Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Original poster

Do you like your siblings?

122 replies

LuckyMcDucky · 11/05/2021 17:06

Just that really!

I like one of mine. The other one I love, but don't like very much, with, imo, good reason.

OP posts:
WhatHaveIFound · 11/05/2021 19:02

No, I don't have much of a relationship with her and only keep in contact to update her on our parents as she lives some distance away. I wouldn't choose her to be a friend

SunshineSuxx · 11/05/2021 19:03

My sister and I are NC. And it's been such a relief. She found religion about 6 years ago, and now is a pious religious zealot who is called a saint in the local community - all while bullying our parents, treating her DP like shit and completely dropping her nieces from her life which has really hurt them Hmm

She's turned most of our extended family against me, and I'm the outsider while she's Queen Bee. It gets to me at times, but most of the time I don't give a shit. Says more about them than me.

MishMashMummy · 11/05/2021 19:05

Yep. They’re my best pals, and I adore their partners too. We’re very lucky to all have one another.

QueeniesCroft · 11/05/2021 19:08

No. One is violent, all are extremely spoilt and not one of them adds anything to my life.

PurpleBag · 11/05/2021 19:16

Yes. We are best friends. We don't phone each other every day or live in each other's pockets or anything but I would choose them over my friends any day. I do prefer one of them over the other but we are all very close. Very lucky to have them.

dalrympy · 11/05/2021 19:18

Sadly no.

Utterlyexhausted · 11/05/2021 19:22

No

Idontknowanymore05 · 11/05/2021 19:23

I have nothing in common with him, contact is minimal.
She is a narc so no contact there.

harknesswitch · 11/05/2021 19:23

I hated my db whilst growing up. We didn't really say a civil word to each other until we were in our 20s. I get on with him really well now

Hughbert · 11/05/2021 19:25

No, didn't like him when he was born, he never improved.

MonsterKidz · 11/05/2021 19:27

Absolutely adore my two sisters. They are my best friends.

notacooldad · 11/05/2021 19:34

I like my brother and sister.
We can go for ages without seeing each other and just pick up where we left off!

GreatestSh0wUnicorn · 11/05/2021 19:48

N/c for 15 years!

Homehaircuts · 11/05/2021 19:49

Yes I love mine. But we don't live in each other pockets or anything.

Toilenstripes · 11/05/2021 19:51

I love my brother but can’t stand my sister. It’s one of those situations where I’m happier without having her in my life, and she probably feels the same about me.

tsmainsqueeze · 11/05/2021 19:55

I love /like both of mine.
Brother close in age to me , i know he would always help me , i would do the same for him .
Our sister is quite a bit younger , we are both close to her but we privately roll our eyes at her , she is stubborn and bossy ,we still like spending time with each other .
I am very different to my sister but we both have an ability of reading each others minds .
I count my lucky stars they are my siblings .

pettyprudence · 11/05/2021 19:57

I love my siblings and their partners and we choose to spend time together. I feel v lucky we have a close relationship. I think it helps we would/do tell each other if we feel they are being knobs though and I am the bossy big sister Grin

Beatinghearts · 11/05/2021 19:58

I do but I wouldn’t choose to be friends with either of them. One is a lot younger the other I just don’t have much in common with

TabithaTiger · 11/05/2021 20:00

I don't dislike my brother but we have very little in common and I wouldn't choose to spend time with him if we weren't related. We're always civil at family events, but we're not close at all. I'd be there for him if he ever needed me, but I imagine there are at least 20 people he'd call first! And same goes for me really, I can't imagine ever calling on him in my hour if need.

ALevelhelp · 11/05/2021 20:02

He's ok? We're not close in any way shape or form - never have been. Have very different adult lives -!I'm married with teenage children, he's not either and has either spent his adulthood so far travelling or working. We just don't have anything in common. TBH I only see him when my parents arrange for us all to be together, I think they're disappointed that we don't get on better, they try and encourage us to meet up separately from them, but neither of us are that bothered?!

I'm very close to my sister in law (husbands brothers wife) so she's the sibling I waited 30 years for ... 😍

DramaAlpaca · 11/05/2021 20:02

Yes, I like my sibling though I see them only rarely.

I also like all DH's siblings, as does he.

Soozikinzi · 11/05/2021 20:06

I like one but very rarely see him and never see my sister now that my mum has passed away. I think it's to do with in-laws and having very different lifestyles. It makes me sad when you see those find my family things and I think I know where mine are I just never see them!

copernicium · 11/05/2021 20:25

No. But she hates me more. We've been NC for a few years now.

Sunshinedrops85 · 11/05/2021 20:30

Yes. I'm close to all of 3 of them and I'm grateful they're in my life. I'm closest to my brother though who is 3 years younger then me .The other two are 9 and 11 years apart. I was actually talking to a friend today who has a 10 year gap between her and her sister.They're not close and she feels like she grew up like an only child. My sister was still 11 when I mainly moved out.

DinosApple · 11/05/2021 20:40

I like my brother. We're not overly involved, and don't see each other much but we get on. He's currently bidding on eBay for me Grin.

We argued all.the.time as children and are quite different adults, but we're both accepting, and a shared childhood gives us lots of common ground (food, cultural, SOH, religion- he's not anymore, old movies etc).

Swipe left for the next trending thread