How many siblings do you have?

[ssrprotege]

Just out of curiosity. How many siblings do you have?
As the only child, I want to know a bit about what it is like to have a sibling, or siblings....

[SongofSeptember]

One sister, who is four years younger than me. To be fair, I'll say that 50% of the time she's a cute dear (mostly in front of strangers), and 50% of the time she's a whiny annoying brat.

But I love her nonetheless. :D

[Arcani]

One younger sister (1.5 years). Generally we get along pretty well (for siblings we're saints to each other) we respect each other and stay out of each others hair. Just the way I like it...

[Max]

I have 2 brothers and 3 sisters.

I grew up with only my sister and we were really close because she is only a year and a half younger than me. I like my half brother a hell of a lot more than I like my full brother, and my other two sisters are strangers to me because we've never met.

[zief]

I have one brother 3 years older than me and he's one of my best friends. But he was mean to me when i was younger.

[mkay]

I have one brother, a year younger. I trust two people unreservedly -- my brother and my husband. My brother and I share a bond like no other. I love him because he's my brother. But I respect and admire him because of the man he's become, and I don't say that lightly. ... We had the typical fights as kids, but we always had each other's backs. If I had to kill someone to protect him, I would do it without flinching. Ditto if I had to die to protect him.

[Scantilyclad]

3 sisters + 2 brothers= 5 siblings

[AutisticCuckoo]

One brother, who is 3½ years younger than me.

[Lupin]

One older sister and one younger brother. He left the country and so did I, hee hee.

[ElstonGunn]

I have a brother who's a year and a half older than I am. Depending on how you want to define the term, I might consider him my best friend.

[wolf]

2 brothers, 1 sister, all younger.

Brother #1 is no longer with us.
I'm often surprised that brother #2 is still with us.

I'm closest to and most like my sister, who is the youngest.

[Double Victory]

I have two younger brothers--two and four years younger than me, and a sister who is ten years younger than me.

When we were little, my brothers and I fought a lot, and then when they first became teenagers they thought it wasn't cool to hang out with their older sister, but now they're people that I hang out with all the time.

The cool thing about siblings is that they accept you no matter who you are. We all grew up together--they know the absolute worst of me, and yet they still choose to hang out with me on the weekends. Plus we all have a common sense of humor that not very many people are likely to understand.

Since my sister is so much younger than me, it's hard for me to figure out how to hang out with her. She absolutely idolizes me, and I don't really know how to handle that responsibility, because I hardly ever see her. She's very different from me and my brothers as well--she's extroverted, whereas my brothers and I are all introverted.

I love having siblings. I know a lot of people who don't like their siblings at all, and I find it hard to imagine a situation where something like that could happen. Sure, my brothers and I still get into fights, but we're all so laid back, and none of us really hold any grudges, so we just punch each other in the arm or something and it's over and done.

[mkay]

I love having siblings. I know a lot of people who don't like their siblings at all, and I find it hard to imagine a situation where something like that could happen. Sure, my brothers and I still get into fights, but we're all so laid back, and none of us really hold any grudges, so we just punch each other in the arm or something and it's over and done.

Agreed. ... Among ourselves, my family is very open and direct, in a way that some families would see as rude. We'll say stuff as long as it's true, without dancing around and sugarcoating. So my brother and I can disagree, be honest, criticize each other and such, be totally comfortable about it and still know that we love each other. If I'm being an ass or he's being an ass, we'll tell each other and know that we have each other's best interest at heart. If I need help or he does, we know the other will do whatever is possible. It's an amazing thing to have a bond like that. I feel very lucky to have him.

[notoppings]

I come from a small family, Latin family of Roman Catholics.

One older sister
One older brother
Me and my twin brother (deceased)
Another brother
Another sister
Sister again
Last brother
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8 total we are all about a year apart give or take a couple of months.

None of them half, all one mom and one dad, except for maybe me and my twin we kinda look like our family doctor, who my mom married after dad passed, strange?

