How many brothers and sisters do you have?

[reyd reid reed]

I was listening to something this morning and they were suggesting that the more siblings, the better.

I dunno. How many do you have?

[Cabcere]

1. One brother

five years younger than me, and I love him (even though he drives me nuts sometimes! :silly:). I've always thought it would be kind of cool to have a sister, but most of the time I'm glad it's just the two of us. :shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

10. Little brothers are supposed to drive you nuts...

My kids'll attest to that. Sometimes it seems like they're trying to 'out-nuts' each other. Now that I think about it, my brothers did the same thing.

:P

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

2. Three

Two sisters, one of whom has passed on, and a brother. I think the more siblings the better if you get along with all of them. If not, it's a waste.

[reyd reid reed]

6. One of the things that they were talking about

was, since we don't get to pick our siblings, we have to learn to be tolerant and accepting of other people, whether we like or agree with them or not.

I guess if we can get along with our siblings, we can get along with anybody.

Gives me hope for my own family.

:P

[gemdem]

3. All depends on how you count 'em

I have three brothers and a sister by my parents.
I also have a foster brother and sister.
I have two cousins who lived with us as brother and sister.
And I have two stepbrothers and a stepsister from my dad's second marriage after my mom passed away.

So, anywhere from three to seven brothers, and from one to four sisters.

:-)

[reyd reid reed]

12. Oh, I'll bet

Christmas is interesting...

:hi:

[LeftyMom]

4. Just one, unless you want to count step-siblings

And considering how many times my mother has married, I'd rather not.

[reyd reid reed]

7. I hate to say it

but I don't really keep track of my steps, either. I feel badly about it sometimes, but when my father and their mother married, I was already grown and living on my own as were they, so it's not like we really bonded.

:shrug:

[LeftyMom]

46. I don't even remember the name of my mother's current husband's (grown) kid

He lives in Oregon and I haven't met him or his partner, though my mother's shown me pictures.

Her third husband had one kid, who was a racist scumbag. I never did consider him family, but I love his kids as much as I love my own blood.

Husband #2 had a few kids who were all of an age with my Mom (she'll be 50 next week.) Lately he and his new wife have a baby, which is pretty scary because he's got to be pushing 80 and he hates kids. If I were to consider his kids family (HA!) I'd have a few sibs well into middle age and a step sister in diapers.

[SeattleGirl]

5. Two brothers, two sisters.

All younger than me.

[reyd reid reed]

11. Is there a big age difference

between you and the youngest?

[SeattleGirl]

15. Yup. Almost 12 years.

I consider her my "first child", actually.

[reyd reid reed]

21. I was just gonna ask that...

did you find yourself taking on a lot of 'maternal' duties?

[SeattleGirl]

24. I did, yes. Both my parents worked outside the home, and as the

oldest, I had a lot of responsibility. Sometimes I resented it, but other times, I was fine with it.

[reyd reid reed]

26. You deal with what you have to...

it's just what you know. I was the same way, though not until I was older. When my mother died, I found myself doing the cooking and the laundry and cleaning and all that stuff. For the most part I didn't resent it, but then again, I didn't have to deal with any babies -- my youngest brother was almost 12 at the time.

[SeattleGirl]

35. The older of my two brothers stepped into my dad's shoes when

dad dies. I was already living away from home, as was my sister closest to me in age. Our mom worked the graveyard shift, so my brother chose to stay at mom's so that mom could continue working graveyard (more money), and he could be there for the two youngest, 13 and 10 at the time.

[deadparrot]

8. One brother.

Almost four years younger.

There are times when I wish I had more siblings. On the other hand, I got pretty lucky with the one I do have, and I don't want to tempt fate. After looking at my mom and her sister, I'm pretty thankful for my brother, even if he is a pain-in-the-ass 16 year old sometimes. :)

[reyd reid reed]

16. Heh...

just think back to when he was a pain-in-the-ass 8-year-old and you were a much more mature (not to mention cooler) 12.

