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Pro: Everyone in high school knew who you were
Con: But only because you were someone's little brother or sister
Pro: You got to go to cool parties you wouldn't have normally been invited to
Con: You were not there to have fun.
Pro: You not only knew the captain of the football/baseball/track team, you were related to them!
Con: Their athletic prowess only highlighted your lackthereof
Pro: You knew a lot more people through your sibling and, thus, had more friends
Con: Some of those "friends" ended up only hanging out with you to get closer to them
Pro: All of your teachers recognized your last name and already felt like they knew you
Con: You were unable to replicate the charm and wit necessary to maintain their rapport
Pro: Karmically, you deserve to one day eclipse them with your beauty and charisma
Con: That, like, doesn't always happen
Pro: You're the only one who still has photographic evidence of their awkward years
Con: Compared to them, you're still in your awkward years
Pro: Said sibling has cute, equally popular friends who would come over to your house sometimes (!!!)
Con: It's not like you ever got to hang out with them.
Pro: They give out great advice because they've been there, done that
Con: They don't know how if feels to not have a date to Homecoming so you're kind of on your own in that department
Pro: There are tons of perks to having a direct line to someone who knows everyone.
Con: Perks don't come free.
Pro: They were so cool, they had a fake I.D. before anyone else
Con: They felt comfortable charging you $20 for a bottle of Burnetts
Pro: Covering for them got you major brownie points
Con: Lying to your parents was the most exciting thing to happen to you all week
Pro: When they think someone is messing with you, they'll go into scary protective mode
Con: It's easy to abuse that and accidentally get some high school kid put in the sleeper hold at a Fourth of July party
Pro: Their popularity transferred into college and everytime you visited their campus you would be treated like actual royalty
Con: When you got back to your own school you were reminded that you were not actual royalty
Pro: Whenever you hang out with them you end up with fun, hilarious stories
Con: That only makes you realize how pathetic and boring you are in your own life
Pro: Whenver you tag them in one of your Facebook photos it gets like, 100 likes in six minutes
Con: You watch them post the most inane statuses that get like, 100 likes in six minutes
Pro: Everybody loves them!
Con: That doesn't mean they can't be a real pain in the ass sometimes
Pro: But despite everything, you wouldn't want anyone else as your sibling.
Double Pro! Neither would they..
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