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One older half brother, one younger (full, unfortunately) brother.

Seriously... I hate having a younger brother. I know that a lot of people say that they hate their siblings or whatever, but my little brother is.. argh. I like to think I'm a fairly calm person, I don't often get angry but he seriously knows how to push all the wrong buttons.

An example:

We were on holiday a couple of weeks ago in Venice, and we'd been out walking all day in the baking hot sun and we were going out at night, but we were spending a couple of hours at the hotel before we went out. So, being exhausted, I decided I'd try and sleep for a couple of hours - not happening. My brother did everything from pull my covers away to stuffing cotton wool in my ears just so I couldn't sleep!

Before you ask - he's 13. He's not being "cute" because he's too old to get away with it now, he's hit puberty now, and before he'd say something and it'd be "cheeky rascal" it's now just plain rude and nasty. I can just walk into a room and be greeted with "Hi [generic insult]" and I'll ignore it, do whatever it is I need to do, and he'll continue to insult me until I respond. And I've tried other strategies - doing it back gets me nowhere, trying to ignore it for as long as possible doesn't get me anywhere. He's heading for a smack some day, and it won't be me who does it. And I won't be there to help him out. He's a cheeky so and so (avoiding the censor.. heh) and I honestly can't wait to move off to uni - maybe when I've moved out I'll get on better with him. Agh!!