Poll: How do you feel about your siblings (or lack thereof)?

[fortnightlily]

Totally unscientific.  Brought to you by agonizing over how many kids to have  No special snowflakes.  If you had one or more siblings but he/she/they are no longer living, don't count yourself as an only child.

ETA: Oh yeah, for app users:

- I have siblings and am happy about it
- I have siblings and wish I were an only child
- I am an only child and wish I had siblings
- I am an only child and happy that way

[wambam]

Sorry, this is a SS sitch. I could do without my sister. I lurrrrve my brother.

[BaliHai]

I have siblings and I am happy about it.

[underwaterrhymes]

I have two sisters (one by blood and one step) and I adore the shit out of them both. We're very different people, but they are awesome.

H has three sisters (one whole and two half) and they are awesome too.

Can't say enough great things about sisters, man.

[irishbride2]

I am a semi SS.

I was raised as an only. I do have two half sisters, but they are much younger and we never lived together (same dad, different moms).

I consider myself an only and I loved/love it.

I actually dealt with a lot of guilt of having a second child because I was worried I'd be robbing my oldest of that relationship (with her parents). However, I understand that there are positives and negatives to all situations.

[sandyapples]

I loved having a sibling growing up. My bro is 3 years younger. I can't imagine many people regret having a sibling, even if they don't always get along. My girls love having each other too.

[papie]

I have a younger (by fifteen months) brother. I am ambivalent. We were close as kids, not so much as teenagers, then close again in our twenties. Now not so much. I feel like he forgot to grow up and he tends to be an ass. But he is pretty good with my kids and with us, just an ass in the rest of his life.

Eta: just saw the options. I am happy I have a brother, I guess. I always wanted a sister.

[Dumbledork]

I have 3 sisters. They're good people and I love them, but we're not super close or anything. I really only talk to them a handful of times per year.

[pandorica]

I have a much older brother. I'm definitely happy about it now, but it was probably more of a take it or leave it situation when I was school aged

[cereal K]

i'm an only. i had a good childhood and didn't "miss" having siblings, but more often than not, i wish i did have one.

but i would only want a good one that i liked that i had a good relationship with!! i can order one of those, right?!

[christy082]

I have a half brother I grew up with. He's 10 1/2 years older. We are complete opposites, have nothing in common and only see each other on holidays and birthdays. So I guess I'm ambivalent?

[lpcats]

I am an only child and always wished I had siblings.

[schitzengiggles]

No siblings, always wanted one/some. Still wish I had one.

[eddy]

I have a sister. I love her. We live physically far apart but getting together as a family is so much fun. And she just got married so now I have a BIL. And they are having a baby so I am going to get a niece/nephew. I love the idea of my family growing.

[Deleted]

I have a sister 6 years older. She terrorized me when I was in elementary school, then ignored me mostly while she was in college. We became very close once I was out of college and we were in similar life stages.

[laddie]

Lots of love for my brother here.

[VeryViolet]

I have a sister and I can't imagine not having her. As kids we fought a lot but as adults she is my best friend. We are six years apart in age so when we were younger we didn't have a lot in common. I also feel like we had two very different childhoods because of our age difference.

[Deleted]

My brother closest in age is a dick. I don't like him very much. I really liked my youngest brother.

[my4girls]

I have 5 siblings, while I am not super close with any of them I like them all and we get along and I LOVED having a large family growing up and wanted that for my kids very much. They are not getting more than the 4 we have though, no 6 for me

[cbwm1]

I have a brother.

I'm totally indifferent about him.

The only thing keeping us from being mortal enemies is that we're siblings. I mean, he and my SIL "gave" me my nephew and I'm totally in love with that baby, but my brother and I legit have nothing to talk about. We've got severely different personalities, he's super easy to anger and I'm crazy laid back, he's as far right-wing as one can get, I'm pretty much as far left-leaning as one can get, etc.

[katietornado]

I have a younger brother and he's fucking awesome. I'm so glad to know him, and so happy he's my brother.

He's a PhD in Geology and I'm an MBA. We are *very* different people, and I feel like I wouldn't know him if we weren't siblings.

He's the best, and I kind of wish I had more siblings just like him.

[pooh8402]

I have siblings and I am happy about. My sisters are 2 of my best friends. My BIL and his wife are pretty awesome too. And I like my stepsisters although I don't see them much.

[flatlan]

I have a younger sister and a younger brother and we all get along great!

[Deleted]

I love 3/4. The 4th could be dead and I'd never know.

[Alyssa]

I have a brother and we're born strangers.  We get along fine, he's just very closed off and doesn't engage in conversation with my husband or I.  It's the strangest relationship.  We live in the same town and I've only been to his place once and that was when I rode over with my mom to see his place for about 30 minutes.  He grows weed for dispensaries and acts as though he's cooking meth....so incredibly secretive.  It's like he's scared that I'm going to narc him out or something.  Other than that we only see each other if it's someone's birthday or on holidays.  I really wish I had a sister who I was close with.  I'm friends with women who have close relationships with their sisters and I'm slightly jealous of that.

[meshaliuknits]

Most of my siblings are fine, a couple are crazy. I'm not super close to any of them and only keep in regular contact with one. It was fine. Being an only would have also been fine.

[Nonny]

I like my siblings OK, but we aren't close.

They were significantly older than me, so I grew in my teen years basically as an only. My sister and I would be closer if geography didn't keep us apart. My brother and I had a brief period where we are kind of close, but he's a total asshole now and I haven't talked to him since Christmas and I kind of don't care.

I'm probably closer to my SILs at this point.

[RoxMonster]

I'm an only and am happy that way. When I was little, I wanted siblings so I had someone to play with outside of school whenever I wanted and also because all my friends had siblings. But after I got older (like HS and above), I just got used to being the only child and was fine with it. Now, it's just the way it has always been and I don't wish I had siblings. H has a brother, so I ended up kind of getting a sibling anyway.

[sawyerthedestroyer]

I have a sibling and I wish she was a different person.

[dcannie]

I love my brother, but he causes me a lot of worry. He is an alcoholic, has been in and out of jail the past two years, and just makes poor decisions. Aside from those issues we are also just very different people.

Eta: I dd'd my last line, I don't want that kind of thought out in the universe.