Bet he doesn't seem like such a pain if you think of it like that.

:P

[deadparrot]

47. Oh, I know.

Like I said, I'm thankful. He's a great kid. My mom always talks about how amazed she is that we get along so well.

Of course, tomorrow, we're going to help out at my mom's school, which means the task of hauling him out of his bed at 10AM on his day off falls to me. Huzzah. :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. Zero.

If I did have any, they would bow to my awesomeness. :P

[reyd reid reed]

17. Heh...

Did you ever wish you had them?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. Nope.

I need my space. :D

[reyd reid reed]

30. So were

you spoiled? Did you get pretty much what you wanted, when you wanted it?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

88. LOL, nope.

:rofl:

[JVS]

13. A brother

[reyd reid reed]

18. Older?

Younger?

:shrug:

[JVS]

38. older

[reyd reid reed]

39. Do you get along with him?

:shrug:

[JVS]

49. Hell yeah. He is one of my favorite people in the world!

[reyd reid reed]

51. Good.

:thumbsup:

[greendog]

14. 3 sisters, 2 brothers

All younger.

[reyd reid reed]

19. What's the age difference

between you and the youngest?

[greendog]

27. I'm not sure...

...I think he's around 36. I'm 48.

[reyd reid reed]

31. So that's the same span

as SeattleGirl. Roughly.

Ironically, that's close to the span between my oldest (he's 23) and my youngest (10).

[greendog]

43. The first five of us came a year or two apart...

...youngest brother quite a bit later.

I'd guess that's probably not unusual.

[JackBeck]

20. My only sister's birthday was May 7th.

She's 10 months younger than me (I was adopted) so for about two months I have to put up with her saying that we're the same age. Which we're NOT.

[reyd reid reed]

25. How old are you?

From the pictures I've seen, you're still young. Just wait. She won't claim the age for much longer.

:P

[JackBeck]

104. 33.

And what you say may be true. She's already stopped the month-long celebrations.

[Rhythm]

22. 5 older half-sibs (3 brothers, 2 sisters), plus 1 younger brother

the older ones i barely know, because they grew up a state away with their mothers (dad was married 3 times, but the last time was for almost 30 yrs).

[reyd reid reed]

28. Do you ever wish

you'd gotten to know them better?

[u4ic]

29. Three sisters and a brother

All older than me (range from 5-14 years older than me).

I didn't quite grow up with my two oldest sisters; the oldest left when I was 3 (she was 17) and the second oldest when I was 5 (she was also 17).

[reyd reid reed]

32. Just out of curiosity

did they all treat you like you were even younger than you were since you were the 'baby'?

[u4ic]

44. Heck, they still treat me like I'm 17

:eyes:


(it's more of a power trip/one upmanship thing than 'cute'. One reason I have little to do with them)

[reyd reid reed]

48. At least they

aren't treating you like you're 7?

I was the oldest so I didn't have that problem, but I'm seeing it with my own kids. My youngest, who's 10, is often treated like he's much younger.

[u4ic]

60. Well, considering I'm 40...

17 is young enough. ;-)

[reyd reid reed]

62. Heh...

some days I WISH someone would treat me like I'm 17.

Sadly, that hasn't happened since I was -- 17?

x(

[u4ic]

64. Would you like to go to the prom with me, hot stuff?

:*

[reyd reid reed]

65. YAY!!!!

Finally -- a date to the prom!

Now...what to wear, what to wear....

:P

[fizzgig]

33. one sister

three years younger. we didn't start getting along until about five years ago. now she's one of my best friends

[reyd reid reed]

34. Had one or both of you

moved into your own place by then?

[fizzgig]

41. we had

and my folks had split up

i know that had a lot to do with it

[reyd reid reed]

50. I started to get along with my brothers

much better once I moved into my own apartment. One of them still drives me batty, but we get along much better. It's been years and years and years since fists were involved.

