I've come across a lot of fics on AFF where two girls fight over the same guy. There are differences every time such a thing happens in real life. For one, if they aren't friends, they'll just act coldy and (more than likely) ily towards one another. If they are close friends, it shouldn't phase them too much (depends on how much of a shot they have with the guy), but you should expect some down-putting comments and horrible actions. If they are sisters, then that's a whole other level.

Fics where sisters fight over the same guy are pretty easy to come by, I've seen quite a few of them - almost as many as the "glasses hid her beauty" fics. And while at least the sister concept can happen,  there are a few things that I want to clear up. (This is based on personal experience. If people have different experiences, fine, but this is what I've noticed. This isn't intended to bash on anyone or their fics.)

The parents still like the guy.

The parents may have initially liked the guy, but once he sees him coming between their two daughters, that's it. He's out. He will be despised by the parents - the siblings may also dislike him, depending on the guy and the story behind it all. Generally, no one in the family will like him.

The parent's will have words with him, telling him to cop on, stop playing the two girls around, etc., etc..

This is of course if the guy comes around to the house and they have met him.

"Can't you be happy for your sister?"

Never will you ever hear these words out of anyone in the family's mouths.

All they will say is things like (and in a similar vein to):

• Cop the eff onto yourselves. Dump him. Now.
• Are you really doing this to your sister?
• What's so great about him?
• He's as ugly as eff. Why do you like him? (Said even if the guy looks like a bias of choice.)
• Dump him.
• You're ruining our family. (Said by any sibling.)
• Why do you like him?
• I hope you're happy. (Said sarcastically, of course.)
• You're such a . (Said by any sibling.)

Never have I ever heard, "Can't you be happy for your sister?" That line annoys the hell out of me and has no truth in it. It would only ever said in a joking way if you're talking about something light hearted.

Family members will stay out of it. It's only between the sisters.

Biggest lie ever. Even if a family member doesn't want to be dragged into it, they will. There's no way to escape the arguments. If you're staying completely neutral, you will be ed to by everyone.

The sisters will be honest and open with each other.

Nope. Nope. There will be a huge web of lies, or two truths. The sisters will be lied to by their trusted friends and the family members will be lied to, as well. It will be extremely hard to get to the bottom of it.

They will not discuss things with each other. They will barely look at each other. They may even be violent towards each other. They may regret things that they do, but they will rarely ever show that regret.

The guy is worth it and is a nice guy.

Tell me, what guy would play sisters off of each other, if he was nice? As much as you can say that he didn't like the other sister, it was a mistake, he never meant to hurt anyone - that's all he's doing at the end of the day.

To me, a decent person would say, "No, I can't do this. I'm sorry, but I won't go out with either of you. I can't bring myself to do this to sisters."

If he's doing this to two sisters and keeps on it, he's not worth it.

What would you have to gain by hurting your sister and getting the guy?

There'll be a happy ending.

Yeah, just no. For one, they can fight for a year or more with no change or outcome. Nothing good will ever come out of it. The family will not like the guy, period.

They won't ever accept the guy for what he did to the family.

There'll be a cold war.

Personal favourite. Firstly there will be a silence. They won't spare each other a glance, however, as time passes by, the stony silence will be interspaced with all out wars. (This can also happen sooner than later. Depends on the guy really.)

They'll cut each other so deeply with their words that they won't forget those words. Then, after a couple of hours or days (depending on the severity of the fight) of going at each others throats, they'll cool down, reload their bullets and not talk to each other for while.

Silences last longer than fights.

Also, a thing to remember, family knows how to push your buttons, they know your weaknesses, where to hit you where it hurts and their words will hurt more than anyone else's.

Relationships will return to normal.

Never. No one will forget. There'll be scars there.

They'll be friendly towards each other after a long cooling off period, but underneath it all, they'll still be mad.

He'll date one sister first and then switch to another.

See, there's a problem about this.

See, this is where I think most people would draw the line. If he decides that he's had enough of one sister and wants to date another, any girl I would no would look at him in disgust (even if they liked the guy) and say, "Are you out of our mind? Get away from me."

However, when that happens in different countries, it's typically because they're lax about kissing. You have no idea how annoyed I felt when my bias said that he wasn't the type to kiss anyone quickly. And in my country if you went to an underage disco, you get guys going around solo looking for girls to kiss. And, believe me, they get girls. They even compare how many they get, stuff like that.

There's an innocent party.

In my opinon, no. Everyone is guilty here. It's all of their faults in some way. Nothing should be blamed solely on the guy or just one of the girls. They should shoulder the resonsibility equally in the fanfic.

It'll happen no matter how close they are.

In my experience, no. The sisters will usually be quite distant from each other. If they were close in the first place, they won't have let it come between them.

I am very close friends with twins (both of them). They once liked the same guy and I was there when they found out who each other liked. They looked shocked for a moment, before laughing and going, "Nah."

They quickly stopped liking that guy (within a week, they'd both moved onto a new crush).

And, yeah, that's all I can think of at the moment ... you may disagree with a lot of what I said, but this is what I've found to be true. And, again, this wasn't intended to bash on any author or fanfic.

I may add on later to this if I can think of more, but for now, that's all I can think of.

Oh, and another thing to remember - girls are y.

I, someone who doesn't fight often, managed to not talk to someone for over a year - even though they lived in the same house.