Fighting With My Sister
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
June 11, 2017 4:34pm CST
We were three girls in our family, and as children we two younger ones were always scrapping. Our older sister was a peace-maker, but she couldn't stop us from going at each other hammer and tongs at the slightest argument.
It's a wonder we had any hair left because that was the first thing we went for. Here my sister had an advantage as I used to wear my hair in plaits, and these were easier to grab than just loose hair.
One day when we were probably about 11 and 12 years old and our parents were at work, we started an argument which inevitably turned into a fight. We were in the living room, and knocked over a table which fell against the window, breaking it.
It was a big window and we were aghast at what we had done. To say that we awaited our parents' return with trepidation would be an understatement!
Our punishment was to have no pocket money until a new window had been paid for, which took several months.
It didn't stop us fighting however, but we tended to go outside to do it after that. By the way, we are the best of friends now.
Did you ever physically fight with your siblings when you were children?
Photo is of my sister on the left, aged 12, and me on the right aged 11.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
11 Jun 17
what cuties 'n ya still're :) physically fight with a siblin'? uhm, yes ma'am. the brother'n i used to duke't out quite oft, but always outdoors 'n 'way from pryin' eyes. ne'er did the hair pullin', cat fightin' kinda schtuff. noperz, 'twas always fists a flyin'! those black eyes'n busted noses were 't times diff'cult to pawn off'n jest playin'. the folks'd beat the tar outta 's, yet such didn't cease the brothers hatred fer me. he passed when he 'twas 19 'n we ne'er made amends.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
11 Jun 17
@crazyhorseladycx That was a tragically young age for your brother to die, and I'm sorry you never got on. I didn't hate my sister, but we were always disagreeing, though I don't think we ever used fists like you.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
12 Jun 17
@crazyhorseladycx What a sad situation.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
12 Jun 17
@jaboUK yes ma'am, i 'twas 16 't the time. my momma said he hated me from the day i was born 'n such ne'er got better.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Jun 17
@marlina My mom was a stay at home mom, too, Marie, but when she'd go shopping or do other errands and after two of us were old enough to watch over the others, was when we'd get into our shenanigans.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
11 Jun 17
Never had a physical fight with my siblings simply because my parents gave me the task to protect them, my sister is 2 years older than me and my father always told me that men has to look after and protect girls. My brother is 2 years younger so I have to look after him too and see that he does not get bullied. I did not fight with them simply maybe because of the family set-up.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
11 Jun 17
@louievill That was a lot of responsibility for a child to be expected to look after the others. There were less than 3 years between the 3 of us, so no-one was expected to look after any of the others.
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@allknowing (136446)
• India
12 Jun 17
We were the best of friends when we were kids but sadly not any more. There is a drift and we are just about scraping when it comes to interaction.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
12 Jun 17
@allknowing Sorry to hear that Grace. I only see my sisters once or twice a year, but we get on like a house on fire.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
12 Jun 17
I am the eldest with two brothers younger, we didn't have physical fights but we did disagree verbally. We are also good friends now, as a matter of fact, I am driving up with hubs to visit the younger one this week and spending several days with him and his wife.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
12 Jun 17
@jaboUK That must be a jolly time with lots of memories shared. I know when we three are together that is what we do. It is amazing how different some of our memories of the same events are.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
12 Jun 17
@BelleStarr Siblings are bound to have disagreements, glad yours didn't get physical. Enjoy your visit to your brother. We sisters and our families are are getting together in August for my eldest sister's 80th birthday.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
13 Jun 17
@BelleStarr Oh you are so right there Isabelle - sometimes I can't believe we are talking about the same thing!
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@LadyDuck (471540)
• Switzerland
12 Jun 17
I guessed correctly that you are the one on the right. 
I only have a younger brother, only one year and half younger. We never fought until I reached about the age of 16 and he used to have great pleasure to mess my things. Anyway we never had physical fights because I am petite and thin and he has always been very tall and big.
I only have a younger brother, only one year and half younger. We never fought until I reached about the age of 16 and he used to have great pleasure to mess my things. Anyway we never had physical fights because I am petite and thin and he has always been very tall and big.2 people like this
@LadyDuck (471540)
• Switzerland
13 Jun 17
@jaboUK It would have not be fair at all, he did not hurt me, but when we entered into arguments, he used to lift me up and put me on top of the tall refrigerator in the kitchen. It was a problem coming down, my father did not appreciate when he did this.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
12 Jun 17
There were four girls in the family, I was second oldest. We certainly had out share of fights, but not hair pulling that I remember. We all wore pony tails so it would be an easy retaliation. We are all good friends too.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
12 Jun 17
@Jeanniemaries The hair pulling is what I remember most, but we did a lot of pushing and shoving too. That's great that you are good friends with your sisters now, like me.
That's great that you are good friends with your sisters now, like me.1 person likes this
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
12 Jun 17
@jaboUK Oh yes, pushing and shoving for sure. I actually once remember a pounding on the back. Girls can be pretty rough!
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
11 Jun 17
I had five sisters and we never physically fought. My parents would not have tolerated that. Good story and awesome pictures of the two of you.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
13 Jun 17
@Happy2BeMe I remember you saying before about the split with those siblings.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
12 Jun 17
@jaboUK No not really. I dont ever remember any physical fight ever. Now I don't have anything to do with three of them.
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@Essjayd (1567)
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12 Jun 17
My brother and I had
many full on fights when we were
growing up. Several windows and
a glass door were broken along with
many household items.
There were at least 2 trips to hospital
that I can remember. He got stitches in
his head due to me shoving him
downstairs and I scored a broken arm
when he slammed it in a door!
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@snowy22315 (180738)
• United States
12 Jun 17
Yes, I was kind of a bully! I once got spanked on Christmas day because I dropped a snow globe on her head! Luckily, it was plastic!
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@snowy22315 (180738)
• United States
12 Jun 17
@jaboUK Yeah, we are. It would be nice to be closer, but she doesn't seem interested. I am going to visit her and her family this weekend though.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
12 Jun 17
@snowy22315 That is a good job the globe wasn't heavier. I hope you are friends now.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
12 Jun 17
@snowy22315 That's good, have a nice visit.
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@moffittjc (121586)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jun 17
Has anyone told you that you look a little bit like Jennifer Gardner in your photo?
My brother and I (he's 2 years younger than me), used to fight all the time. But we were best of friends also. It wasn't until we were in high school that our fights got a little more serious. It was usually over a girl both of us were fighting over. There was many times where hard punches were thrown. But we always remained best of friends through it all.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
13 Jun 17
@moffittjc I can imagine that boys can really inflict some damage on each other and I'm glad you remained friends.
I'm sorry to say I've never heard of Jennifer Gardner, but I don't watch films.
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@moffittjc (121586)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Jun 17
@jaboUK She's a very beautiful actress, so it's a nice compliment to say that you look like her in your photo!
With my brother and I, I'm really surprised neither of us every knocked each other's teeth out, because we really threw some hard punches at each other when we were fighting. It wasn't uncommon for us to have black eyes and swollen faces from the poundings we took from each other!
But, boys will be boys! haha
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