It really pisses me off when people say I have anger management issues.
BWAH! Actually it was her comparison between Khloe Kardashian and myself that really got me!
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