Growing up is a struggle within itself, but growing up with brothers can make it such a different experience. Brothers not only taunt you, they guide you through life in hopes to make you a better person at the end of the day. Having brothers definitely changes the way you look at things. Thankfully I was lucky enough to be blessed with two amazing brothers who would give me the world if I asked.
1. You are always bullied, picked on, harassed, etc.
Fights were a common occurrence when I was growing up. My brothers would always pick on me for being smaller than them, for being the only girl or the typical “you’re adopted” fight. The fights would be so dumb and would continue on for the longest time for absolutely no reason. Even if the fight was extremely harsh, you learned to never fight back; fighting back just meant that the next fight would be much worse.
2. You NEVER have privacy.
My brothers were constantly running around raising havoc and they still do until this very day, even though we’re all pretty much grown at this point. Shut doors are usually a universal symbol for do not enter, but brothers feel that doors don’t mean anything. You also can’t go about your day without a brother butting in every two seconds asking numerous questions about your life, but as soon as you were to do the same to them they acted like it was the end of the world.
3. You are constantly being judged.
You can always count on your older brother to tell you to go change your outfit when he doesn’t approve of it (which is the case majority of the time). My older brother CONSTANTLY says things like, “girl you better put a sweater on” or, “I’m taking you shopping to buy you turtlenecks and the longest pants that the store has.”
4. Getting each other in trouble is what we live for.
It eventually turned into a game to see who could get each other in trouble the most. We would sit there and conspire against one another, just thinking of new and creative ways to get them in the most trouble. We loved every minute of another sibling getting in trouble, but when you were the one getting in trouble it was horrible. The worst was when they would blame stuff on you so they didn't get in trouble and your parents didn’t believe you.
5. You can always count on them to hog the TV
For some reason, boys feel that they’re entitled to the TV at all times. When you go to change the channel, they fight for the remote or try to cover to the cable box to make sure the channel doesn’t get changed. Even if they aren’t home, what they want to watch is on 24/7. If they’re not watching TV, then they’re playing some sort of video game and almost always make you play so that way they have someone to beat.
6. Sometimes they can be worse than girls when getting ready.
My brothers spend so much time getting ready, it’s crazy! My little brother has close to no hair, but he will still spend about 15 minutes just to make sure his hair looks good -- not including all of other time it takes him to actually get ready. Fighting over the bathroom is annoying, especially when you’re fighting with a boy about it.
7. You can always count on them to ask for food.
More times than not, my brothers ask me to make them food or they ask if they can have my leftover food. It doesn’t matter if you’re even making food, they’ll ask you. You don’t even have to be home for them to ask. Brothers are savages.
8. They try to embarrass you all the time.
It is your everlasting job as a child with siblings to embarrass each other every second you can. It doesn’t matter how you embarrass them, just as long as you’re doing it. Sometimes, they end up embarrassing themselves instead; they’ll make bad faces in pictures or not pay attention to what they’re doing and turn the attention to themselves.
9.They're an automatic friend whether they like it or not.
Brothers, just like any sibling, are going to be your friend no matter what. They’re always there for everything and they always will be. Plain and simple.
10. They're your own personal body guards. 
They protect you even if you don’t want or need them to. They’e always willing to hurt boys who talk to you or even look in the same direction as you -- or just willing to make sure no boys are near you in general. Brothers try to shield you from the harsh realities of the world to make sure you don’t get hurt.
11. They always help you out.
