When I grew to adulthood, it was then I realized that being the first child of the family is no joke. It comes with lots of responsibilities. As a female child, people do say they tend to love their siblings more, I don't know how true that is but I love my siblings a lot. I have two younger sisters and two younger brothers.
While I was still at home with them, we fought a lot, almost every day. Being that they are males, this arrogant behavior is part of them but I'm too stubborn to give in to their troubles. The females don't give me trouble, but even at that, I make sure to instill that discipline in them all as their elder sister.
The funniest thing about my bond with my siblings is that I can chastise them when they do something wrong even go as far as punishing them but I don't like them being ridiculed or embarrassed by any other person. If the insult is coming from me, it is more preferable than an outsider insulting my siblings.
Loving them always makes me go the extra mile for them because I don't like seeing anyone of them in pain or uncomfortable conditions. As for the males, they always get into one or two troubles with our mom. Mom is always shouting at them for some reason, either they aren't following her instructions or they are being too lousy for her.
My male siblings are always being punished and I don't like that, truth be told, those boys are stubborn. Sometimes I do feel like punishing them also but I just have to let them be. There are times I do stand in for them whenever they are in trouble, protecting them not getting punished both at home and outside.
Like I said earlier I can go to any length for them, this made me remember an incident that happened sometime last year. Till last year, I can't remember when last I fought with anyone, that's because I'm always minding my business.
A neighbor of mine once accused my younger sister of dating her husband, it was hilarious though because it sounds stupid to me. The reasons she gave for her assumption were weird and she started victimizing my sister unnecessarily.
My sister couldn't defend herself much because she was scared of the woman, she was handling it herself until she couldn't anymore, she had to tell me. At first, I wasn't serious about it when she discussed it with me because it sounded ridiculous. Later I found out that the matter was more serious than how I'd taken it.
The woman started sending threatening messages to my sister, it was then I realized I needed to spring into action. Without informing our parents, I singlehandedly handled the situation, protecting my sister at all costs. I made sure to find the truth behind the matter and I got it which was so glaring that my sister had nothing to do with the man.
No matter the situation, you will never see me go against my siblings, even if they were wrong, I would rather scold and chastise them when we are alone not in front of a stranger because how I address them will send a message to outsiders watching us. If I directed them, others would do that too and I wouldn't want anyone talking to my siblings anyhow, that's how much I love them.
One night, the woman sent another disturbing message, my sister and I live together, that made me exclude our parents from knowing about it. I dressed up and asked her to follow me. This was the first time in many years I would have a confrontation with anyone.
I got to her house and fortunately, I met the so-called husband on our way in, then I explained my reason for coming. The wife came out and I gave her an earful because I was so angry about why she could be accusing my sister without evidence.
And that was the end of her threats and misbehavior towards my sister. Then afterward, I scolded my sister and made her see where she was wrong which made the woman think she was having an affair with her husband.
On a normal day, I won't do all I did because it's not my way of life but when it comes to my family, they mean the world to me and I take protecting them as my priority.
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