Do you call your siblings names?

[Sleepy]

We call each other names, but not anything mean. We always tease each other. He is over a foot taller than me. He calls me Sprout. I call him Green Giant.

 

["Got Disney"]

sorry wrong post...lol

 

[Darsa]

Hmm, well, when we were growing up we called each other things like doofus and dork... which we still do in our 30's

I was SHOCKED at the things that my DH and his sibling and mother call each other; I never would have thought that parents and siblings would say such nasty, rotten things to each other. I've learned better now; apparently this happens more than I ever knew!

 

[Handbag Lady]

Yes, my sister and my mother and I all call each other names, like:

Old lady

Nag

Freak

Loser



and a whole bunch of names that I can't put on here. Sometimes we mean it, sometimes they are terms of endearment.

Would we ever call someone these names that DOESN'T understand why we do it? Never.


Oh, and my aunt's lovey-dovey nickname for her husband is, well, it is...let's see. The three-letter word for donkey followed by those things in the street that have manhole covers on them.

 

[minkydog]

I mean, as an adult, if you get into an argument or heated discussion do you call them names? Like "stop being such a witch/jerk"? Of course, I also mean using dis-inappropriate names too. I was talking to my sis-in-law (married to my dh's brother) that I got into an argument with our other sis-in-law (our husbands' sister) on facebook about something she said to my teenage son. I was telling her that I've heard dh's sister call my dh names over the years and I wasn't going to let her start doing it to my son. My sil said, but they're siblings and siblings call each other names. She said she and her sister call each other names all the time. I do not call my brother names. I've gotten into one real fight with my brother as adults and maybe I called him a jerk, but we don't really fight, we tend to not talk to each other for a while when we get mad at each other. So anyway, I want to know is it normal for adult siblings to call each other names?

What is this, high school? No, my 4 siblings and I do NOT call names. And I don't call my husband names either. We have the philosophy that we treat our families with the same courtesy with which we treat our friends. I don't particularly like 2 of my BILs, but I would NEVER say a negative word to them(although, I might share my thoughts with DH--never my kids, though.) I can't imagine getting into arguments with my MIL, SILs,BILs, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. It's just something that isn't done in our families.

 

[Stacerita]

My brother and I never fight or argue. But we do call each other names. Even though they aren't nice names, they are done affectionately. The other day I texted him to tell him Happy Birthday for the Marines, his reply was "Thanks poop face".

 

[Liberty Belle]

I thought that said "Do you recall your siblings names?" And I thought, I'm getting old, but not that old!

I'm sure I have, but I haven't spoken to my brother in about a year, so I haven't lately.

 

[cristit14]

I don't think we have ever had an argument as adult. We do call each other names from time to time, but all in good fun.

 

[RyeCrimsonMoon]

Yes, but my brother is a big poo-poo head.

 

[FireDancer]

Siblings tend to be a bit more informal with each other. When my brother is acting like a jerk, it seems much more natural to say "You're acting like a jerk" instead of "I feel your behavior is inappropriate in this situation". Bizarrely, I think the latter would be more offensive than the former.

However, actual playground-style "name calling" or hurling obscenities is never justified.

Pretty much how I feel. I'm closer with one brother than the other only because of how life has worked out but I do love them both and would do anything for them. If they are acting like a <insert anything here> I will tell them but it isn't the kind of name calling that we did when we were kids.

I also have close friends that are like this. If you are really close to someone I think you are honest with them even when that honesty includes letting them know what they are acting like. I wouldn't so much call it name calling in the derogatory sense though. It is the friends that are more a casual acquaintance that I would be less likely to call anything because it is just a different dynamic.