What's the age difference to your siblings?
Yesterday my brother turned 18 and tomorrow my sister is turning 50 😳
41-45, M
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acupaday · 46-50, F
Wow, that’s a wide swing. You don’t have to answer this, but are you guys close with such a difference in ages?
I’m an only child so this doesn’t apply to me, but there’s close to three years difference between our boys. Even with them being so close in age, as time progressed the oldest felt he was in a different social class as them so the closeness hasn’t really been there since the toddler years. He’d still be there for them for whatever they needed and such, but they were just never really that close even with there being such a small gap in their ages.
I’m an only child so this doesn’t apply to me, but there’s close to three years difference between our boys. Even with them being so close in age, as time progressed the oldest felt he was in a different social class as them so the closeness hasn’t really been there since the toddler years. He’d still be there for them for whatever they needed and such, but they were just never really that close even with there being such a small gap in their ages.
EuphoricTurtle · 41-45, M
@acupaday First of all it's my half-sister (mother side) and half-brother (fathers side), they've never actually met each other.
I grew up with my sister, but with a ten year difference it really wasn't a balanced thing, she just bossed me around. I honestly only started getting along with her when she moved out at 22 when she got married. But we are really close now.
With my brother it's different. There's a 21 year difference and I only lived with him for about a year and a half when he was a baby and I don't get to see him much since he lives up north. Now it's a bit easier since he's a full on teenager but we mostly connect through football and that's it.
I grew up with my sister, but with a ten year difference it really wasn't a balanced thing, she just bossed me around. I honestly only started getting along with her when she moved out at 22 when she got married. But we are really close now.
With my brother it's different. There's a 21 year difference and I only lived with him for about a year and a half when he was a baby and I don't get to see him much since he lives up north. Now it's a bit easier since he's a full on teenager but we mostly connect through football and that's it.
acupaday · 46-50, F
@EuphoricTurtle Ah, I gotcha. That’s awesome you’ve been able to connect with both like you have though. Time could have easily made you and your sister harder to connect and forge what y’all have, and even though it’s primarily through football at least you and your brother have that to share with each other. Maybe time will play a factor in that as well.