Well, my sister just turned 50, so now I feel old-ish. It's weird to think that the person who made me pick up a bee when I was, like, four years old because 'bees our are friends', and then it stung me and I cried, and who did the crazy, sneak-up-and-scream in my ear and/or fart loudly behind me is now overly middle-aged.
Could the person who used to pinch clothes from my closet (I was twelve, she was twenty) really be a fully fledged fifty-year-old adult? Never mind her age--20, 50--she shouldn't have taken my stuff without asking. It's not like I would have said 'yes' had she actually asked. She probably knew that, and thought it best to dispense with the whole ask-because-it's-polite thing.
I had a favorite top that she 'liberated' from my room and wore to 'picture day' at her job. She came over--I think she'd moved out/almost moved out of the house by this point--and showed off her pic. And, what do you know, she's wearing my panda top. I remember thinking: wait a minute! That's my top! All the countless other things I'm sure she also borrowed were never documented in such a way, so I can only speculate what all else she thought was appropriate to wear from a 12-year-old's closet. -rainbow shirt with unicorn on it? -my zodiac sign jersey with purple sleeves? She could have nicked those, too, and I'll never know.
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OoOoO I would have been so mad! My sister and I were different sizes, close in age though. Our styles were a bit different as well. Sounds like your sis "liberated" some super awesome clothes from your closet!
ReplyDeleteI was very mad, but, being the older sister, she would just shut me down with some cutting remark. Dad was too busy with work and his girlfriend to really get a handle on the situation. I think my sister didn't really have a 'style', she just went for what she thought would work in the moment. So, I take it you never borrowed from your sister's closet without asking? :D
ReplyDeleteA twenty year old that pilfers a 12 yr old's "Rainbow shirt with unicorn" on it?! Oh, priceless.
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