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AIBU?

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Do you get on with your siblings

103 replies

justcurious121 · 13/11/2022 08:48

NC for obvious reasons... my DM frequently laments that me and my sister don't get on. We are very different people - literally chalk and cheese with different opinions on everything. As children I adored her and she really took advantage of that relationship and I learnt to be more independent in my teens. As the years go by, I have grown to realise that I just don't really enjoy spending time with her. So, AIBU to think I shouldn't have to get on with my sibling once we are adults?
Also would be curious to know your sibling relationships in adulthood vs childhood.

YABU - she is your sibling, you should get on.
YANBU - you don't have to get on with people just because they are your sibling.

OP posts:
been and done it. · 14/11/2022 15:28

My brother was 15 years older. He moved away when I was 7ish and only saw him very occasionally after that.
When I got married he said he had arranged to go to Kew Gardens so couldn't come. He never met any of my children- he wasn't interested. We fell out when my dad suffered a stroke and he left everything to me and my very new partner. I found out last year he had died. Didn't really feel a thing.

MrsTimRiggins · 14/11/2022 15:29

YANBU. You don’t have to get along simply because you are related, same as any other relationship really.
To answer your title, I have quite a few (!) siblings. I am closest to my eldest brother, we are quite alike and we understand each other well. My sisters and I have close bonds but we certainly have our differences and do fall out from time to time. My brothers are good, kind souls and while I am quite sure we all rub each other the wrong way at times, we never really bicker or argue in the same way as with my sisters. Overall tho, I adore them all.

Lisad1231981 · 14/11/2022 19:15

I love both my sisters very much. I would do anything for them. We holiday together with the children, days out and the cousins have grown up very close. We have different life's but we speak a few times a week and I know they will always be there if ever I need them.

I know I'm lucky, and not everyone gets on. We are very close in age. We see and speak less to our younger brother, but again could call him and he would be here.

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