After growing up as the youngest of three, the only girl, and my siblings being twins, it's certainly been a strange experience with them away at college most of the time. But I've learned that missing them gets easier, even if it feels like a whole different house in their absence. Luckily, they do always come back and for that I'm grateful, but with that comes some difficulties I became used to living without. Here is my compiled list of the pros and cons of older siblings being home for the summer!

PRO:

You're no longer the only one left. Adding another sibling broadens the horizons of who parents need to pay attention to, lessening the intense focus that's been on you for so long.

CON:

All that food you bought with the intention to eat: Consider it gone.

PRO:

You finally have somebody you can relate to easily right under your own roof again. You have somebody to talk to without having to worry about them "getting it."

CON:

They may feel like they have further superiority over you. Remember that you are all on the same team here, they don't need to be extra parents.

PRO:

You now have another person to hang out with when all your friends are working, while your sibs are just relaxing between binge-watching seasons on Netflix.

PRO:

Somebody to binge-watch Netflix with.

CON:

They're unpacking from school, which means there is stuff everywhere, leaving you to practice your parkour and obstacle course skills around the house.

CON:

You are all probably very busy and working on different schedules much of the time, so they wake you up by getting ready in the morning, or coming in late after you've gone to bed.

PRO:

The whole family is back together, even just for a bit.