Funny story. Sort of.

My younger sister has been in contact with a guy we both sort of dated in high school. It was an interesting situation, complicated, and kind of icky to think about. Since this guy was not the love of my life I tend not to think about it much.
Anyway, this guy was my age and my sister was a freshman, three years younger. They went out a couple times at the beginning of the summer after my and (let's call him) Joe-Bob's graduation. During this time, though he and I had already known each other through a shared class, Joe-Bob began to show more of an interest in me than he had before. After one of their two dates, my sister went to bed and he stayed and talked to me for at least an hour.
Strangely enough, JB started calling me after that. And we went to a movie together once, but the meaning of it all was not well-defined. Still, how many straight 18 year old boys go to a Meg Ryan romantic comedy alone with a girl if he's not expecting some date-like action going on?
After this time, JB stopped calling and coming over. Both my sis and myself. Fine with me, I wasn't really waiting by the phone or anything. He was nice and all, but the situation was too weird for me, and an old boyfriend of mine had just gotten back in touch with me as well.
Now for the present situation: he and my married sister are emailing regularly, he's telling her that she's the one that got away, and that he and I were only friends. It could possibly be construed that way, though he would have had to forget a few things he told me at the time for that interp to work, but really, this was over a decade ago, not a huge deal. He's engaged, though and telling her how she was so wonderful, wishes they hadn't lost touch.
I'm reminding her she's married, and that this fascination is probably more related to him than to her. Real relationships take a lot of work and are a lot harder than merely idealizing a girl he dated twice many years ago. But this sets her off on a whole list of guys and regrets she had about relationships lost or never tried.
This, of course, really starts getting me going. Once again I am in high school, and thinking about how she always had several dates lined up and guys hardly ever paid attention to me at all. And I start fuming, and wondering again, what is it about my sister? Not to sound like a narcissistic bitch, but I'm prettier and smarter than my sister. (Not to mention when I was 18 and she 15, I was the only one with actual breasts...) Why did she always have tons of interested guys?
Can't your family always bring you back to that place, you know, where you feel like a jealous kid again?
In other news....
He's doing okay at the hospital. Brought him books to read, and a card. He seemed happy to see me for a few minutes. They want to put him on one of the older antipsychotics. Errr. Those things are really nasty.