Brothers, sisters, siblings in general.

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I would be a totally different person if it weren't for my older brother. Honestly, I think he made me half the person I am today, and I'm grateful. I'm quite content with who I am.
As for my little brother and sister, I love them dearly. I can't name any other kid who is as smart as them (my definition of smart is having a great amount of common sense. Book smart is a whole other category for me). I'm thankful for having siblings, especially an older one, and I would probably be nothing if I was an only child.

Now, I know I always bring up my friends, but... none of them -that I know of- actually likes having siblings. They're constantly complaining about their brother/sister and it's usually over nonsense, really.

My two-year old brother came into my room without my permission.

My sister refuses to share her things with me.

etc. etc.

I'm always one to listen to what my friends have to say. I'm not complaining about anyone else complaining, but I just don't get how siblings can constantly fight all the time. Siblings -to me- are like friends but much more. Much much more.

I hope I don't sound like I'm bitching, because I'm really not. I'm fine with people not liking their brother or sister, really.

But anyways, this is how I feel.
Do you like having siblings? Do you wish you were an only child? Do you get along with your brother or sister?
How about those of you who don't have siblings; Do you wish you had one, two, possibly a few?
Does anyone out there wish they had just a sister/only sisters or just a brother/only brothers?

Discuss.
 
Ah...siblings.... so much i can say...

For one thing, i really like them at times, but at others (nowadays, more often than not) i find it hard to like them as i once did. I have an older brother and sister, one year apart. That makes things a bit difficult as there is no definite power amongst us three. That means that we often clash a bit. That oftens put a dent in our relationship.

Along with that is our personalities. I, on one hand, give in to them whenever they get a bit agitated, but my brother and sister are exactly alike, fiery, so they often fight. The best i could describe our relationship is rocky.

For me, i wish i had a younger sister like when i was 10-15. I would sooo dote on her, so long as she doesnt become bratty and spolit or turn out like my older brother and sister.
 
I have two younger brothers and one younger sister, and we never got along.

They always used to piss me off, because they were such little brats all the time.

I'm glad I'm now moved out. Even when I do see them they manage to annoy me in some way.

I actually don't get how anyone can get along with their siblings as though they are friends. It actually is kinda weird to me.

Not one of my friends get along with their siblings and I think it's kinda natural.
 
I have two older brothers, one of which I rarely see and the other who is still at home with me and my mom.

There are times when I hate him, but 99% of the time, we get along great. He's always been the male rolemodel whilst I was growing up and he's far more protective of me than he lets on.

Maybe me and my friends are some of the lucky ones. My closest rl friends get along with their siblings brilliantly as well.

It depends really on how argumentative any of the siblings are. If they want to cause animosity, then the 'love-to-hate' thing appears. My brother is really easy going. He doesn't like confrontation at all. I'm the same most of the time.

Maybe we've both just resigned ourselves to the fact there's no point arguing. XDDD
 
Kandy-Sugar said:
I have two younger brothers and one younger sister, and we never got along.

They always used to piss me off, because they were such little brats all the time.

I'm glad I'm now moved out. Even when I do see them they manage to annoy me in some way.

I actually don't get how anyone can get along with their siblings as though they are friends. It actually is kinda weird to me.

Not one of my friends get along with their siblings and I think it's kinda natural.
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Hmm. Well I had a huge part in raising my younger siblings. My dad was always working and I don't have a mom so I was always babysitting. We have a lot in common and I actually enjoy babysitting them. They're hilarious. Sometimes, they do get on my nerves. But it's like that for everyone else I know.
 
Me and my brother fight all the time, and while most of the time, I'd quite happily throttle him if I could get away with it, my opinion on him is that he's MY brother, so I'm the ONLY one who's allowed to upset him.

So, if anyone upsets him or anything, I'd stick up for him and defend him, and I wouldn't want to see him hurt. But, the majority of the time, I want to kill the little shit.

Most people I know seem to get on with their siblings, although I know people who hate their siblings too. I think it depends on the age gap, the bigger it is, the more they seem to fight. I think if my brother was two years younger than me, instead of four, we'd get along so much better.
 
Stevie Nicks said:
Me and my brother fight all the time, and while most of the time, I'd quite happily throttle him if I could get away with it, my opinion on him is that he's MY brother, so I'm the ONLY one who's allowed to upset him.

So, if anyone upsets him or anything, I'd stick up for him and defend him, and I wouldn't want to see him hurt. But, the majority of the time, I want to kill the little shit.

Most people I know seem to get on with their siblings, although I know people who hate their siblings too. I think it depends on the age gap, the bigger it is, the more they seem to fight. I think if my brother was two years younger than me, instead of four, we'd get along so much better.
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I don't think age has anything to do with it. My older brother is 2 and a half years older than my, and my younger siblings are 6/7 years younger than me.

But I agree with defending. If anyone ever touched my brothers or sister, I would hurt them 10 times worse.
 
Hmm, i have 1 older brother (18) and 1 older sister (20)

They have both moved out thankfully, I didn't really get along with them when i had to see them on a day to day basis. But now i usually just talk to my brother online and we seem to get along just fine, as well as his unplanned irregularly times visits :wacky:.

Don't talk to my sister to often though, she just has that "i'm to good for you" attitude. I see her post status updates on myspace and facebook from time to time, and i sometimes almost reply, but then i figure that would just be getting my hopes up, only to be shot down.

I sometimes wished that i was an only child, but then again growing up with my brother and sister shaped me to be how i am today. So i guess i want them to stay at some aspects, and go in others.
 
I have 1 older brother, 19 years old. He still lives at home, only because he's broke and can't find another place. He can be a jerk sometimes, but most of the time, he's pretty cool.
 
