Sibling rivalry

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 | Feedback | Print Entry

Just got back from vacation again. I'm trying to take advantage of my three weeks (next week, I'll take my final leave of the year). Just curious. Are any of you readers out there involved in intense sibling rivalries?

I have one brother, a year younger than me, and we've always competed in every sport we could. I would always get the best of him because he's always been small. I'm 5-foot-10, 180; he's about 5-5, 120. He might have been a better athlete pound-for-pound -- maybe! -- but that did him no good when it came to battling in the trenches. I was a merciless big brother (it was my duty to toughen him up, you know).

Anyway, at 36 and 35 years of age, our competitiveness has not subsided, and he has finally found something he can spank me at: golf. But even though he's clearly better than me, he knows better than to take me lightly.  
 

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