What is the best age difference between 2 siblings in your opinion and why?

BonBon · F

My older brother and I are ‘Irish Twins’, we are the same age for twelve days each year and we were best friends growing up and still are very close, he takes me out for lunch and things. Our middle sister and brother are 14 months apart and go through phases of BFFs to not caring much about each other. Then the youngest two are twin girls and are very very very close. But then I’m 6 years older than the twins are we are incredibly close. So we all have our ‘buddy’, but really all of us are close to be honest, and the gaps vary from 7 years to 30 minutes 😊
But we lost both parents and it’s just the 6 of us living all together by ourselves, so that may explain it. The twins even call me ‘mama’ now.

exexec · 61-69, C

Seven years between our two kids worked great. No sibling rivalry. No overlapping college costs. We didn't plan it that way, but the second pregnancy didn't happen as quickly as we had planned.

virtuflame · 31-35, F

@exexec I am 9 years older than my brother but I personally feel that this separated us all of our childhood. Even now it is pretty difficult to find similar interests cause he's still pretty young.

Thingschange4444 · 56-60, M

I suppose if u have them a year or two apart theyre liable to fight and bicker but say 10 years apart the elder is normally the protector.

virtuflame · 31-35, F

@Thingschange4444 I hated being so much older sister (9 years older). :D

Thingschange4444 · 56-60, M

@virtuflame lol poor u. My older bro boxed and is 12 years older and would glove me up and lay into me in the garden when i was about 10-12. Not giving it his all else hed have killed me. Just toughening me up to protect myself.