{"id":209242,"date":"2019-04-10T00:56:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T04:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=209242"},"modified":"2019-04-10T04:04:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T08:04:36","slug":"why-its-fun-to-annoy-your-sibling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/10\/why-its-fun-to-annoy-your-sibling\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it\u2019s fun to annoy your sibling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-209242 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/10\/why-its-fun-to-annoy-your-sibling\/20181206_110432_106\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181206_110432_106.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-209250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181206_110432_106.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181206_110432_106-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181206_110432_106-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181206_110432_106-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181206_110432_106-20x11.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-209250'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter all, whether you are the eldest child, the middle, the youngest, or the other twin, nothing beats the satisfaction of seeing the face your sibling makes when their nose wrinkles, their eyebrows meet, or their lips tremble (out of annoyance or anger). In my case, I get a pretty big (my brother\u2019s face is big) glare and a \u2018friendly\u2019 (or loving) curse from my big brother\u2019s mouth, but nonetheless, the delight that this exudes is undeniable. (Photo: Bea Kirstein T. Manalaysay\/Philippine Canadian Inquirer)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/10\/why-its-fun-to-annoy-your-sibling\/_20180410_094134\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5312\" height=\"2992\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20180410_094134.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-209249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20180410_094134.jpg 5312w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20180410_094134-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20180410_094134-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20180410_094134-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20180410_094134-20x11.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5312px) 100vw, 5312px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-209249'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the words of my 28-year-old brother, Jaca, though, \u201cIt helps me fulfill my role as a brother if I annoy my sister, [it] gives her the attention that she needs.\u201d (Photo: Bea Kirstein T. Manalaysay\/Philippine Canadian Inquirer)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/10\/why-its-fun-to-annoy-your-sibling\/20181028_165455_022\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181028_165455_022.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-209248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181028_165455_022.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181028_165455_022-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181028_165455_022-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181028_165455_022-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20181028_165455_022-20x11.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-209248'>\n\t\t\t\tMaybe annoying your siblings is just fun because it simply is, period. (Photo: Bea Kirstein T. Manalaysay\/Philippine Canadian Inquirer)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I can\u2019t be the only one who finds myself grinning while reading this title (though I\u2019m the one who wrote it) and actually agrees to what it\u2019s saying, right?<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, I get the idea that siblings were born to annoy each other. I remember my mom often telling me that back when I was still a baby (an age that I could not speak or even walk yet), my brother who was older by five years was caught in one of his KSP episodes a.k.a. <em>kulangot sa pader<\/em> (booger on the wall). Guess what my smart brother said? He just pointed fingers that I did the thing. I was still a baby then, but now that I think about it, that is annoyingly funny.<\/p>\n<p>I could not blame him though. As the youngest of two, I was often asked as a kid if I wanted a younger child to come after me. To my surprise in my growing years, they quoted me saying that I plan to poke the eye of my to-be-younger sibling if ever they existed.<\/p>\n<p>I guess siblings are just really made to get in each other\u2019s nerves and under each other\u2019s skins.<\/p>\n<p>After all, whether you are the eldest child, the middle, the youngest, or the other twin, nothing beats the satisfaction of seeing the face your sibling makes when their nose wrinkles, their eyebrows meet, or their lips tremble (out of annoyance or anger). In my case, I get a pretty big (my brother\u2019s face is big) glare and a \u2018friendly\u2019 (or loving) curse from his mouth, but nonetheless, the delight that this exudes is undeniable.<\/p>\n<p>But really, why is it fun to annoy your sibling?<\/p>\n<p>Just in time to celebrate National Siblings Day this April 10, Philippine Canadian Inquirer (PCI) presents some answers to the very question.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limitless limit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unleashing the clown in you means not only tickling the \u2018laugh boxes\u2019 of people but also pushing the right buttons and avoiding the landmines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fun sometimes to annoy your siblings because you know him so much that you have an idea whether your jokes will be over the boundary or not,\u201d says Jordan, 23, who claims to have a close relationship with his 28-year-old brother.<\/p>\n<p>Surely, being born from the same womb automatically forms the blood relationship, but true closeness is not always born from simply being siblings or physically being near for that matter. Splitting housework, watching movies, eating out, or simply bonding together is what draws these two\u2019s good relationship. For Jordan, however, their closeness is also what gives him the license to make fun of his brother \u201ca million times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know which jokes to pull off just to make him annoyed, then laugh later or make him angry later,\u201d he chips in, clearly enjoying the subject.