To ask if you prefer your friends over your siblings

[Hiyanice]

Or not

Yes. If my siblings weren’t my siblings, we wouldn’t be friends. I don’t hate them or anything, we just wouldn’t choose to be friends.

Yup

I do. I chose my friends.

Friend
My "best" friend and I have the relationship I would have liked to have with my sibling.

My sibling is very hard to get along with and lives in Italy, my best friends sibling lives in canada so we support each other with kids, parents, husband etc

Well I can't stand my sibling soooo...

No

Yep

No. My siblings are my best friends (along with my DH). I’ve never had friendship (other than DH) that was on the same level.

Absolutely.

I haven't had any communication from my sister for 15 years.

I have three friends who are up there with my family. I don't see any of them every day but they are all brilliant.

As we get older I feel like I have less in common with my sibling. I love her but if we was strangers I doubt she would choose me as a friend.

I think our friendship stopped once I had my first child and she remained childless. I'm not sure but I do feel looked down on a lot and she most definitely put distance between me as a mother.

My friends love and friendships just seem unconditional as they have no loyalty to me out of duty.

I guess I do always wonder if me and sibling are just duty rather than any "I genuinely like you" thing. We was very close once. Now I dont feel like she loves me as much as I love her.

God no! My siblings are parts of me, and despite living overseas, we’re very close.
That being said, the friends I have are as close as family. My best friend is my “ride or die” - she and my sister both know and accept the worst of me frankly!

Definitely prefer my friends, I’m NC with DB for last 10 years and I’m happier for it. He’s not a very nice person and an alcoholic.

Absolutely

I have 5 siblings 2 on dad's side 3 on mum's and I'm very close to two of them and see them as close friends the other 3 not so much tho I still love them dearly I wouldn't chose them as friends if we weren't related. It doesn't help either as two live in another country either tho

I'm close to my siblings, regarding them as friends too, but whether or not adult life works out that way is simply the luck of the draw. Not everyone is as fortunate. My DH certainly isn't.

Yes

Absolutely. I mean, I’m quite fond of my siblings, but we’ve all lived in different countries for years and are very different people. I chose my friends.

One of my sisters is my BFF, we adore each other and always have. My other siblings are not the same, most of them I wouldn't have a relationship with if we weren't siblings but we do have decent sibling relationships.

I don't know if there is something hereditary in my family or not but for the past 5 generations on my mother's side of the family there have been one pair of sisters per generation who have an exceptional bond, I feel extremely lucky that I am one of the pair for my generation.

Different relationship for me, though. Sibling says and does things I’d not put up with from a friend, but also give favours/ help / acceptance in a different way from a friend would.

I love my brother but I prefer the company of my friends.

Definitely. My siblings are not even supportive as family. It's all about them.

I prefer to spend time with my friends, but the love I have for my sibling is more and always will be.

I never see my siblings, so yes I would prefer my friends over them,

I love my sister but she’s an incredibly difficult person so my relationships with my friends are much easier and to be honest more enjoyable. We don’t have much in common at all and very different lives which doesn’t help either