Is sibling fighting normal?

So I was talking to my friend the other day, and I casually mentioned how my older brother still hits me when we fight like he did when we were kids. (Granted, he doesn't all out punch me with all of his strength or anything. He usually slaps me, so I slap him back.) She immediately got extremely concerned, and said that that wasn't normal. My brother is 21, and I am 19. I don't find it abnormal at all. Siblings fight after all, right?

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Spoiledbrat · F

I don’t have a brother but I have a sister. And I stopped fighting like that with her in probably early high school. It sounds like he might be a little bit aggressive. It’s probably nothing you can’t fix. Just tell him to stop it and don’t hit him back the next time he does it. But I suppose everyone is different so I guess you have to decide for yourself if you think it’s normal and whether you mind or object to it.