The oldest sets the precedent

The rule in our house was that Kim and I were not allowed to do anything at an earlier age than what Emily was allowed to do it because the oldest sets the precedent. I think that's kind of how it is in most families.

Most of the time that rule didn't really matter. The only time it made me really upset was when my friends were having a coed sleepover because a friend who had moved was back in town to visit. I was all ready to participate with Mom's permission and about to go over to the house for a night of movie-watching and Skittle-throwing when Emily found out where I was going. She yelled at Mom because SHE wasn't allowed to go to a coed sleepover until her junior prom so I shouldn't be allowed to go to a coed sleepover before my junior prom. (This sleepover I was planning to go to was only a few months before my junior prom and was at the same house where she had stayed the night for her first coed sleepover.) So instead of putting my older sister in her place, Mom told me I wasn't allowed to stay the night.

I bring this up because the episode of "Full House" where Stephanie wants to get her ears pierced was on. Danny wouldn't let her because she was only in fifth grade, and he said she could get them piereced when she started junior high, just like DJ.

Emily got her ears pierced when she was 10, so I wasn't allowed to get my ears pierced until I was 10. That was okay with me because I was kind of afraid to get it done.

I ended up getting my ears pierced when I was 12 because Mom was taking Kim to get hers done. If you do the math here, you will realize that Kim was only 9 at the time.

I guess that shows us who the favorite is.