Inspired by the "Do You Get Along with Your Mom" Thread - What About Your Siblings?

[disneyfav4ever]

I only have one sister, and we always used to have the usuaul stupid fights when we were kids and teens. But people always said we'd get along and be best friends once we were adults, and didn't spend as much time together.

All of those people were wrong. I think it's actually worse now. She's just not a nice person and is very full of herself. I don't see us ever getting along, and if one of us ever moves out of the area, I don't see us keeping in touch. We won't even fried each other on Facebook.

So, how well do you get along with your siblings?

 

[Tasha+Scott]

Yep, I'm lucky. I get along with all 4 of my siblings. I'm the oldest. My brother whom is the second oldest is one my best friends and he is the greatest uncle to my kids. I can't imagine my life without him in it. My other 3 siblings (another brother and 2 sisters) are all a good bit younger than me but I am close to all of them.

 

[MizTink]

I only have one sister, and we always used to have the usuaul stupid fights when we were kids and teens. But people always said we'd get along and be best friends once we were adults, and didn't spend as much time together.

All of those people were wrong. I think it's actually worse now. She's just not a nice person and is very full of herself. I don't see us ever getting along, and if one of us ever moves out of the area, I don't see us keeping in touch. We won't even fried each other on Facebook.

So, how well do you get along with your siblings?

Wow, that's too bad.
My sister is my BEST friend. We are both single mom's and joke about being each other's "significant other"! Who needs men in their lives??!! Our kids are sooo close too. More like siblings than cousins.
We are both close to our parents too.

 

[brockash]

Yep, I'm lucky. I get along with all 4 of my siblings. I'm the oldest. My brother whom is the second oldest is one my best friends and he is the greatest uncle to my kids. I can't imagine my life without him in it. My other 3 siblings (another brother and 2 sisters) are all a good bit younger than me but I am close to all of them.

That's how I feel too. I have no idea what I'd do without my sisters. I'm also the oldest and my youngest sister is almost like my soulmate. We know what eachother are thinking just by looking at eachother, and sometime not even that. I truly love spending time with either/both of my sisters and they're both wonderful aunts to my kiddos. Do we always agree? Of course not, but I'm so grateful for the relationship that I have with them.

 

[brockash]

Wow, that's too bad.
My sister is my BEST friend. We are both single mom's and joke about being each other's "significant other"! Who needs men in their lives??!! Our kids are sooo close too. More like siblings than cousins.
We are both close to our parents too.

That's too funny. My DH is in the army and is gone a lot, and I always call my youngest sister my "life partner." I'm sure that's what ppl. think when we're out, because one of has the baby, and the other with the diaper bag ect. We've travelled together and done Disney trips together, and she really is like my life partner, that makes those trips doable. In all honesty, it's a much better partnership than myself and dh, but

 

[FireDancer]

I have two brothers and we are all 2 years apart (born 78, 80, 82). Growing up we fought all of the time. We didn't get along at all and that was the case with most of my friends and their brothers. We always loved each other but 3 boys that close in age growing up in a small house are bound to clash.

Now we are older and I am very close to all of them. There is nothing I wouldn't do if they needed me to, nothing. We are all very different people but I am still close with them, especially my youngest bother. We went on vacation together last May and do things together all of the time.

 

[JohnsPrincess]

My mom is one of my best friends! I don't know what I'd do without having her to turn to. She was a single mom until I was 16 and she married my step dad. He brought a daughter into the picture who is 10 years younger than me. When we were younger...well...when SHE was younger...we didn't get along well at all. She was a MAJOR brat. BUT now that she's older, it's much better. We'll chat whenver we're both home and send emails and such once in a while.

My dad (who I've never met) had two children before me. I don't know my brother but I finally met my sister and she's awesome.

Then...my mom and step dad had a baby...so I have That sister. She's 20 years younger than I am. Sometimes I feel more like a mother to her, and sometimes we fight just like sisters should. But over all, I love that kid more than almost everything in the world.

