Monday, October 12, 2009
Personal space, please.
I shared a room with my sister for thirteen years of my life. I can imagine that there are many people who can agree to the fact that there is NO such thing as personal space when you're living in the same room with a sibling. Absolutely not. I would come home from school or wherever, and my sister's clothes would be all over my bed. All over the floor. My hairbrush would be covered in her hair, my makeup would be moved, and the clothes in my drawer would be in a wrinkled mess. Personal space? I think not. Clearly her intentions were "Hey, I'm her sister, I can do whatever I want, whenever I want." Maybe some think that there's no such thing as personal space when it comes to family. I partially agree with that. I think there SHOULD be, but with family, you always feel okay with pushing the boundaries of personal space, because you think, hey we're family, they'll be fine. That's on the thin line of taking advantage. Especially with family members, personal space can be... well, nonexistent.
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I totally agree with this. I shared a room with my brother for 2yrs. I can even imagine if it was for thriteen years. In that situation theres no such term as personal space. Even though I didnt have the same hairbrush situations I know what you mean. There would be times he had his friends over in OURA room and they would be hanging out and going through my stuff. Like you said its different with family. I think thats why i let things slide a little
ReplyDeleteMy kids have only been sharing a room since May and I can already see this happening with them. The little one never wants to go to sleep and the older one only wants to sleep. Needless to say, they get on each other's nerves at bedtime. And of course everything is shared. But that could just be because the baby is 3 and thinks EVERYTHING belongs to her.
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