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[quote=Anonymous]I wonder what my parents would say? I am 10 years older than my brother (same parents-- I'm always having to say that). I think it had to have been tough on my parents having a toddler/preschool boy and a teenaged girl at the same time! From my perspective, I was SHOCKED when I heard the news and upset at the total upheaval of my life. I agree it was sometimes tough to find activities for my brother that didn't bore me... but then again, a lot of theme parks and such are still fun for teenagers. Also, BEING a teenager (or older preteen-- basically once I was 12), I could just stay home and hang out when they took him to toddler-appealing things. They never made me change a diaper, though I did very occasionally babysit, which was NBD, even though I didn't and still don't really enjoy hanging out with little kids. They often had to tell me that they were the parents, just because I was a typical bossy know-it-all and so much older.

I started dating my husband (8 years older) in my late teens, and with the 18-year difference between them, DH was more like a fun uncle to my brother (who in fact asked, when we became engaged, if DH was going to become his uncle-- LOL). So we had my brother over a lot as a preteen/teen, but more like that aunt/uncle dynamic. I am not sure I EVER thought it would be like this (mainly because we have a lot of differences in personality), but over the past few years, we have actually become quite close as adults (late 30s and late 20s). He is in grad school overseas for a year and I am counting the days until he gets back!     [/quote]

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