In my experience, it's not at all uncommon for a child in a family to blame something wrong that he or she has done on a sibling. "It's his fault." or "She made me do it." are frequently heard refrains. Actually that last one goes all the way back to Adam and Eve. While not siblings they did have to answer to one parent. When a close-in-age sibling isn't handy a child might make up a friend to be the guilty party. When my west coast brother was very young he had an imaginary friend named Rimrock who got blamed for many things.
All of this is preliminary to saying that it's all my west coast brother's fault that I over indulged at supper tonight. As you know, he often tells me about special days. Today was "National Pizza Party Day." It was also "National Check Your Wipers Day." Guess which one we chose to celebrate? My brother made me do it.
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