Are you close to your siblings?

This will be an interesting read for me. I am an only child and I am fascinated by sibling behaviour!

I'm a lot closer to my baby brother now than when we were younger (there is 9 years between us). We live 200 miles apart, but we do make an effort to text/call each other on a regular basis

I have a younger brother who is 2.5years younger than me and we absolutely fought like cat and dog literally when we lived at home! drove my mum bananas!

since we left home we got on better and we are better still, though I see him about 3-4 times a year now but we live about hour travel.

we dont text/phone each other but we are good mates now

Chids.. I have an only child and would value opinion on your growing up..I'm not sure if mine is missing out?? though nothing will change i'm not having anymore and child is now 13

I would say I am reasonably close to my brother. We certainly make sure we meet up everytime I go home even if it's only for a quick cuppa - so sometimes I see him every couple of weeks, other times up to 4 or 5weeks without seeing him.

My brother isn't known for being in touch with his emotional side (his poor GF) so the smallest of gestures from him means a lot to me. Eg: He never associates himself with my FB comments etc but when H went he liked a couple of my status updates, just to let me know he was watching, bless him.

I am less close to my step-siblings now, but used to be like my middle stepsisters second mother when we were younger. It's harder to see them since I moved out though.

My sister is two years younger than me. When we were growing up, I was always very mature for my age and she was always very immature, so there was more like 4 or 5 years between us. We used to absolutely hate each other as pre-teens/young teenagers. Kicking, screaming, slapping, you name it, we did it to each other.

When I moved out of home to go to uni, we started getting along much better. We're now very close. She lives around an hour and a half's drive from me, so I probably see her every few months. She got married in April though, so since she got engaged in October 2009, we've seen each other a bit more for dress shopping etc. I'm glad that's continuing now with my planning.

I do wish she lived a bit closer, but it's nice to be able to make a day of going down to see her.

ETA - we text each other at least three or four times a week.

i am child 4 out of 5...oldest brother being 43 and youngest brother being 27. I am not close to the older ones , the smallest age gap is 8 years so i expect that!

Me and my younger brother are 18months in age apart, and growing up we fought and couldnt stand to be in the same room as each other!! since both moving out 3years ago we have become very close..we speak everyday and see each other 2-3 times a week...mum has said shes so happy that we are now close as she knows wel look after each other when her and dad are gone. shes 63. yes, dramatic i know ?

I'm the oldest of three. My sister is 16 months younger than me and my brother is 5 years younger than me. I would say we were all close; especially me and my sister, we are basically best friends.

My brother has just joined my mum in Australia for 2 years. He went a month ago and I miss like crazy already.

ETA - We all live 5 minutes away (before my brother left) and me and my sister even work in the same buiding so we meet up three times a week on our lunch breaks.

Little brother, 19 months younger. Hated each other growing up, as seems par for the course. When we grew up, I think we realised that we actually liked eachother as people, without the sibling thing tarring our view.

We are around four hours drive apart, so we don't see each other often (when I'm in town to visit my parents, every few months or so). But we always buddy up at home and even go out together ?

I have a sister 2 years younger than me and my little bro is 5 years younger than me. My sister is everything we are extremely close and always have been we speak at least twice a day and she is the first person I call if ever I need advice or suport and vice versa. Even though we only see each other once a month due to me moving away to be with H, she is the one person I miss the most. Me and my brother are very close to, we dotn speak as much but we text alot, and I see him everytime I visit so again at least once a month.

My brother is just shy of a year older than me. We seem closer since I moved away from our hometown. We have always been close though. I am really close with his wife too and they come and stay with us every couple of months for the weekend. I usually go up to see them and my folks at least once a month (although I've seen them every weekend for the last 4 weeks!). I know he's having a hard time at the moment and it hurts not being there for him or being able to help. I miss my family a lot but am lucky to have a fantastic family-in-law.

Very. All of my three are just fabulous! I love them to pieces and can have a great night out with them individually or also as a group. We talk frequently, see each other as often as we can and do plenty for each other.

My husband is an only child and seeing him adapt has been wonderful. I'm so fortunate. I think the sheer volume and speed of interactions scared the poor boy to start with but now he's very much part of the family. My siblings refer to him as their biggest brother - and for my poor brother (one boy, three sisters) the brother he never had. I love seeing them all together.

Too close currently. Little sis is living in my spare room and won't leave!!

I'm 4th of 5 and yes, we're all pretty close. We email/text/phone very regularly. Can be 6 months between seeing each other but that's because we live in different parts of UK/Ireland but if there's a chance of seeing each other we do. Issues with our Dad over the last few years have probably brought us closer together.

I'm the eldest of 3 girls. Do not get on at all with middle sister. Growing up we used to fight and literally tear chunks out of each other! Tolerated each other more as grown ups although only saw each other at family events really, never socialised. She went out of her way last year to ruin my wedding and caused so much trouble that I haven't spoken to her for nearly a year now as not sure I can ever forgive her for the way she behaved. Younger sister I get on ok with, she is 24 with mild special needs so acts younger and that brings out my inner child and we have some fun!

