GTKY: Siblings

[HoneySpider]

1. Do you have any siblings?
If yes, how many? Younger/older?
If no, do you wish you had siblings?

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?

5. What annoys you about your siblings?

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?

ETA: Include a photo if you'd like!

Sibling is a weird word. 

[zarapipe]

1. Do you have any siblings? One brother- 3 years younger and  2 step sisters- 5 and 10 years older

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up? My brother and I fought like cats and dogs My step sisters and I didn't grow up together.

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now? My brother and I talk a few times a year. Nothing is strained, we just aren't close. My one step sister has girls who are three months older than DD so we have stuff to talk about and like to get the girls together (we met at Disney last week). My other step sister and I are nice, we keep in touch, etc.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings? My brother is a smart ass. He is graduating this month with his pharmacy degree and is moving to AZ for a new job! So excited, proud and jealous

5. What annoys you about your siblings? My brother isn't really into family stuff, self center a bit, but is getting better.

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings? No

Sibling is a weird word.  Agree

[MrsMB]

1. Do you have any siblings? I have 2
If yes, how many? Younger/older? Younger...although I am frequently told my middle brother looks older than me. Score!

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up? My baby brother and I have always been close. My middle brother and I have had a rockier relationship due to certain factors.

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now? My baby brother and I remain close. My middle brother and I have a much better relationship now that we are older. We're amicable you could say. We would be closer, but his wife/my SIL is just about unbearable to be around.  I love LOVE his kids and will be as active as possible with them though.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings? My baby brother has gone through so much adversity and has come out stronger. He has a beautiful wife and a baby on the way. I couldn't be prouder of where he is in life. I'm proud of how accomplished my middle brother is. He also handled unexpected twins very well this past year.

5. What annoys you about your siblings? My baby brother can do no wrong. I don't think he gives himself enough credit. My middle brother is and has always been pretentious and judgmental. I think he has softened up some as he's gotten older though....

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings? 2 brothers was fine. I'm not sure I would have wanted a sister. I do better with boys anyway. 

[HoneySpider]

1. Do you have any siblings?
One brother who is 2.5 years younger

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?
I would say a normal brother/sister relationship - sometimes we fought but for the most part we got along. We shared a lot of similar interests like sports and music so we enjoyed hanging out together. Being somewhat close in age made it easy to spend time together, especially when we were younger because there were so many kids in the neighborhood that were our ages

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?
We only see each other a few times a year and don't really talk all that much, neither of us are big phone people. I would say we've grown apart but I know if one of us ever needed the other for something we'd be there. I wish our relationship was better but honestly ever since SIL came into the picture it's been slowly going downhill. I feel like he gets too wrapped up in his own life and works harder at making her and her family happy than his own. But that's for another day....

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?
He's smart, a good, honest person, and works hard.

5. What annoys you about your siblings?
Everything seems to come so easy for him...it seems like whatever he and SIL want, they get. Meanwhile we always seem to be struggling for everything. It's not fair.

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?
I kind of always wished I had a sister, in my mind it would have meant having a built in BFF even though I know that's not necessarily the case 

This photo is really old, from 2006:

[HoneySpider]

jjwritergirl good call on the photo, I should have added that in the OP

[awick14]

1. I have 3 siblings, my twin sister, a younger sister (4 yrs younger), and a not so baby brother. (6 years younger)

2. We were typical siblings, we fought a lot but we also were really close.

3. We don't see each other a lot because of work and stuff but we are still pretty close.

4. My twin: she had a hard start to adulthood with becoming pregnant at 16 and still graduating high school and then going to college to become a nurse.
My younger sister: for going for what she wants, and not allowing others to stop her because she is a woman. Also going to school and landing an amazing job right out of college.
My brother: He is an amazing young man who is such a hard worker and he really knows how to treat woman with respect.

5. My twin: She drives me crazy when it comes to her ex (my nieces father), they shouldn't be together at all he is a horrible man. He will never change!!!! Why can't she see this.

My other siblings don't annoy me as much. Lol

6. I have the perfect amount of siblings. (If you ask my brother though he will tell you that he wants a brother, on my wedding day he told me that I have him the best gift, the gift of a brother. DH and my brother are close)

Sibling is a VERY weird word.

[katiek]

1. Do you have any siblings?
Yep! I'm the oldest. My sister is 4 years younger, and my brother is 7 years younger than me.

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?
Pretty good. It got kind of rocky with my sister when I was 11-14, because we were in a tiny private school class together. The class was grade 5-8, so we were together ALL DAY. And she wanted to be included in everything I did with my friends, and I was a cranky preteen. Once I went to HS, though, things got a lot better. My brother and I never really had any issues, probably because we were so far apart in age. I mothered him a lot, but he didn't seem to mind.

