To ask what you sibling relationship are like

[Fluffycow78]

Good or bad?

I get on with my sister but we're not close. My brother is my best friend. My brother and sister hate each other and haven't spoken for about 10 years.

Very good!

on MN loads of people seemingly don’t like their siblings and I wonder if their family as a whole growing up had a lack of unity?

I love my sister but she's a pain in the arse and always has been. But we are and always will be inextricably bonded. We have lots of laughs but we annoy each other a lot too!

Good, when she live on the other side of the world. Too close doesn't work.

Estranged from my sister and half sister. I'm close friends with my step brother and love him dearly.

Two brothers close with both of them. We get on great and though don't see each other as much as we'd like (we life a fair distance from each other) we chat regularly as a three or one on one. Would do anything for them and I know they'd do anything for me.

Very close to my younger brothers (and their wives), our children adore one another. Feel incredibly lucky.

I’m very close to my sister. We shared a room growing up and got on well for the majority of it. We live near to each other still and meet up regularly with our kids. I am close to my other sister too but not in the same way as there is a bigger age gap, and she lives further away so don’t see other as much.

One sister, was horrible to me growing up. We got on better in our twenties, were pretty close in our thirties but she seemed to revert back to her mean self in her forties so we are less close now although I would be there for her if she needed me.

My younger sister is genuinely one of my best friends and someone who I couldn't live without. We talk every day. It feels like sometimes we can read each other's mind.

My sister lives a couple of miles from me. The last time I saw her was at a funeral 4 and a half years ago. I texted her recently to speak to her for information about a possible hereditary medical condition, she replied that she’d phone me, she hasn’t. She’s never said it out loud, but I think she’s embarrassed to be associated with me.

Have two brothers, both younger. I think they would say we are close. I would say I put a lot of effort in, they are unable to grow up and make consistently poor choices and then need help. I’ve thought long and hard about why they are like this and I’m stumped for answers. I think about it often now as I have one DC and wonder if there’s an advantage in having another. (Maybe you are thinking about the same!) All of the single children I know are very successful. But they carry a heavy burden of looking after their ageing parents alone and I would say some of them have more selfish tendencies but this doesn’t bother me really. I don’t know any siblings who have a fantastic, close, best-friends type relationship. Particularly boys - all the boys/men I know with brothers are very distant from one another or don’t speak at all. Girls/women I know with sisters seem to fare better than 2 brothers, but I still hear of fights and fall outs. x

Get on well with my sibling. Live a long way apart though. My sibling is the only person who understands where I'm coming from when I say and do certain things. We are very different but I wouldn't be without them at all.

I’m super close to my siblings, talk every day, got each other’s backs, no rivalry or sniping.

DH doesn’t really have much to do with his. He has a sister he hasn’t spoke to in forever and dislikes. He has other brothers and sisters he speaks to but they aren’t close. He had a dreadful and chaotic upbringing though.

Love them and their partners very much!

Awful. 3 older siblings and have no relationship with any of them anymore which makes me very sad. With two of them I had a normal relationship with since I can remember, mostly got on. My eldest sibling I was very close to, he & DH had a business together which failed after several years coinciding with his relationship breaking down and he then had a mental breakdown and he wanted no contact for many years. We got back in touch, resolved some issues then he disappeared again which hurt. I remain close to his ex wife (my ex sil). Much of it stems from the death of our dad when I was 14, they were older and it seemed to break the family apart ever since. I drew a line under it in 2020 and have finally excepted it.

I'm the oldest of 3.
My sister had severe mental health issues and killed herself 3 years ago. I miss her every day. We were very different but loved each other very much.
My brother is a compulsive liar and a cocklodger. I do love him but I don't trust him. His partner is lovely so he must have som good points. I'm 7 years older, we fought a lot growing up.

One sister I am non-contact with, as she is the most abusive, violent, psychotic person I know. The other sister I'm low-contact with.

We get on and I love her to bits but just don't see enough of her (we live over 200 miles apart). We are very different people though- I'm not sure I would be someone she chose as a friend - her friends are very different from me. She's quite introvert and thoughtful, I'm a bit more extrovert and maybe more down to earth and blunt. It's hard to articulate

Really close to one DB, not the other

Complicated!

One sister I adore and have a great relationship with. One toxic sister I've barely seen or spoken to in the last 6 years(username should tell you how I feel about her)
Brother I usually get on well with has blocked me for liking a (completely innocent)Facebook post from someone he has fallen out with so I'm apparently supposed to now shun. I have unsubscribed from the drama.

Don’t speak to any of my brothers
one got married and I’m not,so he’s ‘above’ me
one is an entitled,angry,full of his own importance narcissistic pratt-he genuinely believes he’s Jesus reincarnated into the small nobbed little pillock he is today
the other is just an entitled nob-and his wife is the same-both are cf’s

im nc with the whole family-they watched me struggle as a skint single parent and if I didn’t tow the family line,they’d ring social services on me to keep me in my lane

oh and they hate women as well-me being the only girl gives them the rage

I had one half brother. He had serious alcohol and substance abuse problems, and the mental health issues that go along with that. I hadn't seen him for 15 years when he died a few years ago, and I carry the regret with me daily.

I have a brother who is 1.5yr older than me. In childhood he bullied me, hated me but I didn't really understand it at the time. I wanted to be his friend.
In our late teens we had to live together without any adults and it was hell
But from age 25 onwards we are very close.
36 now and talk every week and visit often.