Sibling Rivalry is a “competition between siblings especially for the attention, affection, and approval of their parents” according to Webster’s Dictionary. I can think of several families I know where I witnessed sibling rivalry between the children. One child was better about adhering to bed time, earned better grades, wanted more money, a later curfew, got into a better college, or grabbed the last dinner roll. Is it weird I never had dinner rolls at home? I also didn’t have much sibling rivalry with my sister. Perhaps because we’re four and half years apart, or perhaps because we’re both (usually) delightful people, we just get along. And we always have. Yes, I was the occasionally annoying little sister that wanted to copy everything my big sister did. But she got over the fact that we had matching fluorescent jackets, a symptom of growing up in the 80s, and a gum ball of my choice was enough to get me out of her room when I wasn’t wanted.
See? Delightful. I'm on the right.
A-Tooch has no siblings, but if she did, there would certainly be rivalry over food.
In Boston, sibling rivalry is more than a little competition between siblings. Sibling Rivalry is a modern American restaurant in Boston’s South End run by two brothers, Chefs David and Bob Kinkead. Bob’s culinary talents inspired David. They had their separate experiences working in other chef’s restaurants and opened Sibling Rivalry together to prepare food their way. They feature seasonal ingredients and each chef interprets it differently. In the mood for curry? Chose between Chef David’s Moroccan style lamb or Chef Bob’s steamed Prince Edward Island Mussels. How about pasta? Chose between Chef David’s handmade crab meat ravioli or Chef Bob’s handmade Chitarra pasta. I had the opportunity to have lunch at Sibling Rivalry last summer at the Stop & Shop Luncheon.
You have the opportunity to dine at Sibling Rivalry today. Well, you can dine whenever you decide, but today The Foodies are here to help! Together with EverSave, we’re giving away one of today’s Saves. Today’s Save will get you $40 to spend at Sibling Rivalry for the price of $20. Win it here and you get $40 for free!
To enter, answer this question in the comment section: Growing up, did you experience sibling rivalry in your home? Tell us about it!
For an extra entry, tweet this: I want to win today’s Save to Sibling Rivalry from @EversaveBOS and the @Foodiesatwork! Then leave an additional comment letting us know you tweeted.
For fun, check out EverSave Boston’s Facebook page. They’re running a mom/daughter look-alike contest for Mother’s Day with some great prizes like a spa gift certificate or a digital camera. Follow along on their Twitter page too.
You have all day today to enter and we’ll announce our randomly selected winner Friday morning. Good luck!
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I have the same giveaway going on at my blog today! My sister and I were both rivals and friends…depending on the day!
no sibling rivalry here… i am an only child. but now I have a BIL and SIL and they are great!!
I tweeted @dudekstudio
Oh yes. My sister always had to outdo me. We both twirled baton and she was the better one and always had to rub it in my face. She likes to remind me that she is married with kids and I’m not. I always just say, “Yeah, thank god!”
Growing up, I had four brothers. I didn’t experience that much sibling rivalry since I was only girl. Although with four of us, we did compete for our parents’ attention!
When we were little, my sister and I fought a ton. Now we’re definitely close. And our little bro has always been a peacemaker
tweeted also! (@acambridgestory)
Great post – thanks Melissa! Good luck everyone!
We fought to sit shotgun. That ended quickly though. We both had to sit in the backseat and if we were bad, then the trunk!
im an only child so no sibling rivalry!! But would love to GO to sibling rivalry..:sontweeted as well!!
I was lucky to experience almost no sibling rivalry in my family! I only have one younger brother, and he and my dad did their sports thing, and my mom and I did our baking thing. It worked out wonderfully!
I didn’t have any siblings to have a rivalry with :/
i also tweeted!! Pick me!
who ISNT doing this giveaway today!?! love it. my sister and I didn’t have too much sibling rivalry. mostly we were friends.
Tweeted!!
I grew up with four siblings, so yes of course–lots of sibling rivalry!
Tweeted!
I’m doing the same giveaway! Fun! My brother and I actually made a masking tape line down the middle of the hallway and splitting the bathroom doorway to keep each other out of OUR own space! We battled over just about everything.
those pics are too cute! my bro and i didnt have rivalry. i feel like siblings of the same sex rival- esp girls.
great giveaway! great resto.
My brother and I are so different that there was hardly ever any sibling rivalry! Quite the opposite actually… If he announced he wanted to do something (become an actor or a teacher) I immediately decided I wanted to have nothing to do with it!
I tweeted “I want to win today’s Save to Sibling Rivalry from @EversaveBOS and the @Foodiesatwork!” from @SmallnFeisty
Tweeted! @saranoonan
As the youngest and only girl of four aka the scared goalie during soccer, there was most definitely some sibling rivalry. I always won of course. It’s probably the dimples and innocent smile.
I had a brother and sister- we used to compete over everything!