spark word: sibling rivalry

uh, i'm pretty sure that's two words.

kelly and i used to fight a lot when we were little. my mom signed me up for manners class when i was in first grade to "teach me not to fight with my sister". but then suddenly, i don't even remember exactly when, we were best friends. i think it must have been around my senior year of high school, or maybe after i went to college, or somewhere in between. i don't know. dev and i fought forever, and only got better when i moved away. but now we're friends too. i like it that we're all older, that they are both old enough now to see the things that have annoyed me about mom. they never saw that before, or at least we never talked about it. but now we can. i like that.

louie and his sisters are mean to each other. i don't even think they see it. bickering, constantly. very annoying, and it makes it so awkward for everyone else at the table. you are all adults now, grow up and knock it off. reminds me of katie and cheryl when they used to come visit us when they were both in college. they would just start screaming at each other in the middle of dinner, or where ever we were at the time. very annoying. and loud. nicole and her brothers have never gotten along, and they're not close now. and their parents never really encouraged it. my mom always wanted us to get along. i think louie's mom encourages them to be hard on each other. liz and caitlin are best friends, always have been and i'm sure always will be.