You And Your Siblings - Where Are You With Them?

DenMan · 16-01-2009 01:39AM

Hagar wrote: »

Myself and my brother are both in the same line of work. He got it into his head that I'm a business threat to him, which I am not by any means, and to cut a long story short he now has lots of money and no brother. He has no kids so my sons are the nearest thing he has to family in that respect but they get nothing from him not even a Christmas card this year. I don't wish him ill but as each day passes I care less for him.

Jeez....that's pretty bad man. Things between me and my brother aren't great but that is bad........no Christmas card!!!

humbert · 16-01-2009 01:48AM

A slightly younger sister. Get on well but she's in the doldrums after college and is getting worryingly depressed so trying to make a bit more of an effort for the time being.

Tom Trojan · 16-01-2009 01:50AM

Drove them out of the sandbox

RedXIV · 16-01-2009 03:23AM

1 bro and 1 sis, (20 and 17 respectively) and i'm the oldest.

There's only 14 months between me and my bro and we've always been close. Kinda lost that since college, which is a shame because the older he's getting, the more fun he is.

God I hated my sister for years though. And in her defence, it was completely irrational. I genuinely had no idea why but every time she spoke to me, it just annoyed the hell out of me. That relationship on the other hand has improved vastly since i've moved to college

Tyranax · 16-01-2009 03:49AM

One brother, he's fifteen and I'm twenty one.

We get on well most of the time, although at least once between a timeframe of two weeks and a month something will blow up between us, from nowhere, and usually about something stupid (like tonight we nearly had a shouting row about him playing music in the car), and a few times we have come this close to having a fight.One time around last summer he was acting the d1*khead, and there was a real heavy air around the house, and to be honest I felt like dragging him outside and giving him a real hammering. Inside three days, we were grand again.

For the last eighteen months or so, I definitely feel that his behaviour has gotten worse, and I wish that wasn't so. I know that it's probably just a phase with him and that it won't lead to anything more serious, I just that he could be like me a bit more when I was his age, there was no drama from me as a teenager.

So to sum up, we have a good relationship most of the time, have the occasional blow up, and I wish he was more like me. I suppose that I'm a typical big brother eh?

tiger325 · 16-01-2009 04:32AM

Im the youngest ...two older sisters whom I love very much

Lobelia Overhill · 16-01-2009 02:09PM

I have two older siblings. I've never gotten on with either of them, one likes the same type of fillums as me so I generally get a decent DVD for Christmas, the other is IMO mental, they've had this "vendetta" against me since I was born and usurped them as the 'baby' of the family. :rolleyes:

I'm on Carers Allowance and they never help me out in any way whatsoever - which is par for the course when you're a Carer regardless of how many siblings you have.

I only speak to them when I have to.

skybluejay · 16-01-2009 02:39PM

One little adorable sister (she's 17 and I'm 21). We get on ridiculously well - we're the most important people in each other's lives. I don't know what I've done to deserve a sister as amazing as her. Sometimes when I'm feeling down I think that if she likes me, I couldn't be all that bad. Strangely enough, she feels the same way about me.

We tell each other everything, and always look to each other for advice. She's slightly more outgoing than I am, but personality-wise we're not unalike. It's rare that we'd have a different opinion about a person or about music/books etc.

We've always been best friends, but it's only in the last three years or so that we've become this crazily close. I sometimes worry about what would happen if I ever lost her. I honestly don't think I'd be able to cope.

pawrick · 16-01-2009 02:44PM

Have two bros and two sisters - all a good bit older then i am.

i get on well with them all and any time I'm home I see them or go for a drink with them. I usually stay in one of their places (so i have to stay nice!)

They themselves argue a bit between each other and sometimes stop talking for a bit but I think that's mostly because they see each other a lot more then I do.

Familiarity breeds contempt!

Monkey61 · 16-01-2009 02:49PM

I have one younger sister. She's 18 and I'm 25. I have hated her since the moment she was born. We don't speak and haven't in about ten years. If we pass each other in the kitchen or out on the street we look the other way. I usually tell people I'm an only child.

As you can see, we don't like each other very much.

BennyLava · 16-01-2009 02:55PM

2 x brothers
2 x sisters

we all pretty much do our own thing, can go months without talking to some of them, live all over the place, get on well with them all though, would be there for any of them and know they're the same for me:)

IvyTheTerrible · 16-01-2009 03:24PM

2 brothers, 1 sister, all younger than me.

We get on grand. We all have very different personalities, and can rub each other up the wrong way but most of the time we are great friends. (Actually I would say that my sister is my best friend!).

Delirium · 16-01-2009 03:26PM

2 brothers and 1 sister, I'm the eldest in the family.

The eldest of my brothers and I didn't get on all through childhood/teens. Constantly fighting, really bad fighting. Plenty of black eyes and blood. A lot of it was due to the fact I was left in charge of the house. So, I had to try and keep control of the siblings. Not really a great way to have things as I'm only 1 year older than him. Once I left home, basically didn't talk to him for years due to a lot of stuff he did which I didn't approve of.
He has sorted himself out in the last few years, but lives abroad. We talk every so often. No problems between us now, all the stuff between us from years gone by seems like 2 other people.

The other brother, 2 years younger, we are very close now. But all the nonsense with the other brother had a negative impact for a long time. Once I left home, we started hanging out more and went to lots of gigs together.

