Wait, that's your BROTHER?!

On one of my Facebook stalking routes I came across a profile picture of a pretty girl and a pretty boy in a pretty picture with sunlight slanting over them. Someone commented on the picture, "And, who may I ask is this with [you]?" Someone else replied, "That's her brother." I would have been more taken aback had I not seen the same guy in another picture with another girl whom I'm friends with. (I have to say, he's a good looking guy. But that's not my point.) My point is, why would you pose in a rather intimate picture with your brother?

I saw another picture of a shirtless guy and a girl in a bikini with the caption "Look who I came across!" Apparently, also brother and sister, and if I understood correctly from the comments, they were both backpacking in Europe (separately) and chanced upon each other, prompting a sibling reunion. If the half naked thing wasn't enough, the siblings were commenting back and forth on each other's bodies, saying things like "I look so fat, look at my bloated stomach, but you look great!"

Okay, what we learn from this is that I have too much free time on my hands and should stop stalking random people on Facebook.

But seriously, I was never that close with any of my brothers, one of whom can't stand me for some reason. I'm not saying that the way I act with my family is normal, but neither is being overly close to your brother to the point of raising eyebrows.

I recently moved to an area where 2 of my (single) brothers live. I barely see them, but when I do they pretty much ignore me. Now, I know this is an unfortunate holdover from the somewhat dysfunctional childhood we had, but to me it's just normal.

I was feeling pretty homesick so I kind of sort of asked my brother if he wanted to hang out, and I was not surprised by his response of "I don't like you, why would I want to hang out with you?"

I am all for having normal healthy relationships with your brothers, but if you choose to post a picture of the two of you as your profile picture, please do us stalkers a favor and write #sibs.