[ThaiGreenTea]

2 Sisters, 1 Brother. Closest to my younger sister because we're closer in age, but also because we have the most similar personalities. My mom says I'm a bad influence on her, funny how things work out, eh?

[Lucan]

Me and my twin brother (deceased)


Do you miss your twin? I had two older brothers, one 6 years older than me and one 4 years older than me. My eldest brother and I are civil to each other and I always say that I love him I just don't like him. My other brother was killed in a hit and run and even today I still miss him. We were far closer than me and my living brother.
The strange thing is that my 5 year old son has alot of mannerisms like my brother had.

[notoppings]

Do you miss your twin? I had two older brothers, one 6 years older than me and one 4 years older than me. My eldest brother and I are civil to each other and I always say that I love him I just don't like him. My other brother was killed in a hit and run and even today I still miss him. We were far closer than me and my living brother.
The strange thing is that my 5 year old son has alot of mannerisms like my brother had.

I miss him every day, he was taken when we were three so I have this feeling of being incomplete, I love him still today.

[Lucan]

I miss him every day, he was taken when we were three so I have this feeling of being incomplete, I love him still today.

Must have been hard, I really can't say that I know how feel as each person's experience and viewpoint is different but losing anyone that is close to you is rough.

[SeaCzar]

Like the original poster, I too am an only child. I hope more of those with siblings post, as it is interesting to hear their stories. One of my best friends is one of ten (upon meeting him, I asked what his parents did for a hobby). He tells me that I cannot imagine what I have missed. My reply to him was the same, and he gave me a puzzled look. There are certainly two sides to this coin.

[PHS Philip]

One brother 2 years younger. Not having a brother would, I can honestly say, have been almost unimaginably better. I've never been close to him, so I don't have any benefit from having a brother, and there have been some rather severe consequences for me because of him too (although those are for another thread, I think. Probably in rant form)

[Elfrun]

How can I deny SeaCzar's request!


Youngest of four, Brother is 11 years older and two sisters 6 and 4 years older (plus one sister passed away).

My two sisters are my closest friends and confidants, for me the only people I could ever live with would either be a partner or my sisters. They are the best, I’d be lost without them!

I think many relationships amongst brothers and sisters improve as you get older, I didn’t always like my sisters when we were kids, now that we're adults I can't speak ill of them.

[wolf]

I would have been happier an only child, or just me and my totally unexpected sister (my mother went in to schedule a hysterectomy when they informed her she was pregnant...that's how unexpected she was).

Even now, it's a mixed bag, though it almost certainly would have resulted in a much smoother, easier, and more productive childhood (and young adulthood) had my parents focused even more time, energy, and money on me. I'd probably have a doctorate and be 6-8" taller, for instance.

[True Rune]

4 Siblings.
1 Older Sister (2 and a half years older, we're pretty close.)
1 Twin Brother (He's the older twin by a minute, we get along, we're similar, yet very different in every conceivable aspect.)
2 Younger Brothers( 1 of them 1 year younger and the other 6 and one quarter years younger. I get along with them, but I favor my youngest brother.)

[Arcani]

I would have been happier an only child, or just me and my totally unexpected sister (my mother went in to schedule a hysterectomy when they informed her she was pregnant...that's how unexpected she was).

Even now, it's a mixed bag, though it almost certainly would have resulted in a much smoother, easier, and more productive childhood (and young adulthood) had my parents focused even more time, energy, and money on me. I'd probably have a doctorate and be 6-8" taller, for instance.

I'm curious. How did your sibling/s stunt your growth? :laugh:

[MysString]

I have 2 older sisters, they're the oldest out of us 5. I also have an older brother and a younger brother, both roughly two years from my age.

My sisters had a very close relationship growing up, but now they claim to feel bad about "leaving me out" of their female bonding or whatever. I honestly don't feel that I've missed out on anything; my sisters ended up getting in a huge cat fight over some guy, which caused a rift between them that was never fully repaired.

My brothers have affected my life in tremendous ways and I wouldn't trade my bonds with them for anything. I do wish that the two of them could get along with each other a little better, though.