If children were meant to live in groups. What if they are meant to live only with adults and not interact daily with SIBLINGS!!! Maybe somebody made a big mistake along the way and thought that they were supposed to have more than one child, hence sibling. Maybe they are just supposed to reunite when they are old enough to manage and negotiate a complex relationship….you know things like…. “HE THREW THE COMPASS IN MY CEREAL”, or “HE HIT ME IN THE KNEE WITH HIS BACKPACK AND NOW I CAN’T WALK” While limping as if clubbed with a 2×4. I don’t know, it’s a mystery to me. There must be something about the chaos and interaction that they love because they just will not leave each other alone – it’s certainly not like they ignore each other.
It just seems to me if there was somebody really bugging me, in my space, I would probably try to avoid them. That’s why I’m thinking that this might be that “brotherly love” that I have heard about. Maybe a poke in the side is really like a hug for a brother. They do this stuff to each other and then as the older brother is leaving the middle brother says “have a great day Erik” and the youngest brother gives him a hug goodbye. It just must not be all that bad – maybe I just don’t understand being the only Queen in this CASTLE!!
I dunno. My Boy and middle daughter (and only have the 1 boy) are like cats. CRAP. It’s exhausting. I’m all, “Then just don’t be near each other for cryin’ out loud!” Common sense would suggest, but…. I drank until I had children, btw…