To ask what your relationship with your siblings is like

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Have a very poor relationship with one of my siblings and get on with one.

I don't have a single thing in common with my sister except we have the same parents. We speak once a year at Christmas. When I was in hospital on traction for eight weeks, she visited me a few times, bringing fruit and a sandwich which I thought was kind. When I left hospital I was sent an itemised bill of everything she had bought for me - I sent her a cheque.

NC with both brother and sister.
Havent spoken to my sister in over 10 years and about 2 years for my brother.

Close to 2 of the 5. One 2 years younger, the other 10 years younger. The others are in between those ages and I’m NC with them.

I have two brother s and two half sisters (who are ten years younger than me).

They are my absolute world and best friends- even if there is sometimes a bit of drama! Family is so important and I hope if my DD ever has a sibling they will be close.

One brother , 9 years older ,which was a huge gap as children but now is nothing. We don’t actually see each other that often but talk or message frequently - and he was such a calm help to me when there was a family crisis recently.

Relationship is ok, wouldn't choose as a friend

I'm very close to both mine. My brother is 15 months younger and my sister is 10 younger. We talk everyday.

One brother, one sister with a six and eight year gap respectively. Love them to bits, I only get to see them when we get together about three/ four times a year but we chat via WhatsApp and we are all there for each other when the shit hits the fan.

Adore them both and vice versa.

My sister is my absolute best friend in the world, we speak several times a day via text and I see her nearly every day - we also teach in the same school.

My brother we are less close, but speak regularly. He lives in Australia but we get on extremely well.

I have one db and we are very close. Have lots of mutual friends and speak frequently throughout the week.
Db and my dh were friends in our teenage years so get on well and I am also very close to his wife so we are all happy to spend time together.

I've got two old brothers and we're best friends.

They're still twats, though.

It's interesting to hear how many of you are NC with siblings. I am with my brother, he's always been horrible but really overstepped the mark a year ago and we've not spoken since. I feel so much better for it but it's really upset DM and she constantly tries to guilt trip me into having a relationship with him. It's difficult, I don't want to upset her but he's completely toxic and I'm happier without him in my life.

**I've got two old brothers and we're best friends.

They're still twats, though.**

I think this sums up many sibling relationships.

2 brothers.

Each favoured by one parent each. Never ever got on with eldest and only speak now for my mothers sake. Blames the whole world for all his problems and never willing to take responsibility for his actions.

Other brother and I were very close until our father passed. He has never had healthy relationships with women or alcohol so contact only when I'm home. I know deep down if he gave up the alcohol and relationships and tackled his demons head on he would be a great guy. Sadly I don't think this will ever happen.

6 of us. It's ok but we're drifting apart as our own families get bigger. We were close when we were young.

One sibling, I see them once every 5 years or so- they live abroad.
No birthday cards, no christmas gifts. The odd phone call.
She is a stranger to me really.

Super close with my 2 brothers luckily.

One older half-brother who I thought I was close to. Then he took umbrage at something that had nothing to do with me and let me know in no uncertain terms that I was less than he expected me to be in every single aspect of my life. We have been pretty much NC for more than a decade and while I miss the person I thought he was, I don't miss the person he actually is.

I adore my brother he's 5 years younger (I'm 37, he's 32) and we get on so well. I would do anything for him and give him anything he needed even if it meant doing without myself.

I have three sisters and three brothers, all older than me. I'm closest to middle sister, who lives locally. See the other two a few times a year. Occasionally see eldest brother but virtually never the other two (one lives abroad). Apparently, the six of them stay in touch via WhatsApp, mainly to discuss our elderly father's declining health. It's not something I choose to do. I don't dislike any of them; I'm just not a family man and I don't feel like I have much in common with them, apart from shared parentage.

Our mother died a few years ago.

My brother (2 years younger) is one of my best friends. We always got on save the usual teenage fights but when our mother died we grew a special bond I think after going through something so shit together.

We have a half sister,the result of one of our dads many affairs who we are NC with for about 8 years now. When we met her I was very excited at the prospect of having a "little" sister but it turns out she just wasn't a very nice person at all.

Good. Live a couple of hours away from each other but catch up every 6 weeks-2 months In person and chat every couple of days via social media. They aren’t the first people I confide in if something serious happens but we get on well and have fun when we meet up. It’d be nice if we lived closer but it is what it is.

Mine are my best friends

Distant, unfortunately, in both senses. Their spouse & I don't get on that well either, which doesn't help. It's a shame, I'd love our DC to see more of each other.

DH gets on really well with his & sees them often, he's lucky.

Love one of my brothers and sister, we see each other often and are very close. Other brother is a selfish, inconsiderate, judgemental, self pitying arse, he hasn't worked for years but that's not his fault. I can't actually believe we are all related he's so different to the rest of us. He was awful to me and my.other brother when we were younger and he was doing really well, now the tables have turned he expects us to be nice to him. Nah.