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?
Great! They live half an hour away (with my parents), and I really enjoy the time we spend together. I talk to them at least once a week, and we meet up as often as possible. We don't have tons in common because we're at such different stages (grade 9, graduating HS, married and PG), but we get along really well.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?
They are both amazing people. My sister has struggled a lot in the past, and she is so strong and brave. I really admire her. And no matter what she was going through, she was always kind to everyone else. My brother is not a typical teenage boy, which H points out frequently. He is always thoughtful, sweet, and very careful about other peoples' feelings. He doesn't always execute things well, but he always has good intentions.

5. What annoys you about your siblings?
How much they fight with each other. I know it's an age thing, and the fact that they still live together, but it drives me nuts. My brother loves to rile my sister up, and she loves to nitpick about EVERYTHING he does. Ugh!

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?
My parents always wanted 5 kids, and had 5 pregnancies, but only ended up with 3 kids. I sometimes wondered what it would be like to have more siblings, but I think we were/are good as a family of five. I love big families, and hope to have one, but I don't know if I could have handled more siblings, lol. My bother had a ton of health issues as a kid, and my sister as a teenager, so all of my emotional energy has been taken up by them.

Picture! From my brother's grade 8 grad last June. We need more pictures of us, apparently.

[luv2rn4fun]

1. Do you have any siblings?  Yes
If yes, how many? Younger/older?  Younger, 2 years (actually 2 days short of 2 years)
If no, do you wish you had siblings?

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?  We have always been pretty close.  My parents divorced just after my brother was born so it's like we kind of stuck together. 

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?  We have a great relationship!  I feel extremely blessed to have such an awesome brother.  He has really been here for me the past few years especially and I really appreciate his love and support.  In fact, just recently, he read my blog and sent me an email that really touched my heart.  He's an MFT so he gets grief and has been supportive but it's like something clicked and he finally understood how hard everything has been.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?  He really is a great man!  His fiance is super lucky and I'm so happy that they found each other (my brother was married but his wife cheated very early on...he tried to save the marriage but she wanted out).  It's because of his strong view on the commitment of marriage and the sacrifice that it entails that DH and I decided that we wanted my brother to be our officiant!  It's been fun seeing his story unfold these past few years!

5. What annoys you about your siblings?  I really cannot think of anything that annoys me about him.  Growing up he always had it way easy when it came to school and sports but that's really it. 

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?  Nope, I love our family just the way it is!

[melsamoony]

Apr 16, 2014 12:13:23 GMT -5 HoneySpider said:

1. Do you have any siblings? yes 2 sisters, 1 older, 1 younger
If yes, how many? Younger/older?
If no, do you wish you had siblings?

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up? I have always gotten along with my younger sister.  My older sister and I did not really get along growing up except when we were really little.

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now? My younger sister and I are really close.  My older sister and I are still working on our relationship.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings? I am very proud that my younger sister is in the army and is such a strong woman.  I am proud that my older sister is so resilient.  She has had a lot of obstacles and demons in her life and she has really done a good job overcoming those.

5. What annoys you about your siblings? My older sister is very difficult to get along with.  She is very condescending and always puts me down.  It sucks.

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?  I love having two sisters, I just wish that my older sister and I got along a little better.  I am hoping with time we will.

ETA: Include a photo if you'd like!

Sibling is a weird word. 

[Deleted]

1. Do you have any siblings? yes 2 older sisters, 1 older brother

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up? they are all much older than me so they were definitely protective

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now? ok. we all live in different states so we don't really see each other but will chat on facebook.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings? I am proud that my brother finally did what makes him happy. He moved to Arizona a few years ago after a messy divorce.

5. What annoys you about your siblings? They don't get in touch with our mom as often as I think they should. My brother is pretty good at calling her once a week but my sisters don't get in touch as often.

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings? nope, they are enough lol

[Deleted]

Apr 16, 2014 12:13:23 GMT -5 HoneySpider said:

Keep in mind my perceptions are very, very colored by the last year

1. Do you have any siblings?
2 older brothers and a younger sister

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up? Meh--my brothers would gang up on me, and my sister is 6 years younger, so I spent a lot of time alone

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now? Meh.  I live far away, and do not come from a family of great communicators, which leads to problems. 

4. What makes you proud about your siblings? They are all genuinely awesome.  It's been especially awesome to see what a great dad my brother is to his 2 boys

5. What annoys you about your siblings? Not great communicators/not sharing expectations--I've had my ass handed to me the last two Christmases by different siblings because They had specific expectations that were not shared.  I can't read minds, yo!!!