:P

[fizzgig]

54. we used to get into fistfights too

not pretty

:P

[some guy]

36. 3 and 3 n/t

[reyd reid reed]

37. Older?

:shrug:

[some guy]

53. mostly.

:)

sister 4 yrs older
brother 3 yrs older
step sister 10 yrs older
step brother 4 yrs older
half-brother 7 yrs younger
half-sister 7 yrs younger.

Now that we're all adults we get along well. Growing up was a bit schizophrenic. My Mom's family. My Dad's family.

[u4ic]

55. Are you Peter Brady?

:o

[some guy]

58. nope

unless that means I lose the groupie gig :cry: - then Absolutely! :P

How have you been, sweetie? :hi:

Nice to see you :hug:

[u4ic]

63. Well, I always did think he was the cute one...

but I can't lose my only groupie!:(

I'm doing good - been busy. How about you? :hug:



Good to see you, too! :D

[some guy]

70. yay

I was a cute kid... I'll have to find a pic of him and see if I was cuter.

I'm doing fine. I've been busy too. I'm learning ballroom dancing, which is very fun, but I'm not very good at.

:pals:

[u4ic]

126. I bet you were!

Ballroom dancing? Neat! You'll improve - it takes a while to get the moves into your muscle memory. Once that happens, I'll expect to see you on Dancing with the Groupies. :D

[MnFats]

40. four sisters. this explains how i understand women so well.

though they might disagree.
however, i do know women who will NOT even date men who don't have sisters because they're completely baffled by women and have no idea how to treat them.

[reyd reid reed]

45. I really think that

makes a difference. Being around women makes you more sensitive to them, even if it's on a subconscious level. I was a single mom with two boys for several years and they were around a lot of women -- and they don't even have to think about it. They 'get' them.

Boy, do they get them. I've threatened to turn the hose on more than one that walked back and forth in front of our house.

:eyes:

[wildhorses]

42. 2 younger brothers...

one is 2 yrs younger and the 'baby' is ten yrs younger. he was like my own 'real life' doll baby:loveya:

now he is 6'3" :eyes:

and the other one is 6'2" :shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

52. Heh...

but they're still baby brothers.

And always will be.

Funny how that works, innit?

:P

[wildhorses]

89. yep, but, i get no respect

none, i'm tellin' ya:P

[bridgit]

56. had three brothers, now have only one...

[reyd reid reed]

59. ...

:hug:

[LibDemAlways]

57. Two younger brothers. My 14 yr old daughter, however, is

an only child. When I ask her if she'd have liked to have had a sibling, she says no because she's witnessed too many fights between her friends and their siblings. She likes having our undivided attention at home and being able to "bring a friend" when we go somewhere.

[reyd reid reed]

61. She sounds very level-headed...

so often kids only see the side that they want to see when it comes to their friends' families. That 'grass is always greener' thing.

:hi:

[some guy]

66. oooh

I remembered in posting on this thread that I bought raspberries today, since you got me in the berry mood last night.

So now I'm having raspberries...






share? :)

[reyd reid reed]

68. Definitely!!!

You're a doll! I didn't bring any to work tonight...those look WONDERFUL!!!

:9

[some guy]

71. they're

probably plastic or something, since they were in a photo-shoot. :rofl:

But the ones I'm eating are good and tart. :bounce:

:hug:

[reyd reid reed]

73. They might not be plastic

but they've prolly been sprayed with some nasty stuff to make 'em all shiny.

And tart is good. I want to make some strawberry-rhubarb preserves...it's been years.

[some guy]

77. you should call up

Girly-poo right now, get her out of bed, and have her start washing jars, and putting raspberries on to cook down, or whaever one does with them as a start to making preserves. AFAIK you need to stop and get rhubarb on your way home...

I'm sure she'd be glad to help, and learn, and let you pass on family traditions.

