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My Brother's Keeper

11 things we need to thank our brothers for

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My Brother's Keeper

If you have a brother, you know that they can be a pain, but there's no better friend than a brother and that's something that as a child, I never thought I'd say. But growing up I've realized that they really aren't so bad and we owe them a lot of thank you's.

1. Thank you for taking the blame - thank you for always taking the blame when mom got mad even if it was actually my fault, you never let me get in trouble, you just take the blame and let her get mad at you and take it out on you.

2. Thank you for doing my chores - thank you for voluntarily or letting me talk you into doing my chores for me all the time, if I'm running late for something or just simply don't feel like doing them, you do them for me and never open your mouth to mom about it so I don't get in trouble.

3. Thank you for sticking up for me - thank you for always always always being the "big" brother I never had, because even though I'm the older one, you always have my back when I need it.

4. Thank you for being the best listener - thank you for listening to my gossip on the way to school, or listening to me complain about boys or my friend issues, and for letting me talk you into getting matching sibling tattoo's.

5. Thank you for being my shoulder to cry on - thank you for being my shoulder to cry on at 3am in the driveway while I'm sitting in my car crying over the same boy that keeps breaking my heart, and never telling me "I told you so", and always threatening to kill him for making me cry... again.

6. Thank you for letting me steal your stuff - thank you for always letting me steal your big t-shirts, your nike socks, your aux cord and use your Xbox 24/7 for Netflix and never ever complaining about any of it,

7. Thank you for letting me control you - thank you for letting me act like your second mom all the time and get on to you like my own and never cussing me out for it, I know I get a little crazy sometimes but hey, that girl you think you love isn't right for you and you need to pull your grades up, kid.

8. Thank you for being my punching bag - thank you for letting me take my bad days out on you when we get home from school, or blame everything on you so I won't get in trouble, or even telling you I wish I was an only child because that's the biggest lie I've ever told.

9. Thank you for never pulling a me on me - thank you for always taking me everywhere with you even though I never wanted to take you anywhere with me when I was the one that was 16, and thank you for never telling me no when that was the only word I knew when we were kids.

10. Thank you for never giving up on me - thank you for always talking mom into letting me do things I want to do, thank you for always being front row and my biggest supporter in anything and everything I do, thank you for pushing me to be the best I can be and always telling me how proud you are to be my brother.

11. Thank you for being my best dang friend - thank you for literally being the best friend I will ever have, we didn't believe mom when we were younger about growing up to be best friends but I guess you're alright, kid. I couldn't imagine growing up with anyone else by my side so thank you for giving me the best 16 years of my life so far (please don't ever grow up). I can definitely say I wouldn't be the person I am today without you as my brother.

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