Brothers

I am bilingual. And no I am not talking about the little Latin I know. I am talking about a language that you probably haven’t heard of before. It’s called “broish”(  I am taking suggestions for a better name). Brothers have a name for being mean and and cruel to their sisters. But that’s not really true, they just have a different way of showing affection then girls do. Big surprise there! If you have older brothers or brothers 15 or older you know what I am talking about. If your brother really does disapprove of what your are doing or saying he is more likely to stare you down and when you finely meet his gaze he will give a shake of the head and sigh and I can tell you that is worse then anything he could possibly say to you.  It’s not uncommon for one of my brothers to walk up to me and say something that to the casual observer might think is derogatory but having lived with young men all my life I have learned to translate the things they say. For example here are a couple sentences that I hear from my brothers quite often.

“MAN, your short!” = “I like standing by you because you make me feel more manly”.

“Oh, your making dinner today”= “Oh, good I love it when you make dinner! you never leave out the meat and always put lots of garlic in”.

“ELLIE. Use. Your. Brain!”= “Your argument is so sound I can’t think of anything else to say”.

“That’s some outfit!”= “I really like your new shirt! It looks really good with that skirt”.

I could go on and on but I think you get the point now.  This is just proof once again that guys are just different from us girls and while I am sure my brothers enjoy being guys any girl who has ever wished to be male obviously doesn’t have enough brothers:).