Last night I had dinner with some family and H and somewhere in the dinner convo I brought up how my nephews do that thing where the little brother gets gifts on the big brother's bday. Several gifts, sometimes the exact gift that the big brother got. I was pointing out to the group that I thought that was dumb and unnecessary. How you only get one birthday, and why do you have to share it with your siblings if you don't actually share a birthday date with them (as in, you both were actually born on 01/29, for example). I said how it annoys me how it takes away from the actual birthday boy's birthday.
H pointed out that it is not just his nephews, but it is a real thing that people do. And my mother mentioned that the family across the street celebrates Brother's Day and Sister's Day, like Mother's Day and Father's Day. She said they don't have any family beyond the four of them, and it is a special and nice that they do that.
I guess my point is to see what you all think of all this. Did your parents do that with you? Do you do that with your kids? Would you? I'm sure I'm biased because I feel my younger sisters grew up getting a stuff animal or other toy every time they went out because my parents had the money to treat them. And they would always get a hot chocolate or something like that every time my parents took them to Starbucks (daily, sometimes more. My parents are Starbucks addicts). Anwyays, please discuss.