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?  Honestly, I don't know if it would matter.  I'm so much a loner in my family

[winecheery]

1. Do you have any siblings?
If yes, how many? Younger/older? Yes, two little sisters

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up? Pretty freaking great.  We lucked out big time; no drama.  Seriously just like a big slumber party every night.

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?  Still very good.  Different, because we are all at very different life stages: I'm married with a baby, middle sis is engaged and working on her business/went back to school, and baby sis is finishing year one of college and being all young and young-like haha.  But we have a very tight bond.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?  They are smart and funny women.  They are talented (both awesome singers, one is also a dancer) and humble about it.  They are loving and generous.  So many more good things!  Basically if we weren't related they would still be people I would want to be friends with.

5. What annoys you about your siblings?  One of them is terrible about planning ahead and it's infuriating at times, and the other tends to bite off more then she can chew, and so, being stretched thin, certain things will fall by the wayside, usually taking care of herself, and that's really no fun to watch. It's a cycle with her.  

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?  Nope.  We are as we should be!

[elliemonster21]

1. Do you have any siblings?  One brother!  3 years younger

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?  Reaaaaaally good.  Although I used to pick on him until one day he was able to like...kick my ass sooooooooooo I stopped

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now? Awesome...people are genuinely really jealous of how close we are!  It is WEIRD if we don't talk every day on the phone.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?  He is SO driven and talented and such a great husband.  He is always willing to help anybody and everybody and would do anything for those he loves.  His in-laws are only spanish speaking so he went out and learned spanish for them so he could talk. He is really caring.

5. What annoys you about your siblings?  He can't say no to people and kinda just caves into my sister in law....I love him dearly but he does kinda get a little walked on sometimes.

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?  I'm honestly happy how it is.  H has 2 siblings and isn't as close to them for multiple reasons but something about having just that one sibling has always appealed to me.

Here is is spinning me repeatedly at my wedding because he knew I liked seeing my dress fly around hahaha

[pooh8402]

1. Do you have any siblings?
If yes, how many? Younger/older?
If no, do you wish you had siblings?

Yes. 2 younger sisters. 2 and 6 years younger. Also 2 much older stepsisters (closer to my mom's age than me). For the purposes of this discussion, I'll concentrate on my blood sisters.

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?

Off and on. We had fights but for the most part we got along well. I was closer to my middle sister, being that we are only 2 years apart and had friends and classes in common.

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?

Great. I love my sisters. They're two of my best friends.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?

Just watching them grow and become their own women.

5. What annoys you about your siblings?

Ummmm, a few things but not anything I want to get into.

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?

I always wanted an older brother.

ETA: Include a photo if you'd like!

Sibling is a weird word.

From last spring. Middle sister on left, baby in the middle.

[tacocat]

1. Do you have any siblings? 2 older sisters, 6 and 8 years older, and 1 younger sister, about 3 years

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up? My older sisters were just a bit too old to really connect with when we were younger. The younger of the two of them was not pleased that I messed up their system, but overall it was a pretty normal sister relationship. My younger sister and I have never really had a ton in common, so growing up we didn't do too much together.

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now? It's pretty good. We're not BFFs or talk on the phone every week, but we do things together occasionally and would drop everything to help each other out. It's hard to get together because everyone is in such different stages in life

4. What makes you proud about your siblings? They've all worked extremely hard to get where they are. They are all wonderful people, and I am very grateful for my family.

5. What annoys you about your siblings? The lack of communication drives me nuts. One of us will find out something, but that doesn't necessarily mean the message will make it to the rest of us. My oldest and youngest sisters seem to attract more drama than us middle children, but it's cut down quite a bit recently.

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings? I definitely did not need more siblings. I think things would have worked out easier for my parents if they had less than four, but I can't imagine our family any different.

[lms]

1. Do you have any siblings? I have just 1 younger brother

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up? We were the typical brother and sister - we spent plenty of time fighting but I don't think it was too bad

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now? We get along great. Once he got to college we really became friends and share stories that we didn't want our parents to know.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings? He's one of the good guys. He'll help anyone out, is a great dad and really knows how to treat a woman. 

5. What annoys you about your siblings? There's nothing about his personality that annoys me. It used to be that he seemed to have everything together and I was the mess (all revolves around my ex-husband) but now we are even - he's divorced, but dating a very nice girl, and I have an amazing husband. 

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings? I wish I did have another sibling or 2. My parents were each 1 of 4 so it would have been nice to also be a part of something like that. 

Here's me and my brother at my wedding in March, 2012. (I have 4 inch platform heels on and he's still a good bit taller than me!)

