Dating is probably the most important aspect of a single person's life.

After living with Richard, I discovered that men are only good at cleaning stuff they can hose down.

every one of us possesses a gene predisposing us toward rivalry, competition, and fits of envy with any past, present, or future siblings.

If sisters were free to express how they really feel, parents would hear this: "Give me all the attention and all the toys and send Rebecca to live with Grandma."

Tip the world over and everything loose falls into L.A.

Changing schools and friends is hard on children and can often make them desperate and lonely enough to form closer ties with a sibling.

A careful blending of sarcasm, irony, and teasing, bickering has its own distinctive cadence and rhythm and is as difficult to master as French, Spanish, or any elective second language. Like Chinese, the fine points of bickering can be discerned in the subtle rise and fall of the voice. If not practiced properly, bickering can be mistaken for its less sophisticated counterpart: whining.