The Three Types Of Brothers

Project 2

Objective: organize your speech.




Have you ever wondered that while it’s nice to have a sister with whom you could share clothes or gossip or even have a cat fight but it’s a different feeling all together to know that when you have a brother, you are sure that you always have a strong shoulder to cry upon when you are low or even give him a tight hug knowing that he’ll never let go of you because you mean the world to him. He’s that person who will come running in the middle of the night to rescue you if you are stranded in the middle of nowhere. He is the person who will always defend your honor and hold you as his pride. I firmly believe that the bond between a brother and sister is quite ironical. Because “there is always a little boy inside a man who is my brother. How I hated that little boy yet it’s surprising how I love him too. Isn’t it a strange relationship and yet a wonderful one?

The first type of brother, the one who is younger to you, I would like to describe him as the one who is your baby and also a complete brat! He is your darling but beware! He can also get annoying and get on your nerves. When your friends come home, they pull his cheeks and say “chooooo chweeeet” and you reply “oh really?” having a younger brother can prove to be disadvantageous. Firstly, because he’d steal the show when your friends drop in and secondly, being the younger one he is the most pampered at home. You get blamed for all his mischief and always held responsible for the 101 reasons he cries! He is a “complain box”. Remember the day you did not help him do his mathematics homework or for that matter you didn’t share your chocolate with him, he went straight into the kitchen with all his melodramatic crying to mummy and complained exaggerating the issue, blowing it up 360’. And then, again, once again you are caught by your neck and almost strangled till he is convinced by hearing that “sorry” from your mouth! This monster can get you to do anything! But this monster suddenly turns into an angel of a person when you see this adorable and ‘o so sweet’ kid lying down so cutely, fast asleep and then, you, deep inside thank God for giving such a brother and start taking care of him like, as I said, your cute little baby. Sometimes his innocence touches your heart and you almost melt when he becomes possessive about you saying “you are only my didi! How can you go out with some other boy?” this is when he sees you with your boyfriend ;). But of course, the differences still prevail when you both are fighting for the remote control when he wants to watch nickelodeon and you are looking for your next episode on M TV!

Talking about the second type of brother, the “dude” who is elder than you. This character is unpredictable! You wouldn’t know in which category you should fit him. Is he the hunk of the college, the perfectly “chilled”? or is he your father? Till he belong to the former category you have almost “nil” problems. But once he starts acting like your father, then, again, once again, you are strangled. You start wondering “isn’t one person enough to boss over me, that even your own brother has to come in between to tell you what is right and wrong? While he roams around, painting the town red, with his girlfriend it’s perfectly cool for him. But if he sees you doing the same thing with your boyfriend, then that’s it! Then, it’s literally your day. You would have to bear a gruesome, torturing lecture the whole night long! And in case you come back home late at night, you wouldn’t even want to imagine what the situation would be like. Describe his as boiling milk or erupting volcano! Imagine it the way you like! (dislike). But having an older brother has it’s advantages too. He is great at helping you with your assignments. He is a live weapon when you are walking on the streets no more being afraid of those letchers. And yes, not to forget, he’d surely buy you gifts with his salary and thus even load your pockets on rakhi! He even comes handy as a transportation facility because he can do the ‘pick and drop’ work for you!

Now the type three. The one who is almost your own age. This character confuses me. Is he my best friend? Or is he my worst enemy? He is the one with whom you can share all your secrets and, trust me, he even keeps them. But when you start fighting, you both are no less than cats and dogs and the only person who could rescue you from him is your father because the mother would anyways support him. He is like a “good” boy with whom you can exchange help. You can blackmail him, you could go shopping together because both of you would be spending your own cash and not be dependant on each other. Good for him! ;) You can share your notes with him, uses his mobile phone. I personally feel that having this type of brother you would have fewer issues. Ironically enough. Remember, he could be your worst enemy too! Since my own brother falls into this category, I have an incident to show how he could be an enemy and yet a good friend. One day on a fine and “not so fine” morning my brother and me had a serious fight on a very silly issue. We both were getting late to our respective colleges and neither of them found an auto. And the fight was for the activa. None of us wanted to compromise. But later my sweet brother dropped me to college not worrying about him being late. Two people had this quarrel were suddenly sitting on the same vehicle! Brothers are unpredictable, aren’t they?

Now that we know the different types of “bhais”, we are quite sure that though we hate them, also love them, and sometimes even confused whether we should hate or love them, we just can’t ignore them. They have formed an indispensable part of our life. (fortunately or unfortunately). This 50-50, sweet and salty relationship is to be cherished, because a sister is what she is just because of her brother.