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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I have found that  the person that gets hung up on 'half'  is  usually the insecure one with the problem.[/b] Brother/Sister is easy for any kid to understand.  And can always be clarified  with 'Oh, my brother lives with his mom during the week.' That is plenty common.

- Big sister with a little sister 20+ years younger. [/quote]

My family always used "half" because it was less confusing. Nobody was "hung up" on it at all; they were just being practical. However, I've had the recurrent admonishment that calling my siblings through my father as my "half-sister" and "half-brother" was somehow wrong, or churlish of me. People really loved to lay that one on me.

Of course, when they realized that my father had me when he was 65 and my sister when he was 20, it may have made more sense. She was 45 when I was born. I already had a 19 year old nephew on my first day of life.

"Half" was just practical in untangling that complexity. We all loved each other the same. A rose is a rose is a rose. [/quote]

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