To ask if you like your siblings

[Hiyanice]

Not too keen on mine and believe they feel the same

I have one sibling, a sister and she is amazing. If the world was only me and her, it would be fine. We have separate lives and interests and friends, but always a close relationship

I like 66% of my sisters...

I have one sister, I’m so grateful for her. She is and has always been my best friend. So much so that throughout our adult life we have always engineered it so that we work together, we sit next to each other at work (even I can see this is massive cringe), but we’re like ying and yang, very different personalities that balance each other out, we’ll always have each other’s backs. I can’t explain it really, we feel more like twins, when I was in labour it was my sister I needed.

No, nasty piece of work, haven’t seen him for 30 plus years.

Yep, love him. Funny, kind, infuriating, a best friend. I feel lucky.

I love my sister so much - so grateful for her and don’t know what I’d do without her. Less close to my brother but he is a lovely person, just very self contained and we don’t have much in common. Hope my own kids are close as adults.

Mine are good people but we aren’t close, and don’t have much contact

1 DS. She was awful to me growing up, so we didn't forge a good relationship during our childhood. A lot of her bullying took place out of DM's sight, (no DF), so she got away with a lot. We just send cards and messages for Xmas & birthdays. We sometimes meet up when I visit home, but it's all very strained and I still feel intimidated by her 40 odd years on.

My brother is 5 years older and I do like him, he's incredibly immature and childish but it kind of reminds me of my childhood.

He's a great uncle to my daughters, they think he's amazing because no other adult they know acts like a kid.

Youngest of 3 - I'm not sure sister and I would have much to say to one another if we weren't siblings, but we are, so we do. And have a similar sense of humour. Brother and I are quite alike. We're not super huggy, emotional confiding siblings but we like one another.

I've got two sisters and a brother who are my best friends and I'd be completely lost in life without them.
No one makes me laugh out loud the way they do and we all have similar interests so there's always someone up for a run, hike, coffee + cake etc.

Adore my siblings. They’re fab. Very different to me, and to each other. We probably wouldn’t be friends as we are so different but I’m glad they’re my siblings and I love them.

I'm NC with my family as a whole but I definitely wouldn't pick my siblings to hang out with even if we weren't related - other than my younger sister who also went NC with the family recently, although she reached out to me after this.

I get along well with my brother, but we aren't particularly close. No drama though. I do like him and admire his good qualities. I had a sister who died in her twenties. She could sometimes be prickly and standoffish, but I got her, if that makes sense. We were as close as it was possible to be, considering we were both introverts! And yes, I definitely liked her. Again, there was no drama. We just trundled along.

DP's siblings all hate each other and are probably best staying as far away from each other as possible. They all like DP though (and use him shamelessly).

@Verbena87

Mine is one of my favourite people in the world. I feel very lucky.

Agreed. Such a shame we live so far apart.

Nope. Older sister, been shit to me for as long as I can remember. Claims to have bipolar2 and has been horrible to her husband and kids.
Haven't had anything to do with her for round about 8 years now.

My best friend and closest human being in the world. We know each other inside out and never ever disliked each other for 1 second in our entire lives. Totally honest with each other and non judgmental even if we prefer to do some things differently.
Talk almost daily but live in different countries and this stupid pandemic meant no meetings by visiting each other or meeting somewhere else in the world with a work trip or holiday which is a bit annoying.

I have two, cant stand them and have gone none contact for the last 10 years.

I don’t dislike my brother but have absolutely nothing in common with him. We hardly socialise, only meeting at family occasions organised by DM. Friendly when we do meet but not that bothered if I see him or not. Sad really. We dont even remember our childhood the same. I’m much closer to my DH’s brothers.

One older brother. Couldn’t love him more-he’s a funny, genuine, excellent bloke. My children’s father is a dreadful person and my brother has been the best male role model all their lives.

Love all my siblings to bits! (I have 3!)

I love and like mine. We live 3.5 hours from each other but text or talk every day

Hated my sister growing up. Best friends now. Have nothing to do with my brother, he's a scumbag.

Yes, I love all my siblings.
I have 3 older sisters, 2 older brothers.
My siblings have been there for me at the worst time in my life.
When my dd died all 5 of them were at my side constantly.

3 brothers and if I never clapped eyes on them again I’d be very happy
I don’t speak to any of my family
It’s been the best ten years of my life
I’m sick of being their scapegoat even though I don’t speak to them-anything that goes wrong in their toxic soup,I get the blame for
I moved 136 miles away and it’s always my fault-I ignore it all