My brother is the most influential person in my life. His name is Wade, and he is 21 years old, leaving a 4 year gap in between the two of us. Most siblings are always quarreling, and never do anything together. My brother and I are most definitely not like that, we do everything together. Throughout my life I have modeled to be more like him, he is not only my older brother but my peer and my role model.
When I was 5, I would follow my brother around everywhere, I was the pesky younger brother. I felt the brunt of many a cruel joke that my brother and his friends would play on me, but throughout all of these jokes I knew they only did it in fun and I enjoyed it. When they found that I would laugh at these jokes as much as they did, I was accepted into that group of friends. My brother would always take me along when he went to a friend’s house, or when his friends came over to our house I would get to hang out with all of the older guys. This could be seen as a good or a bad thing. I was exposed to many things I should not have been by hanging out with my brother and his friends, but this also helped me to mature earlier.
