When life gives you a little brother, you gain a lot more than just a sibling.

You take on the responsibility of being an older sibling. You take on the role of being a caregiver.

From helping your parents cart the annoying brat around to laying in their room all hours of the night laughing until you cry. Every moment you spend with your snobby little brother is priceless.

Yes, he is annoying and even though you think to yourself how great it will be when you move out and get away from him, the bond you two share is unbreakable.

No matter who comes along, no one, absolutely no one, can pull you two apart.

Girlfriends, boyfriends, best friends, enemies, nothing has a chance at being better than the love--hate relationship you and your little brother share.

Your little brother is the first love of your life, and watching him grow up breaks your heart into a million pieces, but also warms it with the joy of knowing you had an impact on the young man he is becoming.

Soon he will become taller than you, he will gain his deep “man” voice, and you will cry as he plans to go to his first high school homecoming.

He will come to you asking for advice on his first day of school outfit and how to dress up for all the Friday night football games. You will find yourself talking about the teachers you had in high school that he has now. You will show him the ropes of high school and tell him which clubs he should and shouldn't join.

Somehow it will give you the most bittersweet feeling in the entire world. You will smile in front of him, drop him off at the first football game, and cry to your best friend on the way home.

He will attend his first bonfire and start hanging out with his friends more and more. You will see your personality that you gained in high school soon be brought out in him. He will turn into a lot more than your little brother. In no time, you two will be best friends and almost the same person.

Both being teenagers now, as he matures, you can now share the same sense of humor and mess with your mom as a united force. She might act like she hates it, and plays into the bickering, but in reality, she loves to see that her babies are growing up and growing together.

Now you are at the stage where your baby brother might start acting like he is too cool for you as he grows up, but he will always secretly love you will his whole heart just like you have loved him his entire life.

There is not a bigger blessing than having a little brother that doubles as your best friend.