To ask if you like your siblings

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Me and my sibling were close when children but now don’t really get on.

Want2beme your sister sounds a lot like mine too.

We have a sibling WhatsApp group and speak most days. Don't know what I'd do without them!

Not really, I'm the youngest of 4 by 8-16 years in age gap! Me and DSis (16 years older) have more of a relationship since she had her DDs! My older brothers do their own thing and have never really bothered with me! As I got older I realised it was never going to work for us. They seem to think that their assumptions of me are true! Ie they assume I didn't pay DM board when I paid the most out of the 4 of us. I've stopped trying to explain myself to them.

Love all of mine to bits. We have group chats and like someone else said we speak most days. So many fond memories and so many "in jokes". We all annoy each other at times but I'd be lost without them. We have many years ahead though so who knows. I hope we all stay close.

I love my DB, he’s fantastic and I’d do anything to help him if he needed it. However, he can occasionally say very unpleasant things just out of the blue - very odd.

My brother is brilliant.

DHs brother is a twat. No other way of putting it (although he is starting to grow up a bit). DH thinks the same really. Neither of us has actually been in the same country of him for a few years now. We were supposed to see him this summer, but it's highly unlikely in the current situation (he lives in China, but we are back living in the UK now after 4 years abroad).

MrTumbleTumble

We have a sibling WhatsApp group and speak most days. Don't know what I'd do without them!

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't quite envious of you MrTumbleTumble

I have 3 sisters and they are my best friends.

Cannot bear mine. Everytime anyone posts on here about having a tiny age gap between babies I want to scream NOOOO!!! Too close in age: horrid baby, toddler, child, teen and now adult and I was stuck with every bloody millimetre of it all. Spread your kids out, people, give them breathing space and some of your time, fucknut sibling took it all and still does at 40 something.

Yes, he is brilliant and I'd be lost without him!

Yes, I have 3 siblings and I like them all very much. Particularly close to one as we were closest together in age.

My youngest brother is my favourite but I do love them all even if I dont enjoy spending a lot of time with them.

I love 2 of them

The other one I did love but time after time she was awful so cut contact and its no loss. I do whish her well though so I suppose I care but from a very far distance

No, my brother is the golden child, he knew it and made the most of it. He was vile as a kid, and I hear from his own children that he hasn't changed much.
I'd like to win the lottery and help them out, because he'll do sweet FA for them.

Yes, my DB is awesome !

I am the oldest, I have 1 sister, 1 brother. Never gotten on with my sister, used to get on with my brother but not anymore. Low contact with both, doubt I will interact at all with either of them once our parents have died.

I get on with my younger sibling now, we’ve never “not got on” but I’m 13 years older than him and moved or when he was 6 so we just wasn’t close! Now he’s an adult we’ve built a relationship not just based on being forced siblings? My oldest brother cut me out years ago, the second oldest was my idol, I worshipped the ground he walked on, I would put him first before any other, we were so close, and now he’s cut me out too. The oldest one I don’t really care, but that one, it kills me.

Love them all, although that doesnt mean theres never conflict.
Some are more dominant than others but we all know where we are in the family dynamics and we would be there for each other in a heartbeat.

I haven't seen or spoken to my brother in about seven years. We are very close in age and got on well as children, but he isn't a nice man and I don't like him. Not much point in a relationship really and I don't miss him.

I wouldn’t put up with them if they weren’t my sibling.

Love my sisters. Closer too one as we have more in common, but care very much about them both.

I love and care for my siblings but I have nothing in common with them. I'm actually closer to my nieces and nephews. I love a family party with all of us together. I'd never choose an evening out with my siblings - they love trying to organise a weekend away. For them it seems to be a huge treat. Me, not so much - we are very different people. But I love the younger generations.

I love my DB. We chat most days and he's one of the nicest people I know. We never argued as kids really either. My DP and his brother are get on really well too although they don't talk as much, they prefer to WhatsApp.

I've often though how lucky I am to have my brother. Reading some of these posts makes me even more grateful. For those who don't get in now, has it made you think about having more than one child? A pp said to think carefully about a small age gap. Have others found that it came down to a similar issue?

I have 2 dB 1 close in age to me but doesn't speak to me long story but it's basically because I'm nc with our dad . Other dB a lot younger it's a text relationship but we get along ok . I do feel sad that I don't have a relationship with my brothers as when we were kids we were close . Ive tried over the years but the simple truth is they are selfish and the don't want to be part of my life so I have to except it.

Coming up to 8 years no contact with very aggressive and selfish older brother.

Eldest sister and I clash a lot. Currently I don't like her at all to be honest. She can be so offensive and hurtful and it's bad for my self esteem to have much to do with her.

Get on better with my other sister but she doesn't live nearby and is very set in her ways. I have a certain place in her life and she's very inflexible about seeing me.

It's sad because we all got on well when I was younger. Now I feel like an only child.