[siblings] How many siblings...?

[JessiMari]

Ok...People...How many bros/Sis do u have? Or are u an only child...Do u guys enjoy having a bro/sis or would have loved to be an only child? Are you close to them? If you are an only child...has it been hard for you growing up alone? As for me...I am an only child...I have grown alone...People think i'm spoiled and I guess I am...Well my parents have given me everything they could...but i've had friends...therefore I know how to share...What about you?

[The Original Taco]

Brother 33, brother 30, me 16, sister 15.

Well..I would've liked it a lot more if brother 30 and I lived in the same house longer because I feel closer to him than my other siblings. I love my brothers and my sister as much as they annoy me, but I like being able to say I have to older brothers that have my back. *shrug*

I do sometimes wish I didn't have any sisters, but that's another issue.

[Deidre]

I have four siblings... three brothers (31, 30, 27) and one sister (37). Although, I only grew up with two of my brothers, most of the time, and my sister and other brother were mostly home for summer and Christmas, and a few school holidays -my sister much less so because I was only a few years old when she got married, and after that she didn't have school breaks to make for excuses to come over.

I'm not close to my sister at all. She only calls around when she needs something, which means she's only talked to me on the phone and E-mailed me once in my life. She's the same with our father, though (and hasn't been here for his birthday the past four years). She keeps discrediting my education and my choices to make them stand out much less from her immature stepson's (he's two years younger than me).

I'm much closer to my brothers, although two of them are moved out, married and have daughters of their own... but I can talk to them either way. They live close by, come around a few times a month, and I can talk to them a lot and they watch out for me. Well, my third brother does too, but he's a lot harder to talk to (he has a neurobiological disorder called Asperger's Syndrome, which means he doesn't understand nuances in speech -like sarcasm for example-, body language, he doesn't associate things correctly -like, I'll mention seeing a balloon the shape of a Pokémon and he'll start talking about the Hindenburg)... but he's still closer to me than my sister. He looks out for me a lot. People with Asperger's are supposed to, most of the time, be completely oblivious to people's feelings, and he is most of the time, but with me he works so very hard not to be with me. It's easier with very obvious things, such as when I get a cold, then he'll be nagging on our mother to get me this and that herbal cure and sweets and everything. I just wish it wasn't so hard to have a conversation with him.

[~Fanta~]

I am an only child, and when i was little i hated it. I was always jealous of other kids who had siblings, and i always wanted a brother. Now i'm used to it, i know that i get all the attention and everything, and i guess you could say that i'm a bit spoiled too, because my parents always tried their best to give me everything i needed and wanted. On one hand, i still wish sometimes i had an older brother or sister to talk to, but on the other hand, i know many people who are not close to their siblings at all, or even worse, they do not get along at all, so i guess being an only child is better then having a brother or sister and fighting all the time.

[Danae]

I'm an only child and I never really had a problem with it growing up. It's now that somtimes I curse it because I value my alone time so much, it's what I'm used to, that I don't like being around a lot of people ALL the time.


My parents never saw it as an excuse to spoil me. My mom is one of eleven and my dad is one of four, so they didn't buy the whole "treat her like a precious princess because there's only one of her" thing. In fact, I've probably had to do more chores and other crap around the house BECAUSE there is only one of me :P. Only children that are spoiled really bother me, especially girls. They act all prissy and get mad when things don't go their way. Well, guess what, mommy and daddy will not always be there to buy you a pony or get your ass out of trouble! hahah



I'd say the only bad thing about me as a result of being an only child is that I am quite stubborn. I like things to go my way because when I was playing, it was me and Barbie and I could make her do whatever I wanted her to do, so why shouldn't I be able to do that with real people as well?! :lol:








Fuck, I totally contradicted myself. Ha, old habits die hard ;)

[Stratocaster]

I've got one older sister.

She's four years older than me, and I wouldn't mind her half as much as I do if we had our own rooms. Since we share a bedroom, though, sometimes I hate having her around 'cause I just want peace and quiet and a bit of time and space to myself for a change.

[ShotBlocker34]

I'm an only child. My parents got it right the first time :)

[Nikster]

I have a younger sister, she's 17.