Not especially, no. I am the youngest of four and the only girl. My eldest brother lives up north and we haven't seen one another for two years, before that it was four years. My other two brothers still live in the southwest and I only see them when i go home to visit my parents. i haven't been over too my parents in two years!

we only really speak over the phone to wish one another a happy new year, although i do speak to my mum approx every 2/3 weeks. I am hopeless at keeping in touch and Mum always does a very good job of nagging reminding me, on the occasions i do call.

I don't know why but I have always been a rather independent sole, happy in my own company.

The older we've got the closer. He's lives away but will ring me once a week to catch up, which for a 20 odd year old lad I think is pretty good. We meet up when he's home for a coffee or he'll come over for tea.

Me and my sister are very close and are pretty much best friends, and we always have been (despite the arguments that most siblings seem to have when they're younger!) There's just under 11 months between us, so I think that has affected how close we are.

We see each other at least once a week at our Mum's for Sunday dinner and sometimes on days inbetween, depending on how busy she is at work. We share the same group of friends, so we do tend to go out as part of a group quite often too.

My brother is 2 years older than me & lives near Mansfield, about 6 hours away. We always had a good relationship growing up & still do. 12 years ago he left to go to university & subsequently found work. We see each other for a couple of hours once or twice a year & I love every second of seeing him & his family. I miss him, but thanks to Skype we can keep in touch and I can see my georgeous new nephew.

We see each other maybe 4 / 5 times a year & speak on the phone once a month or so. He lives in mainland UK while were in NI - when he was in NI we would see each other weekly. We text & speak on the phone but not as often as we would like / should.

I would say Im from a very close knit immediate family. I speak to my parents once maybe twice a day & see them 3 or 4 times a week.

I have 4 sisters, 3 of them I get on well with. The other one is a b***h!

The 3 that I get on well with are my friends as well as my sisters. We go over to each others houses and spend time together.

Obviously we fall out sometimes, but we are always there for each other.

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Are you me?? This is exactly what we're like except for the Ireland bit.

Been calling / texting a lot over the past few days as I'm the only one of us still in the town we grew up in and my mum's brother is very poorly ill in hospital so I'm passing on bits of news as we hear it.

I used to be pretty close to my brother, but since he started seeing his girlfriend (who is actually a really sweet girl) he has turned into an irresponsible, selfish little git.

So no, for the last year I have not been close to my brother at all.

I have one older sister (4 years older). We fought like most as we were growing up, she even broke my arm when I was 6 (A week before my pool party for my 7th birthday!!) and ended up on crutches after fighting with her and getting a fishing hook wedged in my ankle, ouch!

She bought her first house when she was 16 so I was on my own with my parents from age 12-13 onwards. We have got on so much better since and regularly meet up for lunch, drinks, shopping etc. I think we are even closer now as she has a 5 year old daughter and is halfway through her 2nd pregnancy too. I've lived with her a couple of times over the years too, she's the most reliable person in my life, she'd offer a roof over my head before my own parents, I'm sure!

We speak most days, either in person or text/phone/facebook. We live in the same very small town, just 5 mins from each other. I've always had a key to her house and just today I let myself in when she was out and put a big bouquet of flowers in her kitchen.. She guessed straight away it was me, d'oh!

I very rarely see my brother socially, and don't speak on the phone very much.

I've always wanted HIS parents...

My sister who lives in NZ I am very close to...I miss her so much and wish she wasnt so far away- we chat most days on facebook or kik messenger but its not the same.

My sister who lives in the same town as me I see rareley and seldom text and never call- cant even explain whay really its just the way it goes but I feel like I should make more effort now.

I'm 1 of 9 kids, and I speak to none of them.

It's a complicated set up, with different mums, different dads etc. My 2 sisters I was close to growing up are pure evil.

One slept with my ex fiance 2 months before our wedding, gave my critically ill son Red Bull, then got him drunk on vodka. She also told me to "watch my back" or else she'd leave my son without a mum. She also smashed my kitchen window just before Christmas, leaving me to fork out over £200.

The other said that she hoped I lost both my kids, as she was jealous that I was pregnant as she has PCOS and is finding it very hard to conceive. When I had a m/c, she said it was a good job my baby died as it was mixed race.

Easy to see why I have nothing to do with either of them.

The others I just don't see. I even have a half brother (same dad) that i've never met. I saw him once in the hospital as his girlfriend was pregnant the same time I was. He looked up when my name was called, obviously recognising the surname, our mums recognised each other, and i'm assuming he got a similar "you've got the same dad" speech I got from my mum.

I'm the eldest of 5. The ages of the other 4 are 20, 12, 9 and 6. Me and my brother (20) used to fight and argue like mad when we lived at home together but since i moved out 3 years ago we have been getting on alot better and see each other maybe once a week. Me and my 12 yr old sister get on really well even though there is 11 yrs between us and she comes to stay here quite a bit. My mum has recently moved away with the younger three and i miss them all like crazy. I would like to think that when they have all grown up we will still get on with each other.