My sister and I probably had a very typical relationship as kids/teens. Over the last few years we have grown very close. Would talk to her almost every day at this stage.

barbiegirl · 16-01-2009 03:46PM

4 brothers and 1 sister.
In our teens my sister and I barely spoke, we didn't fall out of anything we were just so different. Though god help anyone who ever touched her, she's 2 years younger than me :-) Now we're very close, she's pretty much my best mate.
The 2 older brothers I am close to, they were very protective of me and sis in our teens, but now they're just my big brothers and I love them and can rely on them at any time.
Then the 2 youngers guys, one is 9 years younger and we've always been close and the other guy is 13 years younger and again always been close. In fact the youngest guy lives with us in term time as his college is very close to us.
I adore all my siblings and one of my biggest fears for the future is when/if anything happens to them. We're a big close family who argue all the time, then make a cup of tea and change the subject. This year we all went away for a week, partners kids and all and everyone had a ball and I think it made us all closer again.

Quality · 16-01-2009 05:25PM

I get on great with the family

My eldest sister is 42 she is a soft, sensitive caring person.. I would talk to her every two to three days.

My brother is 40 he is a very funny witty guy, I would say I am his favourite sister, I talk to him once or twice a week.

My next sister is 37, She is the golden child in the family. I would be very close to her, we talk every day, we have similar personalitys, love a good bitching session and would be very critical of other people.

I am the youngest and was a "surprise" there is 8 years between myself and the golden child. My family is quite close. Which is important....

Sherifu · 16-01-2009 05:34PM

Get on very well with the brothers.

lovemypinkhat · 16-01-2009 05:37PM

I've three brothers, the oldest has his own family so I see him once a week usually and we get on well enough

Second bro is living the high life in Australia, got on the best with him throughout the years so hope he decides to visit home soon! And the last, the youngest in the family is grand at times, when he's in good humour. 80% of the time conversations with him involve him saying little more than 'hmm' and 'whatever'. Frustrating! He will also bend over backwards for any friend/acquaintance but rarely does favours for anyone in the family. He's 19 so hopefully he'll grow out of it soon.

Gavin "shels" · 16-01-2009 05:39PM

1 younger brother.

Get along with him most of the time, we're both teenagers so there's part of the problem, but well we don't share much in common.

xzanti · 16-01-2009 05:40PM

I have only one sister.. We used to fight like cat and dog when we lived together.. I used to swear I wouldn't have anything to do with her when we grew up.. But once we moved out of home and got our own lives we started to actually get on really well.. We're like mates now.. That's not to say we wouldn't have holy war if we were put back under the same roof...

kittensoft1984 · 16-01-2009 05:41PM

I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters.

I get on with the middle brother, that's about it.

Diabhal Beag · 16-01-2009 05:58PM

One sister who I should have somebody hired to assault :mad:

Saibh · 16-01-2009 06:16PM

Have two sisters - get on with them most of the time, especially when I don't have to see them too often.

sam34 · 16-01-2009 06:19PM

i'm the youngest of 8
the oldest is nearly 20 years older than me

am very close to two of my sisters and one of my brothers
close to one other sister and brother
dont see much of other sister, and not v close
at moment am mending bridges with one bro, we've been on bad terms for years but are sorting it out now

Acid_Violet · 16-01-2009 07:51PM

Two brothers (33 and 32) who live in Navan, one sister (30) who lives on the other side of the city and I'm 17, odd set up really.....

My oldest brother and I don't talk much, mainly cos he's a bit of a prick.

My other brother's always ringing me up just to ask how school's going and all that stuff, he's always inviting me to stay down with himself and his wife, we get on well.

My sister and I have a really weird relationship. She gives off the impression most of the time that she's not listening or has no interest spending time with me, yet we talk about pretty much everything and when shít hits the fan we always gel together. She grew up acting as my second mother but about now she's started acting more as a big sister.

Keano · 16-01-2009 08:43PM

Have 3 older brothers. Dont live too far from any of them but dont see them a whole lot.

Get on well with 2, the other not so good but working on fixing that!

CathyMoran · 16-01-2009 08:50PM

Have one older brother who I adore but he is very different from me - also 6 virtual brothers and sisters (my inlaws), all younger than me - am very protective of them and love them all even if one or two of them can get on my nerves at time...

Loopy · 16-01-2009 09:16PM

I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters and we are all very close but I do find that sometimes it becomes 'sticky' love, we feel we have the right to say and do whatever we want with each other. I would not speak to my friends the way I speak to some members of my family...

Terry · 16-01-2009 09:51PM

Ich bin ein einzelkind.

I was brought up by my cousins after my mother died when I was seven, so they are like brothers and sisters to me.

I only keep in regular contact with three of them though.

ChewChew · 16-01-2009 09:59PM

I have 2 older sisters who are 29 & 30.

We get one really well. 29 yo sister lives close by with her husband and 2 kids & we work together so we talk alot. 30yo sister lives up north with hubby and kid and another on the way and she rings me everyday in work for a chitty chat.

We all get on very very well!

most of the time! It's rather difficult having 4 females all in the one house at the same time!

GirlInterrupted · 16-01-2009 11:14PM

I'm the youngest of five, the only girl and I absolutely adore all my brothers. We see each other about four times a week, socialize together often, and eat together at least twice a week.

Anytime anyone of them needs a kidney, they need only ask.

You And Your Siblings - Where Are You With Them?

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