To ask if you like your siblings

[Thedays76]

Seems everyone I know has amazing sibling relationship. I just don’t

Just one sibling

We get on and would be there in a crisis but not close

See each other about twice a year

No, we've made a truce since we had kids so that they can have a cousin relationship growing up, but I don't ever see us having a relationship for ourselves

I have one brother. Love him as a brother and now like him as a person. However, when we were children he teased me a lot. I can see now that this was probably bullying and my parents should have stopped it but they didn't so as children we fought a lot and didn't really like each other. That changed when he moved out of home to go to uni - he's older than me.

I'm not close with any of mine and I have four. Only two regularly meet and that's only recently. I guess they are there if I need advice/support although I can't think of many situations where I would actually turn to them over my close network of friends...

I'm pretty low contact with all of them. Too much bad history as children that I can't completely move past.

I only have 1 db and I afire him . I always have maybe because I’m 8 years older we have never clashed or been short of parental attention. We have just lost both our parents and we cling to each other and our spouses . Lucky we all get on as a foursome

There are 8 of us. I only speak to 1 sister. There was a lot that went on during child hood. My family are dangerous. My mum is extremely cold. And can make me feel extremely worthless. The mad thing is I have never done anything wrong to her. I had not seen her for many years and I bumped into her at a hospital in London. I was not going to say anything. Then decided I would I only said hello. It was then I realised any feelings for her are just not there .

yes, even though we live worlds apart we regularly facetime, with or without the kids and have a laugh.

Adore my siblings, they’re the pieces of my heart.
We lost our younger brother a few years back, and a piece of us died when he died.
I live o/s and my sister and I remain very close despite the distance, she’s one of my very best friends.
I don’t know if it was our amazing upbringing or just our personalities, but we’ve been so lucky in having each other.

@CMOTDibbler

Nope. When I finished disbursing my parents estate it was a relief to know I now never had to speak to him ever again

This can bring everything to the fore. DH left his sister to organise their parent's estate, as she wanted to do it. He offered to help on numerous occasions. At the point she said that she wanted to cut their other sister out of the Will, he had to get involved - only to find that she'd been taking money that wasn't hers.

All sorted now - and like you, we will never be in touch with her again. His other sister however is very grateful to DH for making sure that she wasn't cheated out of her inheritance.

Makes you realise you never know people.....

My DB on the other hand, would trust him with anything and visa versa.

No contact right now so that would be a no from me

I have two brothers and they're really nice people so I get on well with them most of the time.

I have sometimes not phoned/texted one of them for a couple of weeks at a time but only if we've both been busy.

My Mum was always very equal with the three of us and we all felt loved, which I think makes a big impact on sibling relationships.

I'm quite close with my brother. We can call/text each other about the most random things. I also know he always has my back.

NC with 1.

LC with 2.

I talk to another 2 but we aren’t close and I very rarely see them.

3 have major FOG with Narc Mum

2 are much younger (15 years plus) and are half siblings on my Dads side

I'm amazed time and again by how much my siblings are like me or 'get me', by how close we have been made by genetics and/or a shared shaping environment in childhood.
Perhaps it was because our childhood featured somehting awful -- our parents' terrible relationship and my father's violence. Or perhaps not. At any rate, I value their friendship more than rubies and diamonds and I love the fact that modern tech (in the shape of a little sibling Whatsapp group) lets us talk and share more than ever before.
I like my siblings and I love them.

One sibling. We get on OK but have never been close and we live in different countries so don't see each other much.

Yep, mine are very important to me. Generally supportive family and they are my best friends.

I would go to the end of the earth for my brother. We are not in daily contact but can count on each other in an emergency.

I do. I love her so much.
I was absolutely vile to her when we were kids. I was a nasty bully and I wouldn't have blamed her if she'd decided to go NC with me.
By our teens we started to get close and later go out drinking together. She's my best friend and I thank my lucky stars she forgave me for treating her like shit when we were children. She should have punched my lights out tbh!

I don't have any.

I will always be a little bit sad about that.

One lives abroad and I enjoy our relationship.

The other is the single worst person I have ever met. No redeeming qualities.

I have three siblings including one set of DT’s.

DT’s are (obviously) very, very close and I like both of them but we have very little in common, the other sibling lives on the other side of the world and I speak to them maybe once a year if that.

I’m not bothered by it at all, it is what it is.

Our DM was the one that kept us all together but when she passed away we all drifted, including DF. I’d say that the DT’s are close to the other sibling but that doesn’t bother me.

I’ve very close with one sister. I would call her my best friend. We talk about everything and spend a lot of time together. Can’t stand my other sister and am completely ambivalent towards my brother. It’s amazing how different four siblings can be.

One brother. We fought like cat and dog growing up and have never been close. Not helped by the fact we then discovered we were only half siblings. I have spoken to him maybe half a dozen times in the past 2 years and tbh I wouldn't be bothered if I never spoke to him again. We haven't fallen out , more I dont particularly like him. I dont know his children other than they were the reason I had a child free wedding as they were so badly behaved. My own kids don't have any kind of relationship with their cousins.
My mom isn't happy about our lack of a relationship and it hurts her that i feel the way i do

I have a twin brother. Love him to bits and we get on well - but he frustrates me terribly!

Yes. I adore mine