h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

As I have three siblings, two sisters and one brother, all older than me, many guess that there always are fights going on in our family, but there rarely are. Since my eldest brother an sister have moved out, I've had my best and worst times with my sister Tine, three years older than me.

When I was bout 6 - 10 I know I was a brat, but my mother always seemed to make us friends again.

I guess the most important thing is communication. Just slamming doors and screaming to each other rarely help. My mother used to sit us down opposite of each other and told us that we should tell each other what we thought about whatever incident that had just happened. If we didn't solve the problem that way, we worked out ultimatums.

And last, to close the deal, we had to hug each other. Still does!

I can only remember one time my mum had to punish us, the few times me and my sister had used violence. She put us in the same room, went to watch telly, and told us not to go out before we were friends again. This really helped, I guess because me and my sister are so-called "avoiders" - we avoid our enemys, so when we can't avoid, we have to work things out. Me and my siter were sobbing and hugging after 5 minutes!

Me and Tine have always been best friends.