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.

Sisters are quite a bit younger than me (13 and 15 years difference) and we get on really well. I love them dearly and can’t imagine my life without them.

I'm 20 years old - extremely close with my little siblings who are 14 and 7 and I can't ever see that changing as they're shaping into being amazing people. My older brother is 22 and we get along but we do clash quite a lot and I rarely see him as he's out every weekend drinking and I have my own house in a long term relationship with a baby on the way so we're just very different. We're okay when I see him we get along but he just doesn't make much effort

I love my sisters. They're very close in age (younger) so much more closer but individually I find we have two different relationships going on(all positive). One thing I've noticed recently, I'm like a second mum to them and my mum has become a best friend to me. Its so bizarre!

I have a DB he lives an hours drive away in a 24 hours a day care home. He's 3 years younger than me and I love him dearly. See him couple times per month but speak everyday on the phone. I take him for dinner with my 2 DD in tow too. I wish things were different as he has a sad existence but alas we just try and make the best of it

I wouldn't be without my younger sister, love her to bits. Older sister is an eccentric pain in the arse. My younger sis is better at dealing with her but I'm embarrassed by situations like her demand for asparagus in a cafe

Love my wee brother (similar values), dislike my big brother (couldn't be more differen)!

I have 2 younger sisters. We're all quite different in some ways but despite living 3 hours away from eachother we are so close, I'd be lost without them. My relationship with them has definitely pushed me to want our own DC to have a sibling in the future.

Haven't had any contact with older adoptive brother for 20 years - I've never met his children (which I regret but I hope they might get in touch one day - their call).

Adore my birth half sister even though we only see each other every couple of years and feel weirdly, savagely, protective about her despite her being much more capable than me!

Birth half brother - he's a complicated soul with 2 boys I would love to subvert as the wacky aunt but luckily for them they are in Oz...

Distant, both geographically and emotionally, which suits me well. Texting and a monthly phone call is quite enough.,

I’m fairly close to my three sisters (All younger). We don’t see each other all the time, as we all have busy lives, but when we’re together it’s loud! They’ll all be at mine for the night sometime over Christmas, I may get poor old DP some ear plugs!!

I also have a brother who is 16 months older than me. He lives abroad, so don’t see him much. I’m in contact with his wife more than him. We have a complicated relationship. As little kids we were very close, but we had a lot of big fall outs as teenagers. As we were so close in age, we often had shared local friends. He started hating me when the girl he fancied started hanging out with me more than him. Seems petty now, but it caused a lot of bad feeling through my teenage years and he was pretty cruel to me. I’d say we’re polite, but distant now. Though I get on well with his wife, she is lovely and deserves a medal for putting up with him!

I have a few siblings, 3 of of 5 have mental health, addiction problems. I see very little of them, pretty close to the other 2 but we have endured a lot of loss, which sometimes feels like it's always sitting there.

Crap. One brother and he has always been distant as an adult but has now stopped contact altogether.

We got on pretty well before he married.

Siblings are not the ready made buddy for life that they are made out to be!

Veers between poor to non existent

I should add for clarity's sake that I can't comment on the relationship between my brothers and sisters beyond my perspective. I don't know whether or not there are any issues or particular harmony there but, by and large, I personally can take them or leave them. Sounds awful, I know. The last time we were all together was our Mum's funeral five years ago.

Bit weird, as they’re all a lot older than me (I’m sponsored by Durex )

But our father died this week, and we all pulled together, so I guess the bond is stronger than I realised.

I do love them all.

Two I text occasionally, one I text even less regularly and a step brother and sister who I haven't been in touch with in 25 years and I probably wouldn't even recognise if I saw them in the street.
There has been no fallouts or anything more that none of us maintained a relationship once our parents died and our own lives took over I suppose.
Have to say I don't miss any of them and I'm probably guilty of only responding to texts rather than remembering to send them if I'm honest.

5 years between each of us. My closest brother is very controlling so I keep my distance and my eldest is just odd. We go through periods of communicating. I recently found out my niece had a 3 month old baby and my Son has just spent a few weeks in intensive care.....he tried to leave the planet on 3 occasions and possibly the WORST time of my life...... nope he didn't fucking call! I'm lucky I have 2 great friends who are my support network!

DS1 is 14 years older and DS2 13 years older than me. Get on with both but they have always been at different life stages to me. When I was growing up they had moved out/travelling etc. They were getting married and having babies while I was a teen. There kids are now hitting the teen years while I’ve just started having babies( 2 year old and 3 months)

That’s why I had my Son and Daughter so close in age as I felt like a bit of an only child growing up.

Two older brothers. Not great.

Db1 close. Db2 I facilitate everything. I never hear from him - just his wife. Db2 we were very close prior to him meeting his wife. closer than db1. Theres 4 years between us all. It's amazing what outside influences have on family life. Db1 can be super close depending on what his partner says but db2 is not allowed that much contact with us anymore unless it means they can unload their kids on us

Very strange and pretty horrendous relationship with my brother, which is gutting a we used to be the best of mates. Basically when he feels like it he is as abusive as possible to me - I think I'm the proverbial puppy he sometimes gets the urge to kick. It hurts. A lot.

We don't speak.

One older sister. We're basically no contact other than bumping into one another during Christmas at our parents. I feel very conflicted about it. A part of me feels sad and somewhat ashamed of our lack of relationship. I'm very envious of others who have good relationships with their siblings and can't help but think about how it could be different.

However, other times I'm somewhat apathetic. I know I've tried numerous times to build bridges with her and it is not reciprocated. We have little in common and she has a nasty and manipulative side to her.

My DS is 4 years older but her youngest is 17 and mine is 1 so our lives are quite different. We were close when her DC were little but rarely see each other now. It's fine when we do but not loving
My DB is also 4 years older. I don't see much of him despite our kids getting along. We live 5 mins apart. I love him but we don't have a lot in common