Is anyone here best friends with their sisters?

[Anonymous]

My sister and I weren't close growing up. We use to fight like cats and dogs. Blood was drawn on more than one occasion. Now we are best of friends. I had some health problems and she showed up like the cavalry and just as that was resolving her marriage started to implode. I have no kids and never married but make bank so brought huge house and she now resides with me while she figures out what to do with goofy husband.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister and I were very close until she had her kids. Overnight she wanted little to do with me, and her kids became everything. I had to call her, I had to visit and finally I had enough.

Her kids grew up, one moved to another country the other a hour a way. Her husband ended up dying from a heart attack. I noticed she started calling more and actually talked about visiting me. She never had use for friends because again it was only her kids that were important. She does a lot with her husband's family but that's about it. At this point I'll talk to her on the phone here and there, but I have no desire to see her or invest in anything..long moved on.

Is she supposed to sound horrible? You do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not. Only one sister 3 years older. We were okay growing up and got a bit closer as we aged, but really I go months without talking to her. We are very different, but it makes me sad that she doesn't seem all that interested in me. I try to open up to her when we visit, but she has a wall up.

I should add she's my only sibling too

+1 This is me. Maybe you and I should be sisters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sister and I were very close until she had her kids. Overnight she wanted little to do with me, and her kids became everything. I had to call her, I had to visit and finally I had enough.

Her kids grew up, one moved to another country the other a hour a way. Her husband ended up dying from a heart attack. I noticed she started calling more and actually talked about visiting me. She never had use for friends because again it was only her kids that were important. She does a lot with her husband's family but that's about it. At this point I'll talk to her on the phone here and there, but I have no desire to see her or invest in anything..long moved on.

Is she supposed to sound horrible? You do.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am hurting because a sister cut me off. I have 4 sisters and we range from 30-14. None of us are close and we're all going in different directions and actively seeking outside social circles. It makes me sad and I wonder if it's normal. We were very close and homogenous while growing up and I really miss that connection. Are any of you besties with your sisters? How do you create or nurture that bond?

It is very common. I think this makes it "normal"? Anyway, there is nothing abnormal about different adults growing apart. There are four of you, and that's a lot to keep up with. People have lives, their nuclear families etc. Life gets in the way.

[Anonymous]

I have two sisters. One only calls me when she's drunk and wants me to be her therapist, and the other only calls when she wants money.

[Anonymous]

My sister is a whackadoo. Our relationship works as long as I don't tell her what I really think. She's been unemployed for years, devoting her energy and time to various causes. Apparently I worry more than she does about her running out of money, but she'll flip if I broach the subject and suggest she take a job that's not "meaningful". It's ridiculous, but is what it is.