Does anyone have older half-siblings?

[blondieblonde]

What was it like, especially if you didn't live with them/see them much.

In my head they are all Step siblings as I've nothing really to do with them Lettingagentnightmare, nor do I really want to. I find its easier to lump them into one category.

But the terms aren't a matter of opinion. Half siblings share one parent, step siblings have parents married to each other. There is no overlap or qualitative difference.

Two older half siblings. Rarely saw them as kids, don't see them at all as adults.

Me! My half brother is 7 years older than me and 10 years older than my other brother. He didn't live with us.

We lived for him coming to stay - thought he was absolutely brilliant. These days we are all just as close and I make absolutely no distinction between full and half.

However, I would say that our parents worked hard to make it happen - it's only now I am older that I can see that can't have been easy at first or at times.

Thanks Janeoftheapes, clearly I've been wrong all along I think I'll just start calling them siblings who I'm not arsed with.

That says more about you dowhatyoulove.

I have two older half brothers - I didn't find it stressful, but I didn't see much of them when I was younger TBH.

These days we get on well (although we still don't see much of each other!), but it's a more formal type of relationship that I imagine a lot of "full" brothers and sisters would have... but I suppose it may have been different if we'd spent a lot of time together over the years.

I'm an older sibling I don't like halves personally anyway we are both like only children but are close now she is 30 but we don't socialise except for family things she is closer in age to my DD . how can Julio inglasis have a 10 yr old sister how

I am the older half sibling. My youngest sister is 17 years younger. I don't see her much because we live in different continents and have different mother tongues, though we both speak the other's first language. I feel more like an aunt than a sister. Social media helps us keep in touch. I try to be supportive, but of course, young people don't want to listen to boring advice! I would describe our relationship as cordial.

I have an older half sister, though we never say 'half'

Quite a big gap (9), but now we are both apparently "grown ups", it doesn't matter in the slightest and we're very close.

When I was younger I thought she was the bees knees, i don't see it being a problem at all :-)

I have two older half brothers. One 8 years older and one 6 years older. We lived together from when I was 9 until they moved out several years later.

I went no contact with one of them who is a total idiot and rarely the see the other. No falling out but he doesn't really bother with us. I've never met his youngest child and see him perhaps once every 18 months or so.

I have older half-siblings and never refer to them as 'half.' They also have half-siblings a more similar age to me. We all fairly regulalry get together for things and i would refer even to them as family.

I have older half siblings. I only have contact with one. I do not know why the one wants contact with me. She has a very large close family from her step father and so I do not understand why she wishes to pursue me. I on the other hand do not have any family to speak of. I am wondering if it will work out because we are quite different.

I have a half brother who I only found out about when I was in my mid 20s. I've looked for him ever since. I always wanted an older brother. My father died 16 years ago, his family (my uncle and cousins) know very little of the 'boy' and less about the mother. My mum, I think, has 'forgotten' and it seems cruel to push her for info. I just want to meet him really....

Yes. I met the oldest one at our grandmother's funeral. The younger two I've never met.

My DH has a half sibling around 15 years older than him. They've never met, sibling is in Aus and has been since birth. DH (and his dad) didn't find out about her until DH was nearly 30 though.

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