[tiptoetulips]

]1. I have 2 sisters I'm in the middle
2. Really close with younger sister not as close with my older sister. We got along well over all but had our moments.
3. We are close now and have very little drama
4. They are both hard workers and very kind
5. They aren't planners
6.  Nope my family size is great

[sarahsas]

Apr 16, 2014 12:13:23 GMT -5 HoneySpider said:

1. Do you have any siblings?
If yes, how many? Younger/older?
If no, do you wish you had siblings?

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?

5. What annoys you about your siblings?

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?

1. I have 1 younger sister (2.5 years different).

2. We fought a lot.

3. We still fight a lot.

4. She has a job.

5. Mostly selfish and materialistic she is.

6. No. I think that even though we fight, it's good to have one. She does have some good sides... I just see them less often :\ My mom says we're all we will have once she is gone. I am also close with my two BILs. I have a stepsister but barely know her, and she isn't at family functions/trips ever, nor did I grow up with her.

[wanderingenough]

1. Do you have any siblings?
I have two older brothers. They are 8 and 9 years older than me.

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?
It was good. We weren't super close due to our age difference, but we rarely fought, they always looked out for me, and we had fun.

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?
We aren't super close. We live far apart, have very different personalities, and just live different lives. The middle older brother and I talk about once a week or so. The oldest brother and I only chat a couple times a year - for various reasons. I think we would all drop anyone for one another, but I do wish we were closer.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?
Both brothers have such kind souls. They are both loyal to a fault and passionate about their interests. The middle older brother constantly defies odds and expectations. He does what people tell him he can't and always wears his heart on his sleeve. The oldest brother is kind, smart, and never seems to worry about what others think.

5. What annoys you about your siblings?
Middle older brother - Stubborn. Has to learn things the hard way. Rarely asks about my life when we talk.
Oldest brother - A lot.

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?
No - I feel like I have the perfect number. I never even wished for a sister. In spite of our faults and issues, I know I lucked out for the most part in the sibling department.


Pics! POOF

[estrellita]

1. Do you have any siblings?

If yes, how many? Younger/older?

If no, do you wish you had siblings?



Yes, 1 sister who is 35 (I'm 27, 8 1/2 years apart)

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?


Just ok. We weren't super close because of the age difference. She was always like a 3rd parent to me.


3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?


Better. We have more things in common now but we're definitely not close.


4. What makes you proud about your siblings?


She has a good job, she bought a house by herself, and she is an amazing artist. She draws and does a lot of design work (what she went to college for, not her job though).


5. What annoys you about your siblings?



She lived with my parents for SO long. Even when she bought her house, she didn't move into it for I think around 6 months. She also is a bit self centered sometimes.. like she told me that I couldn't use purple for my wedding (she said it jokingly but I know better, she would have pouted about it). Even though she probably won't ever get married because she's been dating the same guy for like 13 years and they don't even live together...

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?



I always wanted a brother!

For a limited time to prove we don't really look like siblings, haha (PDQ)
...

[kradleygirl]

1. Do you have any siblings? Yes
If yes, how many? 3
Younger/older? All younger

2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?
I felt isolated from them a little, being the eldest. They seemed to get along well and it seemed like I was the outsider. In saying that, the sister just below me is the one I'm closest to.

3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?
I get along well with my sister just below me and my brother who is the youngest. You would call the relationship with my other sister cordial at best when we see each other which is at the odd family event that she makes it to.

4. What makes you proud about your siblings?
They are all very successful in their careers. I talk about them a lot to other ppl about how proud I am of them.

5. What annoys you about your siblings?
My second sister seems to want nothing to do with anyone else unless it's on her terms. If she has something to say she won't say it to your face but will go to other family members and gossip with them rather than to your face. It's very frustrating.
My brother can be your typical annoying brother.

6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?
It's fine the way it is. I just wish the relationship with my second sister could be fixed.

[bk1]

1. Do you have any siblings?
Yes
If yes, how many? Younger/older?
1 older brother. He's 4.5 years older.
If no, do you wish you had siblings?



2. How was your relationship with your siblings growing up?
Fine. We got along well. He let me hang out with his friends. I met my DH because it was friends with my brother.


3. How is your relationship with your siblings now?
Okay. I avoid spending too much time with him because as an adult I find it harder. It was easier when we were growing up because I was use to him.


4. What makes you proud about your siblings?
He is extremely smart. 


5. What annoys you about your siblings?
He whines alot. He feels extremely entitled. He is the most arrogant person I have ever met.


6. Do you wish you had more/less siblings?
No, I think it works fine as is.


ETA: Include a photo if you'd like!



Sibling is a weird word.



Since I am getting to this late I will post a throwback pic!

This was from 2006