If you’re anything like me and my brother, it’s strange to be in the house without your sibling around. It’s even weirder when they move away for good. Here's a couple of things to expect.
Before they leave:
1. Your whole family will become very stressed out.
This will happen to different people at different times and they will all show it in different ways. Trust me, between trying to get everything ready in time and trying to grasp the idea that someone won’t be living two rooms down from you anymore, things get stressful.
2.You put yourself second.
Unless you’re also moving far away at the same time, whatever is happening in your life kind of goes on pause until everything is settled for your sibling.
After they leave:
3. You try to keep cool, but probably lose your cool when you’ve dropped them off and you’re leaving.
This isn’t to say that you start balling in the car on the way home or anything, but the emotion certainly comes on quick.
4. You have movie-like flashbacks of all of the memories you guys have made together -- good or bad.
Cue the background emotional music of your choice.
And finally,
5. You realize how important they are to you.
No matter how many times they pulled your hair, pranked you, or played the “I'm not touching you” game, they’re still your sibling and you know that at the end of the day, they’ll always be there for you and family will always come first.
