my brother and i have always shared a close bond he was two years younger than me and he has been my best friend throughout owing to his tall height he has always been my protector while i was the advisor we share a beautiful bond and till the time we both went off to college we hardly separated one could tell we were the quiet pleasant siblings who hardly fought i confide all my secrets and wishes to him after all he is my baby brother but our bond slowly started to walk down the path of ruin as one incident tarnished our image completely we were left shocked over those who spoke ill of how we were as siblings and so it goes one day all my relatives at my maternal home had gathered for some occasion that i hardly remember now my husband was away on a business trip and i dearly missed him during that time it was a time of enjoyment and cheer as usual my brother and i started cracking jokes together and also won games as we always did in family gatherings when we were children we were a team everybody used to get jealous of how attached we were and how strong we were as a team so you could imagine how close we were as siblings however that night some of the relatives ended up staying for the night in our home there were two beds and there were a total of 6 of us and so we gave up the beds to the elders in the house and laid down a mattress on the floor my brother and i decided to share one mattress because no one else was willing to and we both were more than happy we could spend the night talking about what was going on with our lives and at that time i hadnt spoken to him for long about how my marital life was going we spent giggling and chatting all night long my brother even blurted out about the girl he was going out with however the next day everyone was giving me and my brother very odd looks my motherinlaw was one of those who stayed behind and she looked at me absolutely distastefully she had a scorned look on her face and my mother then pulled me aside and started telling me how everyone was annoyed with the fact i shared a bed with my brother when i was this big and married i was confused but then it dawned on me how everyone was judging me and my brother for just sharing a bed i felt disgusted with the thought and even shocked at how everyone could think like that my motherinlaw was talking on the phone when i got back into the main room she was talking with my husband i was terrified who knew a night of harmless jokes and giggle with my own brother could turn into such