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Siblings Can be Cruel

Wire Editor Newman
3 min readFeb 16, 2022

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Especially The Older Brother

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Siblings Can Be Cruel

Especially the older Brother

Siblings can be cruel, in a 150-word Challenge. In a short answer, yes, because they are the oldest. They do what they want. Not the eldest, because eldest to me represents a certain part of responsibility, and mentor characteristic. The word oldest, to me in many ways to me, suggests meanness. Example, the oldest man on the street, where you don’t go in his yard to retrieve your ball.

Let’s be clear

I love my older brother, however he has emotionally scared me a couple of times. The first torture my oldest brother, and my only brother, scared me with was his warnings, for me to always be good. He told me when I was a very small child that a large department store, (name delete) had the warranty on me. If I was a bad kid, our parents would simply take me back to the store, and trade in, or get their money back.

That threat really scared me. Once our parents took me to this store to buy me some clothes, and a couple of toys, I am sure. Getting out of the car, I see the name on the store as both of my parents took each of my arms. I collapsed to the ground in a fit of hysteria. I was physically sick, and was crying and yelling, What did I do? I am sorry!! I will be good!! Don’t…

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Wire Editor Newman
Wire Editor Newman

Written by Wire Editor Newman

Writer of, Humor, Poetry, Life, Love, Fiction, Automobiles and the Blues. / Writing in Medium.com / https://medium.com/refresh-the-soul

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