To ask if you would find it odd if someone

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Said they cared my about their friends than their siblings?

it is sad but often true.

put it this way, I'm pretty sure I care about my best friend more than her siblings do.

I love my sibling and am close to her but she was utterly awful to me at a time in my life when it was incredibly difficult. I relied on my friends then. I trust them more than I trust her deep down.

I don’t think it’s odd. We choose our friends! I’m really close to my family, apart from my only sibling who I cannot stand.

Nope, I'd say I have friends I'd put above my sister, but if asked she'd say the same about me!

I'm close to my siblings but I spend more time with my friends because we live near each other and more of same things in common. I have a pleasant enough sibling relationship is how I would seat it. I think people should remember parents don't have more kids only just to give their child siblings. They have them because they want more. I'm glad I have siblings to share my mum and dad's attention to be honest (I love them) but I really wouldn't want to be an only child of theirs. Also I think when they get older, having siblings (if they are decent enough) can share the load and help out if aging parents need support or help sort professional care etc. I know though it can be more frustrating if a sibling won't support but I think my siblings will be ok in that department.

No. It describes me.

Nope, my brother is a cunt and I hope he steps on Lego. My friend is a sweet person and I would go to the ends of the earth for them. Blood doesn’t always equal bond does it?

No, their sibling/s might be utter twats.

No, not at all.

Not at all! As the old saying goes, you can choose your friends but you can't choose your family. It seems entirely reasonable and logical that you might like people you've chosen to hang around with more than ones that have been landed on you!

I can't relate to it as I'm close to all my siblings and thankfully my daughters are close too. However, my mum comes from a family of 10 and can't stand any of them

I dont have siblings but having seen DH and his very selfish and toxic siblings i wouldn't say its weird at all! I envy people with close siblings though, i would've loved that as a child.

No. The only person in my family with a sibling was my father and from what I could see he cared about him very little.

No, I don't have any siblings, well I have half siblings but I've never had much of a relationship with them. My husband has siblings and has very little relationship there either. We have good amazing friends though.

All effort with his family comes from us, when we stopped making the effort the relationships died. Even with his parents 90% of contact comes from us.

My husband has a difficult year this year and has a bit of a breakdown. No contact from his family, we have friends though who keep I'm touch etc.

Not odd at all. I feel this way as does my DH about one sibling at least.

No. I have one sibling that I close to, and another that I'm not. I have friends that I am closer to than that sibling.

No, not odd at all. You can't choose your family. I'm much closer to my friends than I am to my sibling.

Don't get me wrong, we get on okay now, but we really didn't when we were children, and then we didn't see each other for many years because we lived hundreds of miles away from each other.

No. I have quite a few siblings. One I'd happily never see again, one was awful to me from the day I was born until the day he left home (we get on now but it's an awkward relationship - he has a very superficial front with everyone but I understand that), two were very young when I left so I missed out on their teen years. I'm very close with my sister but would say I care about her on par with my friends. I'm not and was not hugely close to my parents either.