Do you get on well with your siblings

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Or not I don’t really have a relationship with them

One brother. I don't really get on with him. He left his first wife for another woman and I am still close to his ex. I always say I lost a brother and gained a sister!

Yes, I have 2 sisters. One younger and one older and we get on very well. We chat and see each other regularly.

Yes. My brother is 2 years younger than me. We hated each other as kids and teens. We fought so badly, physically too.

Now we get on very well and have done for about 10 years. We don't see each other very often due to distance and work but we speak on the phone or text often and get along very well.

I don't see my brother often, we live hundreds of miles apart and our lives have turned out very differently. I don't have a whole lot to say to him (and tbh him vice versa) but we 'get on' in that we haven't fallen out or dislike each other and can share the occasional joke.

My sister died this year, she was always a dominant force in my life. We got on a bit better in later years as we both had kids, and could perhaps relate a bit better as adults than as children. She was very popular, bit of the life and soul of the party, whereas I'm the one trying to sneak out of the party unnoticed. But there was a different side to her which I felt the brunt of and it had quite an impact on me as a teen, she diverted my mum away from stuff that I needed when she should have been independent and grown up.

It's kind of good to say that. You can't really say in real life when people and offering sympathy, you know we didn't really get on. But it's true.

I adore my brother but I hate his nightmare girlfriend.

My sister is a lovely person and we always have each other's backs. I can confide in her about things. We're very different though, and only see each other a few times a year, but we know we have each other's support at any time.

No major fallings out but…..my brother & I haven’t spoken in 5 years, just not close ….however he sent his son to live me for a year (last year) - I haven’t quite figured that out either🤷🏼‍♀️…..eldest sister and I only communicate by text, I love her but she’s made it clear she prefers low contact - she knows I’m here if she ever needs me. Other sister and I speak weekly, holiday together and jointly manage the care of elderly relatives who rely on us (…whilst the absent ones get the golden child glory…..#notbitter!!). Put us all in the same room we’d be fine though….we just lead very separate and different lives.

My brother and sister and some of my all time favourite people to spend time with, they are both utterly fab company.
Brother is older, always looked out for me growing up and continues to do so even now.
Our sister is quite a lot younger than us and she’s always been the baby of the family, her sense of humour and mischief is a tonic. She’s an adult now but has always been brilliant.
I feel so lucky to have them both in my life, we all live quite close to each other but don’t see each other as much as we should really, it’s lovely when we all get together though.

Yes, I love my brother and get on well with him. Have done since we were teenagers.
I haven't seen him in person since a year past September as he lives down south, but we will meet at Christma, Covid permitting.
We message most days and meet weekly on face time.
I know I am lucky.

Nope. My sister hates me. She is toxic and nasty and generally very unpleasant.

No

I can't stand them after decades of abusive behaviour.
I wish I'd never had siblings.

No

No. Haven’t seen/spoken to unpleasant brother since 1995 (through choice).

My mother married twice. 5 kids with first husband, and just me with the second. 8 yr age gap between me and the youngest of the 5.

They have never once let me forget that I am "only" a half-sister whereas they are all siblings.

All my life I wanted them to accept me and include me in their family. They never have. They have over the decades routinely excluded me from parties, meetups, holidays, celebrations, etc. One of them bought a timeshare holiday home abroad and over three decades invited all of the others in turn to use it. All I got was to hear from the others what a great time they had there; I was shown photos of them having a great time there. I was never once invited.

Three of them have been so nasty and cruel to me that I am now NC.

The other two, well, we are "on paper" still on speaking terms but they never contact me or invite me anywhere.

It wasn't my fault that I was born. It wasn't my fault that my parents had only me. I think my half-siblings should have included me in their family, and not made such a huge distinction based on whose sperm they came from. We all had the same mother, after all.

No, sadly, one brother spent years In a top security mental hospital after committing violent crimes and the other brother disassociated himself with me/parents ( not deliberately, I don’t think ) as none of us could really cope. He and I have both been successful in very different ways. I would have loved to have two big brothers that were fond of me and interested in my life and children. But it’s not the end of the world that I don’t.

Yes. I'm quite close with my brother. We have each other's back and I totally trust him.

My brother and I are chalk and cheese, I do love him but choose not to actively spend time with him . He is extremely selfish, self centred and probably abusive the way he treats our mother. I distance myself for a reason

@barbrahunter

My parents did a first rate job of making all of us siblings hate each other.

@barbrahunter how do they do that?

I used too, however recently things have been tense and we haven't been getting along. It's upsetting.

Yes they’re my best friends, we have been on tons of holidays together, spend every Christmas together etc but I think it’s because our parents split and shared custody when we were quite young so we were each other’s only constant and it’s really bonded us!

One brother. Not close. No bad blood or anything but we're just massively different people.

Older brother, younger sister. Get on well and am very close with both. I work with my sister too 😂

Yes. My brother is my best friend and I feel extremely blessed to have him as a brother.

We speak every day and see each other a lot. We have the same sense of humour and laugh so much but we also bicker like when were children, sometimes.

I would be completely lost without him!

Get on well with siblings, not perfectly but we have each other's back.
Grew up with very challenging DPs which pulled us together as adults when we looked back.

Yes I get on well with both of my siblings, they're NC with eachother though.