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.

Older sister is bossy and always takes over everything, younger brother is quiet and a complete mummys boy...we all get on but don't usually have that much contact ...that changed recently since my Dad was diagnosed with cancer...we've had to pull together.

One sister, 4 years younger who I love and adore.

We didn’t have a whole lot of money growing up so we shared a bedroom until I left for university. I think we pretty much learned to rub along, appreciate time together, realise when to give space, etc. because of that.

Eldest of 4

Best of friends with number 2 (brother), don’t speak to sister (3) since she ripped me off last year and haven’t spoken to brother (4) in about 4 years. No intention of ever speaking to them again. None of those 3 speak to any of the others either, my brother and i are the only ones who get along.

my brother and sister and I are all in our late 50s and even now, every get-together is a kind of re-enactment of our childhood patterns and habits.
I'm the youngest, and notice that I'm still looking for validation from the others. We've spent a lot more time together recently, without spouses, caring for our dad who was terminally ill, and I still preened a little bit if I made a good suggestion and one of them agreed or said something like, "good point."
I've always been close with my sister and not so much with my brother, but we are determined to continue the closer bond we forged in the time surrounding my dad's death.

Mine are quite a bit younger than me. When I was younger fine but now I’m older non existent. At completely different places in life. Never fell out or anything just not close.

Hate her with a burning passion

Neither here nor there now really. I used to feel close to my older sibling but not so much any more. None of them ever visit me despite only living 10 minutes away (unless they want to use my printer) and I refuse to use my holidays looking after their children (I'm a supply teacher so get the school holidays off but have always paid for childcare when I'm working; they've always had my mum on hand for that) so I kind of feel like any relationship was based on them using me. We also have differing opinions on politics (they're all pro-brexit and even voted Tory (we're in what was a huge Labour stronghold) whereas I'm massively anti-brexit and everything it stands for) so I feel a bit distant now because I don't want to actually argue and potentially fall out with them.

My brother moved to the States when I was still at Uni (he is five years older) and I haven’t seen him since I got married 14 years ago. We text and Facebook and get along fine. We make each other laugh but I feel really sad that we have never known each other as adults because I think it would have been an absolute hoot.

Don't see two older siblings that often (they live about two hours away, less contact with the oldest, the other has older kids who I adore so maybe, why we have more in common, being parents and all. Don't text or phone much in between at all (unless it's to arrange a get together but rarely with the oldest the last couple of years) we get on fine when we see each other though. The youngest lives in the same town and she is my closest sibling who I have more contact with (actually she is better at keeping in contact with all of them) Love them all but we have our own life's and seem happy with what contact we have, as far as I know.

My siblings are a source of huge support to me. Ive had a tough couple of years (miscarriages, seriously ill baby etc) and they have just been there for me, repeatedly. Watched DS at a moment's notice, driven me to the hospital when I couldn't, come & just held my hand at a scan confirming bad news. Knitted the tiniest baby clothes for premie IUGR DD. Brought stacks of meals, turned up at hospital with bags of food. I could not have got through it without them. I love my siblings so much. They are my best best friends. No matter what.

Love my bro and SIL with all my heart. I am very lucky to have them in my life.

She's fabulous! We get on very well. Never any falling out. We are chalk and cheese, but both very easy going. She's getting married next year to a lovely man, who's just right for her. Through me and my dad (also a mumsnetter) are very disappointed that she won't be a bridezilla.

She's 15 months younger than me, and would look down her nose and ask me if I was shrinking. As she's taller.

I'm an only child, not sure why my parents didn't have any more children. I would have loved a brother to have been my football buddy. I'm good with my own company butt when my mum passed away I'd have liked a brother/sister for support.

DH has a brother but they don't really bother with each other which I find sad.

Fond but infrequent with one. Cordial but can't remember when we last spoke with the other.

My brother is my best friend (other than my husband, but it's pretty close). We see each other almost every day - we work together and had our first kids a couple of months apart so the cousins love playing together on the weekends. We've been through a lot together and I couldn't imagine my life without him.

My husband has 2 brothers and is close to both. I'm hoping that us both having such good relationships with our siblings will set our 2 sons up to be best friends for life, but there's really no telling!

3 sisters who are very different to me. I get in best with the one nearest to me in age but the other two nit so much. Ones a weirdy creepy person with no empathy the other very very dull. They are quite nervy and insular Daily mail readers. I am loud and ballsy and fun and liberal. I am finding my tolerance is running low as I age!

I see them at Christmas and a couple of times a year. They want us all to go away for a weekend once a year - I find it really tedious and irritating.

We have nothing in common but I do love my nieces and nephews and my kids get on well with them too. Christmas is fun because of the young people - I get on with them much better than my sisters.

I was half hoping when my DF dies I can see them less - though I do love the family Christmas.

In my late 30s and still very close to both my brother and sister. We live within a couple of miles of each othet so speak/message/whatsapp most days. Our children go to the same school and are also close.

I absolutely adorable all three of my siblings!

I love my brother and sister very much.

Brother is an unusual character and I haven't met anyone else like him. Kind, funny, and deep thinker.

Sister is one of the smartest people I've ever met. I always trust her impressions/ anaysis of people.

I'm on good terms with my brother but we aren't close. We're very different people and if he weren't family he wouldn't be a friend. We see each other probably half a dozen times a year, he lives 60 miles away, and there isn't any animosity or anything, we just don't have much in common.

The relationship with my siblings is very complicated. There was nothing positive when we were younger - the opposite actually and my self esteem was rock bottom partly due to how they treated me however I now have a superficially ok relationship with two of them and an occasional chat maybe once a year with the other.
My parents set up alot of sibling rivalry which I realised when I was older was partly to blame.

Both my best friends