I got 2 younger brothers. 1 who's almost 3 years younger than me and one who's 6 years younger than me and we always got along great. Sure we used to fight a lot when we were younger and even send each other to the emergency room on occasion, but 99.99% of my memories from growing up with them are positive. It would have been a pretty lonely childhood without them.
 
Theres a 7/8 year gap between me and my brother, so while I was going through the awkward teenage years, I just wanted to kill him. Constantly. He used to drive me barmy. Looking back, I really didn't help the situation being aggressive all the time, but he knew which buttons to press and always used to go off telling tales to mother


But yeah, we get on grand now (for the most part), absolutely despised him years ago though he used to get away with murder, so I guess it was more resentment than anything, now we just bitch about mum when she's being a nob hahaha
 
I've never been that close to my sister, probably because she's six years older than me and we're both quite different people. She's always been very organised and has always seemed to have some sort of plan regarding what she wants to do. I have always preferred to wing it and see where I end up (this attitude has also meant that I'm not really that close to my parents either).
We used to fight a lot over the small trivial things as siblings do (who gets to watch what on tv etc.) but now as we've gotten older we've put all that behind us and are civil.
 
For the most part I'd gotten on really well with my younger brother, albeit sharing the sentiment that Mark posted: nobody but I could hurt him. Alas even those days are over, to the point I can't bring myself to care who does what to him. I'd heard it was seriously impacting upon him; changing the person he was (negatively) and such... all I did was stand there and pull a face similar to '=/'.

My sister and I, however, are mostly identical and get on brilliantly. We don't see so much of eachother these days, but the contact is there to some extend be it e-mail, IM or telephone.

So my experience of having siblings is mixed, but I'd hate to be an only child; the ones I know of have all turned into absolute arseholes, drug dealers, petty thieves etc. Unpleasant.
 
I am an only child. And it is a very good thing that I am. Its frustrating enough living under the same roof as my parents (and nobody else) because I hate waiting to go to the bathroom in the morning because somebody else is showering and I hate using the kitchen with somebody else simultaneously while making breakfast; I have a strong need for personal space and prefer to have the kitchen to myself when using it.

But those things are just a fact of life for anybody that doesn't live alone. If I had any siblings, I am certain that it would be 10x worse because they tend to LIKE making eachother's lives difficult. And given my attitude and eccentricity, I am sure that any sibling I would have, younger or older, would do things to bother me for their amusement.
 
I have one older brother.. and we have quiet the history. He's 5 years my senior, these days we are pretty distance.. we see eachother when we can, but back in the day when we were under the same roof.. let's just say his highschool frustration was taken out on me =P.

I guess since I was the younger kid and I stole the attention, he resented me.. and plus I got my way on a few things as a younger kid.. but hey... I became the way I am today because of him.

We would always rough house. He would beat the crap out of me.. we would wrestle and he would always flick me.. or call me a fag or some retarded comment. If he was playing a game, he wouldn't want me in the room watching.. so I basically had to annoy him. I would stand my ground though and throw punches and kick back at him. He would usually tackle me and put me in a cradle or bow and arrow.. I made him shiz himself once though.. He got me back by throwing me down the stairs. Then later on I broke his hand in two spots.. soo.. I guess we are just brothers.

He made my life hell at home, but hey.. we were brothers. I respect him for it, I've became a hell of a in the closet fighter. If someone goes as far as to pick a physical fight.. well I can take even the biggest of punches as well as dish out a huge amount too.

After he moved out we got along a lot better. We drank together and what not.. and I was able to hang around all his college buddies and get trashed. So hey..

These days he's a wuss. I guess that's what marriage did to him. He has a kiddo, and she's a beautiful baby girl. Man he's domesticated now.. Oh well.. times change as bob dylon says.
 
I'm two years younger than my brother.
When we were younger, the only thing we did was fight. The only way we stopped taking a go at biting eachother's heads off, was if my cousins or some other relatives were there.

Now, we still fight, just not as much. xD
His sarcasm and jokes can be annoying and sometimes hurtful, but I gotta learn to put up with this stuff, right?
I used to wish I was an only child, now that I look back, I wished that over stupid things. xDDD *sigh* Thing is, if I was, I'd be SO BORED. :P

I was thinking about, just telling him Thank You, but I know what his reply would be... he'd laugh. xDD A happy kind-of unbelieving laugh.
 
my siblings use to get on my nerves but nowadays they are fine and more mature. The other week my eight year old cousin vame and bothered me to know end, it is when I was a child with my brother and sister all over again.
 
Me and my sister got along pretty well,(growing up) she was like the only chick there besides me (mom left us) So she and I grew up well together and she was my go to person if I had an problem weather that be boy trouble to what am i gunna wear tomorrow. As far as my and my two brothers Tyler and Mark, we got along pretty well not as well as my and my sis... just cus guys dont give a rat's ass about our[girl] issues. it's like that saying "Can't live with them but can't live without them." Our relationship wasnt perfect and we would agure but I love all my siblings to pieces and cant imagine what it'd be like without them.<333
 
Im the oldest. Got a younger brother by 7 years and he looks older then me! He doesnt get IDed >:( Then got 2 half sisters aged 13 and 4 and a half brother aged 11. They live in Oz with my pop and his evil bitch of a wife.
 
I have three half siblings....i don't like any of them. They're unappreciative, lazy, annoying, and a bunch of other crap. I despise them and my stepmother but the only one to blame for for it all is my father.

Had he not gotten together with this bitch of a wife he has now, i really think things would be better for me and him. I never wanted siblings but there's nothing i could do about it so i avoid them as much as possible.
 
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