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I guess this would be part three in the "Playful Penguin Getting to Know You Series." (parts 1 and 2 being "When were you born" and "where were you born").

How many of you have siblings? Older? Younger? etc. etc.

I have a brother 12 years my senior. He just took an early retirement and has recently moved from Kansas to enjoy a life of luxery in the backwaters of northern Alabama.  ;D
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I have a lil' brother, 3 years younger than me.

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This is a great idea, Zella! As most of you know, youngcricket is my little sister. She's 4 years younger than me. We also have a much younger sister(my dad's from his second marriage) who is 21.
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Don't you want to mention our step-sisters and possibly our one half brother....?

And the other sis goldie speaks of is Kerri...she has yet to learn about chuckys.....poor girl!!!  

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Don't you want to mention our step-sisters and possibly our one half brother....?

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No, I thought that I'd leave out the steps. They aren't my sisters! And since I don't know the ? half-brother, he doesn't count either!!  ;)

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No, I thought that I'd leave out the steps. They aren't my sisters! And since I don't know the ? half-brother, he doesn't count either!!  ;)
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GOOD ANSWER!!!!!!!!!  give the goldie a COOKIE!!!!!!!!!!! :) ;D :) ;D

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I only have one sister, Alicia, and I am 8 years older than her. I wanted a brother. :(
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That's funny, you sound like me.  ;)

I have a younger sister, Nicolle, and we are 7 years apart.  I was very disappointed when mom didn't bring home a baby brother.  I'm not disappointed anymore, though.  Well, I take that back.  Brothers don't borrow your brand new clothes and ruin them, do they?  Well, at least the "normal" brothers don't borrow their sister's clothes. :)  If my sister would STAY OUT OF MY CLOSET, she wouldn't be half bad.  ARGH!

By the way, I am very proud of my parents.  They've been married 29 years AND they were High School sweethearts.  I look up to them, and I hope my marriage is as strong after 30 years as theirs.  It's not every day you find a couple who still loves each other after all those years.  

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By the way, I am very proud of my parents.  They've been married 29 years AND they were High School sweethearts.  I look up to them, and I hope my marriage is as strong after 30 years as theirs.  It's not every day you find a couple who still loves each other after all those years.  
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That's great that your parents have been together for so long. My parents have been together for almost 23 years and no matter how much they argue, you can tell they still love each other.

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So the family would compromise.  Mom's best friend became "Auntie" Ann, or "Auntie" Mary.  Dad's close friends would also be "Uncle" Joe or "Uncle" Bob.

Is this tradition regional, or is it common where you live too?
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It is common in my house.  I was "Aunt Dagny" to my best friend's children until they became too old for that kinda baby thing...and she is Aunt Susan to my daughter.  Her babysitter is also Aunt Angie.  Heck, I have been known to still refer to my moms best friend as Aunt Edna. ;)

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It is common in my house.  I was "Aunt Dagny" to my best friend's children until they became too old for that kinda baby thing...and she is Aunt Susan to my daughter.  Her babysitter is also Aunt Angie.  Heck, I have been known to still refer to my moms best friend as Aunt Edna. ;)
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My Mum's best friend was Auntie Peggy to me and my godparents Uncle Ron and Auntie Pat even though they were just good family friends.

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If anyone wants to see where they (supposidly) are see:

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/development/birth_order.htm

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Not very accurate, at least not in my case. Some of that fits me, but not very much.

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Not very accurate, at least not in my case. Some of that fits me, but not very much.
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I don't find it very accurate, either. It's very negative I must say! I disagree with 3/4 of what it says for 'only child', and i only strongly agree with 'creative' :) .

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The next oldest sister is 6 years older and lives in my basement.

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Ummmm...hello? People, are we just going to let this one go?

My only sibling is three years younger and lives on the other side of the country from me. She's currently persuing her Post-Doctorate degree in biogenetics at Harvard and just came in second in her last bicycle race. Yeah. Not impressive at all. And she's gorgeous. And funny. And single.

And my bestest friend. (And I don't know WHY, but I feel compelled to point out that SHE never locked me out of a website. The house a couple of times growing up, maybe...)

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Ummmm...hello? People, are we just going to let this one go?

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I'm not touching that one!

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And my bestest friend. (And I don't know WHY, but I feel compelled to point out that SHE never locked me out of a website. The house a couple of times growing up, maybe...)
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LMAO!!!

Honeybuches of O's, you're killing me! :D

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The next oldest sister is 6 years older and lives in my basement.
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Freely and of her own will?  Or??  ;D :o ;D

{ Cue Addam's Family theme... }

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Really :o Oh dear :/