Today is my brother's birthday. He is a year and a half older than me, so that makes him "VERY OLD".
When growing up we would fight like cats and dogs. Mostly it was "Mom! he hit me!" or "Dad! she hit me!" Just enough to get everyone riled up and the action going.
My brother had some very dorky friends. But as we got older I found that some of those "dorks" had turned into some pretty nice looking guys. And no matter how much I flirted and smiled and talked, NONE of them would give me much more than the time of day.
Well about 10 years after I was married and had kids of my own, I found out why.
My brother was in town on leave from the Navy. We had a get together with friends and family. One of his friends, (one I had found the most interesting as a kid), and I were chatting at this "party".
He said to me, "You know you turned out to be quite a beautiful woman".
I said, "Why thank you!"
He said, "I had quite the crush on you when we were kids!"
WTF!
Me: "YOU DID? I did about everything but Kiss your feet, to get you to notice me. WHY didn't you ask me out?"
He said, "Your brother made it VERY CLEAR . . . NO ONE messes with his sister!"
No wonder I didn't date much in high school.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO!