:bounce: :woohoo: :bounce:

[reyd reid reed]

78. Lots and lots and lots and lots

of sugar. I need to hunt down the jars -- and check the price of berries. I've got pectin in the cabinet if I decide to go that way.

Hmmmmm...

It's sounding better and better....

[Wetzelbill]

67. 3 younger brothers, I'm 32, the others are 31, 26, and 22

It was a wild fighting household. :)

[reyd reid reed]

69. Heh...I'll bet.

Must've been real interesting when y'all were in your teens. Your poor mom.

:crazy:

[Wetzelbill]

113. we created a monster with the youngest one

3 older brother, all competitive athletes, he had to deal with that constantly. Not to mention all our other relatives. Everything was a big competition. But my youngest brother, he fights MMA, it was natural for him, because he had to wrestle and box around with the rest of us his whole life. We pretty much leave him alone these days, haha. :)

[WilliamPitt]

72. None

Only child.

Raise your hand if you're surprised.

;)

[reyd reid reed]

74. Nothing surprises me any more...

do you wish you had siblings, though?

[WilliamPitt]

75. Having an older brother would have been helpful to my social acclimation.

But I am now my own quantum singularity, and thus value everything that crafted my gravity, including the absence of certain necessary elements. :)

Or, in other words: Not so much anymore. :toast:

[reyd reid reed]

76. Heh.

:toast:

:hi:

[WilliamPitt]

79. Back at'cha.

:toast:

Funny how that works, eh? Scars are the best teachers.

:hug:

[Critters2]

80. One of each. I'm the deeply disturbed middle child. nt

[grace0418]

81. Five brothers, five sisters.

Youngest of eleven and whatever you were listening to was full of crap.

;)

[Reverend_Smitty]

82. 2...one brother and one sister...

but they are both much, much younger than me so I'm more like an aunt to them than a sister (the oldest one is 13 years younger than me and the youngest is 17 years younger)

[NMDemDist2]

83. zero, no siblings, step siblings or half siblings

i did have one half sibling, but she died decades ago and i never lived with her, in fact i only met her three times

[CaliforniaPeggy]

84. I have a little brother...

He's two years younger than I am...

He was the boy they wanted, and got...

I was never jealous of him, since he took the heat off me...

We became close when we realized that we could combine forces against our parents!

We're still close, but less so since he became a republican...

:shrug:

:hi:

[QMPMom]

85. 1 sister, 1 stepsister. Both younger. The stepsister and I used

to be very close but when I got married and moved away I pretty much ceased to exist to her. I am very close with my bio-sister.

[Guava Jelly]

86. 5 sisters

4 older 1 younger.
I was in hell!!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

87. None!

I'm really fucked, apparently, because my parents decided they did not all at want to go through with that again.

[TOhioLiberal]

90. 3 sisters 1 brother...

Two older sisters, my brother, me, my younger sister.

[Burma Jones]

91. Four Younger Brothers

Two of them half brothers, same Dad different Mom.......

[BarenakedLady]

92. One older brother

He's 3 years older.

I always wished I had a sister. I get along with my brother, but I wouldn't call us overly close.

[lizziegrace]

93. Two sisters

one is my twin and the other 18 months younger.

Yes, my mom lost her mind. :crazy:

[Left Is Write]

94. Three sisters, one brother

[scarlet_owl]

95. I have two sisters.

[Beausoleil]

96. Five

Three brothers, two sisters. I'm the oldest, 15 years between me and my youngest brother. Yeah, my mom was pregnant when I was in high school.

[bigwillq]

97. A twin sister

that's it.

[lizziegrace]

100. so you're fraternal twins??

;)

















:rofl:

[bigwillq]

109. You would be amazed

as to how many people ask if we're identical. :eyes:

[lizziegrace]

110. I remember that

from another thread. ;)

[RetroLounge]

98. 2 brothers, no sisters...

