“She Got ‘More-ther’ Than Me!” {A Tale of Sibling Rivalry}

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Oh, sibling comparison and competition… how I detest thee.

I am a middle child. I have an older sister and a younger brother. I don’t have any real memories of competing with them, but I’m sure my mom would tell a different tale. I do recall my brother saying often, “She got more-ther than me!” Thankfully, he’s about to turn 35 and has grown out of it, so I truly believe that someday my monsters will too, but until then… WHAT DO YOU DO?!

We love to go get fro-yo after school and talk about our day. This is how it went a few weeks ago…

“Her cup is bigger then mine.”She got more-ther than me! {A Tale of Sibling Rivalry}- Corpus Christi Moms Blog
“Nope, all the blue cups are the same size.”
“He got three rows of swirl, mine is only 2 and 9/10!”
“Nope, looks like three to me.”
“She got more sprinkles then I did!”
“How can you tell?”
“I counted!”

So I called the hubs and said, “pour me something tall and strong, make it a hurricane before I go insane.”

That’s the tip of the ice cream (wink) in our house. Our most common battles revolve around snacks, tv time, who showered first last night, chores, and who got the rollaway last at the hotel (who knew this was a life perk?!?)

Hubs and I always know when the complaints are coming. It starts with a loud, super winey, “BUT… insert name of closer parent…” and just gets better as they go on and on about the unfairness of the situation.

I know, I know they are TWIN monsters. They have had to share EVERYTHING their entire 9 years of existence. And if anyone else messes with their twin, watch out, as they always have each others backs. (A glimmer of hope for the future!) But in the mean time, the sibling rivalry is killer!!

So, you’re waiting for my big ah-ha moment, right? Where I share my BRILLIANT nugget of how I solved the sibling competition problem.

Nope. I got nothing. I take a lot of deep breaths. I leave the room. I pour a glass of wine, ’cause it’s 5 o’clock somewhere.

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Becki
Becki met the hubs in 1999, married in 2004, and each and every year brings a new adventure! She is a momma to an adventurous set of twins, the monsters, {2007;} spends copious amounts of time chasing after their three fur-babies, and in-between, finds a free minute or two to attend to her day job working for a nonprofit focused on public health preparedness. Becki LOVES anything sugary or caffeinated – so it’s good that she also love to run! She is known to have stayed up FAR to late to read a great book. Becki loves to play soccer, scuba dive, snowboard and travel! Her family is new to Texas, by way of Colorado and Virginia, but having so much fun exploring this great state!