We're 3 years apart and sometimes it was irritating growing up with her when she would want to hang out with me and my friends, but now I sort of like having someone to talk to.

[M3Ryan]

I'm pretty much an only child. It's okay I guess, but I would love to have an older sister. I have a young step-sister who is 6.

[nicruns]

im the oldest. My sister is 18 and my brother is 14. my brother was born on my sixth birthday and i used to HATE it. now its kind of cool because we get to celebrate together and when im at school i call and we both say "happy birthday". sometimes when i was younger i wished i was an only child but now i dont know what i would do without them

[IGemini]

I'm 18, and my younger brother is 15. It took me a while to figure out that he was older than 8, that's for sure. The kid NEVER leaves the house. He leeches me for friends and whatever else he wants. He's more pathetic socially than I was (I didn't think such a thing was possible). He's utterly stubborn, and really has a problem with authority. We occasionally get along, but most of the time he bugs me at the most inopportune moments.

[JessiMari]

Seems like there a few of me here! GOOD!



M3Ryan I would have loved to have an older sis too!

[GreenFaerie13]

I have a younger brother. He's 13. I'm 16. So there's a three year difference. Sometime he can be a real prat. But there are other times I just love hanging out with him. I do wish we were closer because sometimes I dont' feel that I love him like a brother should be loved. But we're close enough that when things are rough we got each other.

[JohnSmith]

i have a 20 year old sister and a 8 year old brother... and im stuck in the middle, and I wouldnt want it anyway else.

[kuju]

I have two older brothers... Eric is 26, and Paul is 24. I'm 21.

Eric is just finishing his Bar admissions course, though he's already done his year of articling. But he can't take the Bar until next summer. He's a little... reserved, and I have trouble talking to him. He's always been generally quite, obsessed with basketball, and was a good athlete until he hurt his knees (that runs in the family... stupid knees). He's nonchalant, though, when it comes to things that other people consider important, and he's grooming himself to be very much like my father (another lawyer) which many of you, if you know my stories about my dad (I've got a few recent good ones) is NOT a good thing. But he's there for me when I need him, which my father certainly is not. We haven't been close in YEARS though, and I see him every few months. I don't miss him.

Paul was always the odd one out. Being neither the oldest, nor the youngest, noe the only boy, he was neer singled out. HATED reading, and still does unless it's fabulously interesting for him. Started getting into trouble when he was 13 or so, and was a drug addict and dealer during high school. He's not as heavily into frugs anymore, but he does... well, nothing. He did three years of University... getting himself only two years' worth of credits. He's unable to apply himself to anything that is uninteresting to him... and as we all know, in University, even if you love your program, there's always some courses you can't stand. He's been living at home... wait, scratch that, he's been living in his ROOM for the last 16 or so months. He has no job, no prospects. He refuses to get a minimum or slightly higher pay job, because he thinks that they're demeaning. He wanted to be a stockbroker at one time, and took the course, but then realized that it involved math, (duh) and quit it. Currently, he's fucking around with computers and graphics, but nothing good enough to get him pay. He's a fabulous artist, but isn't willing to do anyhting with that either. On the personal side though, he's a wonderful person. He's cuddly and sweet when he wants to be, and vulnerable, though he tries to hide it. He sleeps all day, and goes out all night. I'm in the same house as him every week, but I see him maybe once a month. I miss him.

My brothers and I were never really close, and since I don't have a large family, none of us have ever really been close... except my mother and I. My dad seems to think that this is wrong and odd... yet never seems to be conscious of the fact that it's mostly his fault...

[cc-crazed]

ya, ive got kinda a large family. 7 siblings, ranging 12 years to 23. not bad though. its actually lots of fun, like a party every night. that is, untill somebody starts fighting, then we all join in.

[Ray]

I have one brother who is 3 years younger than me.

If I had a loaded gun, I would be an only child. That is how much I loathe him. He annoys and bugs and disturbs me on all and every level.

The only time we get along is when we aren't together. Like in the summer we never see eachother, and when we do, it's like we're best friends. On holidays, when we see eachother every hour of the day, it's war.

[ps_tiger]

I wish I had a brother or a sister. it would be someone to share memories of my childhood with, and someone who I could have had to hang out with on family vacations. Having to only be with your parents for weeks at a time SUCKS.