:hi:

RL

[IntravenousDemilo]

99. Four older brothers

All born within an eight-year period that apparently also included two miscarried sisters. And I came by 11 years after that.

[ceile]

101. 2 bros and one sis

then one step-brother and 2 half sisters

[1gobluedem]

102. One sister, one brother

Sister is two years older, brother is ten years younger. Oh, did I say brother? I meant one sister, one king.

[NewWaveChick1981]

103. I'm the oldest of three children.

My sister is a year and a half younger than I am, and my brother is three years younger than I am.

[Strawman]

105. One younger sis

[Kerrytravelers]

106. I'm a lonely only.

I always wanted siblings. Someone to share my parent's attention with. I had 100% of both their attentions. And, as well intentioned as they are, it was way too much focus on one person. There was a lot of pressure and they were (and still are) trying to make everything prefect for me. I use to beg for a brother or sister every Christmas. That's how I knew there was no Santa. As good as I was all year long and as much as I begged and wrote letters to Santa, I never got a brother or sister.

[MichiganVote]

107. 10. One deceased.

[MountainLaurel]

108. One brother, sort of

I also have a half-brother out there from my father's first marriage, who I have never met.

[supernova]

111. One brother and one sister

They are both at least ten years older than me. In some ways we are very different. Although, I love them, we really didn't have that equal sibling relationship.

[Fleshdancer]

112. My sibling situation is a bit odd

All my siblings are half siblings: two sisters that I know personally, one brother (the only sibling I've actually lived with and that I trust) and two siblings - I think they're both female- that I was never told about until I was 23 yrs old. Ask me how pissed off I was about that cute little family secret.

My oldest known sister (the one who decided she didn't want to consider me family after our father died) spilled the family secret to me seven years ago that our dad was married to a woman and had a few kids with her before marrying his second wife. My mom was the third wife but I grew up being told that she was the second. Still bitter about it.

[maveric]

114. Had two brothers. Only one now.

We had one of the smallest families in our suburban Boston Baby-Boomer spawning ground. Mostly Irish, Italian and French Canadian catholics. A pal on mine had 14 brothers and sisters in a 3 bdrm, 1 bath house.
Three kids was considered a "small family".

[Coyote_Bandit]

115. I never know how to answer that question

One living.

One dead.

[otherlander]

116. None that I know of.

:shrug:

[Grateful for Hope]

117. Four siblings

including one twin brother.

[sniffa]

118. 2 sisters

6 and 8 years oLder.

[marigold20]

119. Six siblings

Oldest was 17 when the youngest was born. There weren't too many Presbyterian families with seven kids!

[KitchenWitch]

120. Zero!

And I am so spoiled that my ass has a rainbow painted around it, and my shit smells like roses.

:sarcasm:

:hi:

[dropkickpa]

121. 5 brothers

2 older, 3 younger. I love coming from a big family. I am in the middle agewise, the oldest is 6 years older, the youngest is 6 years younger.

[cloudbase]

122. Two of each

not counting all the furry brothers and sisters, of course.

[Skittles]

123. five brothers no sisters

one deceased :(

[Ariana Celeste]

124. by blood, 2 brothers

but as far as i'm concerned i have 4 brothers and 2 sisters.

[LaraMN]

125. One baby sis (turns 21 in a few months).

She is the rulingest gal on the planet.

[In_The_Wind]

127. I might have brothers or sisters out there somewhere ~

:hi:


but ... as this moment ... I'm all I've got.

[femmocrat]

128. One of each. I'm the oldest.

They got to be "spoiled". I didn't. :(

[huskerlaw]

129. 3 sisters...

One biological, 2 step. I'm the youngest. :)

[ashling]

130. 6,594,661,914

and counting

[Mutley]

131. Two sisters.

One of which I did not meet until I was 17. I am the youngest.

[ZombieNixon]

132. None.

Naturally, the motion of the universe is centered on my gravitational field. :P