The Brothers

As I was talking to a friend today, I realized that I like to refer to my five brothers as "The brothers."  It's like they are this collective unit.  (More like a unit of destruction, or something.)  Poor brothers.  Really, I have too many to refer to them individually, so they become a collective herd, or gang.  However, every once in a while I'll say "my brother" which usually means I'm talking about just one of them specifically.  But because no one here knows my brothers, I don't even bother with names.  It's going to be rough when I move back home and I have to start using their actual names!