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old shares that one of his favorite jokes is \u2018pressuring\u2019 his brother when they are paying to the cashier and there is a lineup of people behind them. Counting 10, 9, 8, as his hands scramble in his pocket to get that wallet will definitely get that \u201cDon\u2019t\u201d face of his brother while laughing.<\/p>\n<p>Funny or irritating, depending on which perspective we are speaking from, Jordan sees this teasing as something that breaks the tension between them.<\/p>\n<p>Louise, also 23, has the same sentiments. She says that the teasing and satisfaction is similar with that of friends, but \u201c<em>pinagkaiba lang kapag<\/em> friends <em>\u2018yung inaasar, \u2018di mawawala <\/em>for me \u2018<em>yung<\/em> worry <em>na baka<\/em> I went too far. <em>Kapag sa kapatid naman, wala \u2018yung <\/em>feeling <em>na \u2018yun<\/em> (the difference is that when I tease my friends, for me, the feeling that I might have went too far does not disappear. But with my siblings, there is no such feeling.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sadistic sister<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which is better to sit back and relax\u2026 or sit back as you watch your sibling fail to give you a good comeback after you pull off a well-calculated and extremely annoyingly funny prank or joke?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d, of course, say the latter, but looks like I\u2019m not the only one; enter Anne, 22, who is the \u201chousehold <em>ate\u201d<\/em> of her younger brothers Anthony and Andrei.<\/p>\n<p>Being responsible as the eldest of the three is one of the aspects that makes up Anne\u2019s life, and while this is a big duty for her in the family, this also grants her the perk of \u201chaving the upper hand on feeding\u201d what she calls as the &#8220;older sibling ego.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before the interview, she had doubts about being \u201cqualified\u201d to air out her answer, but reading the topic of this article, she felt like the pieces just fit.<\/p>\n<p>Annoying her siblings is fun \u201cbecause it\u2019s fun to see them getting riled up and looking like they can\u2019t say anything since I would tease them more.\u201d Brand Anne a sadist, but wait \u2018til you hear (or read) her \u201cfavorite\u201d part, \u201cThey try to retaliate\u2026 but fail! Haha.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This may already be a feat for her (and other elder or eldest siblings around the world), but the real fun only starts when she starts to loop in her parents in their joke of the day. Good luck Anthony and Andrei!<\/p>\n<p>Louise, who is the <em>ate <\/em>of four relates as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s fun <em>kasi nakakatawa makita \u2018yung reaksyon nila kapag nabibwisit sila <\/em>(because it is funny to see their reactions when they get annoyed)!\u201d she shares.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words as swords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Competition is almost in every part of the world, and it exists in the household. But I am not talking about sibling rivalry though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fun [to annoy them] <em>siguro kasi ginagawa din nila \u2018yun, ang saya lang kapag nakakaganti ka<\/em> (because they also annoy you back, and it is really fun when you can take revenge),\u201d says Tuten, the only guy and the youngest of four.<\/p>\n<p>While <em>pagpasensyahan mo na si bunso<\/em> (be kind to the youngest sibling) is perhaps a natural line from the heads of the family, Tuten may actually be the subject of the jokes and pranks of his older sisters, rather than the protected one.<\/p>\n<p>From eating his saved and hidden snacks, to rummaging through his phone, to influencing their parents to scold him all of a sudden, and to sharing to their barangay whatever fails or embarrassment he has done \u2013 Tuten has had a taste of the different tactics of his sisters just to annoy every bit of him.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable of all would probably be, \u201c<em>May<\/em> time <em>na natutulog ako, pinalo ako ng<\/em> hanger without any reason, <em>ganon lang talaga siya<\/em> (One time, I was sleeping, then suddenly, she hits me with a hanger without any reason, she is just like that).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Tuten says that he really got annoyed when that happened, he says that their encounters are still funny and that he still finds a way to get back to his sisters. In their household, despite the occasional strictness, their sibling war probably lightens the four corners of their home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just for laughs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As clich\u00e9 as it sounds, they do say that laughter is the best medicine, but perhaps this is not only health-related? In a way, laughter can cure loneliness, tension, and even anger, depending on the person. Thinking of it this way, it could be that the laughter one can produce just by simply grinding the gears of your \u2018wombmates\u2019 can ease different negativities. But what am I saying? Maybe annoying your siblings is just fun because it simply is, period.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you type the legendary question \u201cWhy it\u2019s fun to annoy your siblings\u201d on Google, rather than getting answers, what you\u2019d get are articles listing down the steps to actually do the thing. (This means you are not alone.)<\/p>\n<p>In the words of my 28-year-old brother, Jaca, though, \u201cIt helps me fulfill my role as a brother if I annoy my sister, [it] gives her the attention that she needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I, of course, wholeheartedly disagree with the above statement, but I still have to tolerate his existence because he is still my brother no matter what happens. There may never be a concrete answer to the question. So we will probably just have to annoy each other until we\u2019re both in our old ages, just to fulfill that role that we were born to do. At least he\u2019ll get older faster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t be the only one who finds myself grinning while reading this title (though I\u2019m the one who wrote &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":209249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54365,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-instagram","category-lifestyle","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209242"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209261,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209242\/revisions\/209261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}