 

[EMom]

My sister is my best friend. The relationship with one brother is a work in progress. I can't begin to explain why, because there's 10 years between us, but for some reason, he has resented me from the day I was born. But he's not close to any of the siblings either. The other brother was an evil sociopath and all of us disowned him. When he died, I refused to go to his funeral, because I knew if I heard one good thing said about him, I'd be unable to sit there without speaking up. None of us can figure out how he got to be the way he was. We all had the same parents....So how could he be so different? It haunts all of us.

 

[quasar4legs]

I adore spending time with my sister and we live in the same suburb so we see each other a couple of times a week. We are 12 months apart in age and have married brothers so we are a very close family.
Over the years my sister and I have supported each other through lots of life's little problems and have discovered that our skill sets compliment each other. I cook...... she cleans

My sister and I have nothing in common but somehow manage to find common ground, our children all in their late teens have grown up together.

I love my family and feel very blessed that we are all so close, physically and emotionally. Mind you, there are days when I could cheerfully strangle my darling sister

 

[d1sneyf4n]

It is just me and my brother. He is 3 years older than me. We have always been close. My mom did her best to make sure when we were younger that we got along and played well with each other. What ever she did it worked. We rarely fought growing up and never fight or disagree now. I am 31 and he is 34. He lives in Florida and I live here in NJ. My mom always said she had twins 3 years apart. He has a 6 year old daughter and a 3 year old daughter. I have a 6 year old daughter and a 3 year old son. Although I do not see him as much as I would like, I talk to him just about every day. My world would not be the same if I did not have him.

 

[Jennasis]

DH and his brother are cordial at family gatherings (Christmas and Easter) but never speak to each other outside of those two days. They have nothing in common aside from genes. I don't blame him...his brother is, to put it bluntly, a loser.

I have an older and a younger sister. My older sister is my best friend right behind my DH. We laugh, we cry, we hang out when we can.

My younger sister....well, I've tried. I discovered this past month after having to go and visit her twice for family functions (she lives in NY and I'm in NC), that if she were not my sister, she would not be somebody who would be in my circle of friends, or that I would associate at all. In fact, I would actively dislike her. She's bossy, self-righteous, immature, unpleasant, and a mean drunk.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I'm shunned by mine despite an effort to look past our differences and an effort to try better. Nope. She still shuns me.

I just unfriended her on facebook this morning.

She just sees that what I do is wrong and has some pretty harsh opinions of my viewpoint. Oddly, they involve my brother whom she totally and fully supports...yet he does not have the slightest problem with me what so ever. He is gay and my sister has for whatever reason taken it upon herself to sabotage our relationship.

On a different note, she will take things I have said to her in confidence about my struggles (some unfortunate happenings in my youth that did not involve my siblings) and filters them through my brother and my mom. She will bait you--and then use what you say against you to create riffs. It has been her lifelong job to make everyone look bad so that she will be the favorite. Luckily, I only gave her general ideas, I would hate to have had specifics spread through the rumor mill.

It used to be fun to spend time with my sister when she's not like that. And I am so naive, it takes me a while to realize when she is up to something. So it was about 6-9 months before I even had a clue that she was feeding lies to my brother and his partner.

I can't say I'm close to my brother as we have a 6 year age gap. But we do get along.

ETA: It should be noted that officially, we are all half-siblings and only share a mother. We don't refer to each other as halfsies though. My sister lived with her dad, so it was rooted in her at a very young age that she felt she had to vie for my mother's attention on visits. So she "kinda" can't help that she does this, but she could fix it if she realized it was a problem. She doesn't , so the cycle repeats.

 

[hulagirl87]

I have one sister and she is 3 years older than me. We don't get along really well at all. We were just over at her house on Sunday for my youngest neices birthday and I just wanted to leave as soon as I got there. There are times when I ask my mom if we are really related She doesn't really have a filter from her brain to her mouth and sometimes the things that she says are really hurtful so that is why I don't like to be around her. It is tiring and painful. On Sunday she was making fun of the name that we are going to name our baby. I finally said that I had enough and walked out. We are supposed to go to her house for Thanksgiving but I don't even want to go. it's too much work. She doesn't discipline her kids and it is always mayhem. sigh..... It would be nice to get along with her but I don't think that will happen.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I talk to my sister about 90 times a day! We got along growing up although we had a few rough years because there is an age gap but we are super close. I wanted to have a sister so bad when I was a kid. I was so happy when she was born.
Besides, who else can we complain about our parents to? (j/k Mom!)

