If you have siblings...

Re: If you have siblings...

• ASmallWonder member

  September 2013

  I have one brother, 3 years younger.  I once said to DH that "I gueeess he and I are close" and DH was all "the fuck?  You're VERY close.  You talk to him every day, almost!" lol  We share the same sense of humor but differ on a lot of things.  A LOT.  We bond over being a team united against my mother a lot of the time  He lived in China and Korea for oh, probably 5 years and only came home twice I think in that time but we still managed to chat on the computer almost daily.

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• SpaceGirlSpiff member

  September 2013

  I only have a step sister... she's 6 years older, and since she lived with my Dad and I didnt really have consistent visitations growing up, we didnt really have an opportunity to get close.  Plus the age gap...she was pretty constantly annoyed with me whenever I'd visit as a kid.

  
  

  She lives in a different state (her H is in the military), but we are facebook friends and we'll chat once in a while or comment/like pics.... I wish we were closer, I've always envied people with siblings.

  
  

  H is also an only child, however he grew up so closely with his cousins that they fill a sibling role to him, so... that's the closest we get

  
  

  
  

  
  

    
  

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• nixieknox3 member

  September 2013

  my brothers and i had a pretty effed up childhood and perfectly fit into the typical roles of children in dysfunctional families.  the golden child is my older brother (19 months older than me)  the rebel/scapegoat (me) and the lost child is my little brother who is 8 years younger than me.  my older brother and i got into some pretty violent fights growing up and he still has a hard time shaking the roll of being my mother's spy, so we are not as close as we would like to be.  i pretty much raised my little brother until i went away to college and sadly, i failed pretty miserably at that.  he still lives at home and is pretty dependent on my parents for everything.  he has an ongoing drug problem and some mental health issues.  we are also not as close as we would like.  

  
  

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• insertclevername member

  September 2013

  I had a very dysfunctional family that included domestic violence, drug abuse and alcoholism.  I think that impacted my relationship with everyone in my family including my brother.  I remain cordial with my family members but am not close with any of them.  Distancing myself has been essential for self preservation.

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