Mom vs. Dad

              In my family, as you know from my first post, there are 4 of us sisters, my mom and my dad. I didn't grow up seeing how my nonexistant brothers were treated differently than me and my sisters (obviously, becuase I don't have any!). I did, however, realize that what my mom did and what my dad did differently. My mom stayed home, took care of us kids, and did the housework. My dad had a job, did the yard work, and fixed anything that broke. It would seem my family is very traditional. I think all my sisters and I connected more with our mom than we did with our dad. I love both my parents very much, but I learned more from my mom than I did from my dad while growing up. I believe that if I ever did have a brother, he would have been closer to my dad then my sisters and I are. My dad probably would have shown him how to fix a leaking pipe or how to change oil in the car much earlier than my dad ever tried to show me or my sisters. I believe that my parents behavior was greatly influenced by how they were raised by their parents. The mothers in most of my extended family, as well as the fathers tend to be more traditional than in other families. I'm probably going to act the same way, or a similar way when I have a family of my own.

 

           I alway thought it would be fun to have an older brother. Someone who would be there for me at school, and just be generally a protector for me when it came to boys. Not to say my sisters and I aren't all a little protective of each other when it comes to boys, but it seems like it's different when it's a brother protecting his little--sometimes even his older--sister. Probably because a brother would have a better idea of what is really running through the other guy's head because he is a boy as well.