 

[FayeW]

I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters, all older than me by several years. The closest one to me in age is 5 yrs older. I get along with him fine. He drives me nuts because he continuously makes boneheaded financial decisions and then comes to my parents or I for help. Problem is that he is the ultimate optimist. He just thinks everything will work out and when it doesn't he has no "Plan B".

I don't have much to do with the other 3. I was very close to my oldest sister (10 yrs older) but we had a falling out about 5 yrs ago and haven't spoken since. My other sister is just not a nice person. She plays the victim really well. Nothing has ever been her own fault, someone else is always to blame. I speak to her if I have to but that is rarely, like maybe once a year or less. She is a horrible, horrible parent in my opinion.

My oldest brother is an arrogant jerk. He is a good provider for his family, and he loves his wife, children and grandchild very much. He has many redeeming qualities but he is much "too good" for the rest of us. I have been very good to his adult daughter and he has thanked me for that, so that's something.

I am the only one who does not live in the same province, so I rarely see them or speak to them. I am the "prodigal daughter" so to speak, so I am sure that plays into the relationships with the siblings. Growing up my oldest brother was the golden child and we all knew it so that's probably why he thinks he is better than the rest of us.

 

[minkydog]

I've always gotten along with my 4 siblings. As adults, our relationships have changed. My next youngest sister is always in my court and we have a lot in common. My second yougest sister is more distant. Our lives and values are very different,and while I do love her I don't enjoy spending lots of time with her(or her idiot husband.) My brother is a mix. I love him dearly, but he is a bad alcoholic so that really takes a toll on our relationship. I love him, but I don't trust him. My very best friend in the world is my baby sister. She has helped me through some of the toughest times of my life(like when i tried to kill myself)

At least once a year I make a point of going somewhere great with one sibling. Last year, it was New Orleans with DSis#1. Summer before last is was Mount Ranier with DSis#3. Fourth of July is was Favorite Bro*(my only bro) We call these trips the "Crazy Woman/People Tours." Just us girls, or brother & sister. It's so much fun to go hang out without spouses or kids, just doing fun stuff together.

 

[wdwfan16]

I only have one sister, and we always used to have the usuaul stupid fights when we were kids and teens. But people always said we'd get along and be best friends once we were adults, and didn't spend as much time together.

All of those people were wrong. I think it's actually worse now. She's just not a nice person and is very full of herself. I don't see us ever getting along, and if one of us ever moves out of the area, I don't see us keeping in touch. We won't even fried each other on Facebook.

So, how well do you get along with your siblings?

How much different in age are you and your sister? Who is the baby of the family? Did your parents favor one over the other?


My little sister and I are best friends but we live very different lives.

 

[HomeSweetDisney]

There's a six year age gap between my little sister and I so we used to fight a lot as kids. But now, she is one of my very best friends

 

[bookgirl]

I have one brother 3 1/2 years older. We fought like cats and dogs as kids and he was frankly just not very nice to me. Oh course his take on it is I was the spoiled baby of the family and mine was that he was a bully who thinks that everything in the world should revolve around his schedule and wants.

You'd think we grew up and hated each other.

But actually as adults we get along fine. We have very different opinions and frankly we annoy each other but we have always backed each other up and would do anything for the other. I have been activly involved with his boys, and we often come to each other for advice on everything from money to education to electronics. We are just not huggy lovey best friend forever kinds of siblings.

We are however family and that trumps sibling he said/she said everytime.

 

[SC Minnie]

I have 1 brother that is 4 years older. We get along fine but he lives in FL and I live in SC so we rarely see each other. We really only talk to each other about once or twice a year when he comes up for a visit. We will talk on the phone if there is a problem with our parents we need to discuss. But both of us are busy and days turn into weeks that turn into months. DD does talk to my SIL every once in a while. For the past couple of years DD has spent a month in the summer with them and his kids.