The Twixter Sister

I read an article in Time magazine a few years back about the new generation called the Twixters. No lie. The article was my sister. To give you the basic run down of the article it says that people are waiting longer to do stuff, say for example getting married. A study was just done recently that the average woman is 26 when she gets married and a man is 28. This is up from about 10 years ago (woman 22, men 24-25). Twixters also move around a lot. The article said that it wasn't uncommon for them to have 3-5 different addresses in the course of about 2-3 years. They move all the time. They take more time after college to "find themselves" or spent the first couple of years out of college focusing on a career instead of family/marriage.

I think the one of the most interesting things that I read in the article was the a human's brain doesn't actually stop growing and/or developing until the person is in their early 20s. I think my sister is one of these people and I'm sure that I was to an extent.

When I was younger I dated, my sister didn't really. I had a fairly large group of friends, my sister had more close friends. When I was in college I was out all the time, at least my first 2 years or so, my sister is not much of a party animal. Lately though my sister has been catching up. She recently started dating seriously, he's a teacher and sounds like a good guy. We have never seen her date seriously. She is living with someone for the first time, even if it is my mother. My sister has not lived with someone after living by herself. I think it is kinda funny how she complains about what Mom does or does not do, like the dishwasher.

The point of all of this is that it is finally nice to see my sister really growing up. I know that she has been doing it for the last few years but today when I read her post about not wanting to babysit any more and complaining about my Mom with the dishwasher it all kinda came together (wiping the imaginary tear coming down my face as I do the fake sniffle). I kinda feel like I have had a part in all of this, raising my sister. There have been many times where I get VERY frustrated with her, but I think in the end she makes the decision that is best for her and in the end that is all that really matters.

Good job Bri! You're doing just fine...keep up the good work.