Siblings: You’re Stuck with Each Other, So Stick Together.

“The idea of each child having his or her own bedroom is a fairly recent phenomenon in history,” says James J. Crist, Ph.D., psychologist and co-author of Siblings: You’re Stuck with Each Other, So Stick Together.

     I share a bedroom with my sister whenever we live together in one roof since we were kids. When we were in college, we shared a room in a dormitory for two years. We lived in a double-decked bed and since I am the older one, I always get to choose what’s more convenient for me which is the bed down. I feel a little guilty now. Anyway, as siblings, we share our stuff together such as food, food and food. Actually food is the only thing we really get to share with because we have different courses so we didn’t share books. Sometimes, we share clothes but that doesn’t really count because my sister has a different taste of fashion so I only borrow her clothes if I am desperate. Food expenses is the biggest pie in our budget so I can say we have saved by sharing.   We also asked favors from each other sometimes like getting food or water from the canteen or handing something to someone. One of the downsides though is that because we are normal siblings, we also fight often and it is embarrassing to our other room mates when we fight over our allowances or who will make a reservation for two in the bus terminal when we are going home and many mundane things. But of course as siblings, we truly take care of each other and living as room mates has brought us more closer and helped us understand each other more.