To ask what you sibling relationship are like

[Fluffycow78]

Good or bad?

My brother and I are not close, either emotionally or geographically, and live quite separate lives. There's no hostility or anger, we're just very different people.

... what's nice is that DHs two elder brothers can feel a bit like my big brothers. I was the eldest in my family so it's nice to have that different feeling and to feel like, in that other context, I am a younger sibling in the family.

Just one, polite but distant. We live very different lives so only see each other occasionally at family get-togethers, never instigated by one of us.

Good.

I’m close to my db & ds, and their partners, and do is dh, my db, bil and him all hang out together regularly. Our children (there are 12 of them between us) are close too, some are at school together, and the older ones socialise together. Dh is close to his dbs, and their partners too, as am I. I feel very lucky that it’s worked out like that.

My sibling relationships are exactly like this. It makes me very happy and has always provided a huge sense of security.

I am really thrilled to know that my kids (twenties) have very similar relationships with each other. I must have some kind of 'harmonious' hormone in my home a bit like one of those plug-ins you get for cats... as I never once had to break up a fight between them. They have just always really loved and cared about one another. It's a blessing I do not take for granted .

I get on fantastic with mine.
I have a mirror twin sister ( which is rare among twins ) and we are extremely close. We see each other daily, and two older brothers who I adore and I see them around once a month but we message each day.

The amount of people saying ‘we speak every day’ really confounds me. What on earth about? I don’t speak to any of my friends that regularly. I call my mum once a week and I thought that was a lot… The only person I speak to daily is DP because we live together!

I've got three sisters, three brothers. One brother is a dick, one sister isn't very friendly and I get on very well with the rest. We talk or text every day.

@Cheeselog
My sis & I mainly keep in touch by email as neither of us are very agile & we live a county apart. It's like getting 20 or so letters a day! We both love it. We talk about everything.. the more we talk, the more we have to say, from the BIG things to what post we've had, what flowers have bloomed in the past few days in the garden, what we've watched on tv.. it will sound excrutiatingly boring to anyone else, but is great for us. It's always been like the two of us against the world, lol!

Anything to add to your thread @Fluffycow78, other than your 3 word op?

I'm #4 of 5. Eldest sister is the only one who lives in the same country, same town. Horrible woman, toxic and destructive personality, thrives on drama. NC for many years.

Other sister, a year apart, is my best pal and I'd do anything for her and vice versa. I love her to bits.

Two brothers. One I'm not close to, but happy enough when we see each other. The baby brother is lovely and kind and sweet and I adore him, and his lovely wife who is my bonus sister.

Of the spouses, I'm incredibly close to 2, quite like one of the others.

All of our kids are close and love each other, and fall into great fun even after not seeing each other for longer periods.

I feel fortunate to have so many good ones in my life!

I've never liked either of them.
Both alot older than me and thought them selves academically superior. So were furious when I ran a highly successful business travelled extensively.
When i obtained a distinction in Mt masters that was the icing on the cake. So we don't speak and its great. Blood is not thick at all.

I have 5 sisters. two live abroad and the rest of us scattered around the UK. Oldest is 62 youngest 55

We don't see each other often these days, probably every couple of years or so but, apart from the oldest we all speak and FaceTime pretty much daily. I don't think we are 'close' as in loving, bonded family but we are friendly and enjoy each other's company when we do get together.

I have one brother. We have genuinely never had a cross word or falling out.
He lives abroad but we still manage to see each other 3 or 4 times a year and we text pretty much every day.
I would do anything for him, my SIL and my nephews.

Not fantastic.

One brother, lives 20 miles away.

I love him and he's a lovely bloke to talk to until you know about his life. But he is shit and pathetic.
35 and barely a pot to piss in. If it wasn't for my parents he'd have passed away in poverty. He's an ex addict and never has any money due to paying back ridiculous debts. Still texts me to ask me for a fiver for a pint. My partner won't allow him in our house and he's very seldom seen my daughter. I wish it wasn't like this.

Zero contact with any of them.
They are massive cunts.

One brother. Don't see him. He's a nightmare. Dread when my parents pass as I'll have to communicate with him and he's so unpredictable