#ugh why am i sentimental on this nigjt

[craycraybluejay]

thinking about how special the closeness of mutually loving siblings is. not even in an incest kink way necessarily its just. so wonderful. your sibling you can trust to have your back more than anyone. you can give hugs and kisses and play videogames and shittalk about your friend groups to each other and all of it screams I LOVE YOU. You can lend your younger sibling clothes because they think your style is so cool and you think its really sweet that they want to wear it. You can pull pranks on each other but always be on the same side anyway. Just. It's such a *comfortable* and *consistent* and *infinite* love. you don't have to get to know each other and talk to all their friends and like what they like. you already know them from the moment the second one of you is born. you know their most embarassing moments. you know how to comfort them. you share food and you always know how to split it; "my sibling likes the strawberry candy and i like raspberry." the older teaches the younger how to curse. the younger teaches the older how to take care of someone. sure, if you're lucky your mom or dad love you. but mom and dad ain't shit compared to the sibs. in the theoretical perfectly healthy family theres still a deep power cliff canyon thing there. but your close brother/sister/sibling is happy to side with you. they'll help you sneak out or give you stuff you're not allowed to have at the moment. let you borrow their things. they'll draw you the most terrible drawing and you'll wish you had a fridge to hang it up on. you'll sing them a badly improvised song and they'll cheerfully try to keep melody and fail. you'll teach them how to tie their shoes. they'll teach you how to believe in nice things. you know? that's your premade teammate in life. that's the one that starts at level one with you and you brave the wilderness together. that's the person who, if you put the work in to maintain a caring and good relationship, will always be loyal to you and the most fun even if youre too many years apart to have much in common in way of interests. your hobbies are boring. please tell me more about them.

#a sibling is like a best friend you get to have forever and ever who loves you #often a sibling is your first biggest example of concepts like self-sacrifice and rivalry and camaraderie and others #in other news i actually kind of miss childcare even though its really difficult and annoying at times #there is a very pure kind of joy in making a baby laugh by playing peekaboo or teaching a little girl how to annoy her classmates #ugh why am i sentimental on this nigjt #listen. listen. if you have a sibling you can get to that youre not estranged from #give them a BIG HUG and HANG OUT ok?? thats ur kin. thats a lifelong potential bestie. always make sure they remember how much you care #about them