Women with sisters and women without sisters - do you really notice?

[Anonymous]

I can tell more if a guy has sisters by the way they interact with me. I can't really tell if a girl has sisters.

I have 2 brothers and a sister who is so much older than me I hardly know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have sisters and barely speak to them: we have nothing in common except parents.

This. And, I have lots of women friends.

[Anonymous]

I think a lot of my friends without sisters have much closer friendships where I have a lot of great close friends but no one who compares to the closeness I have with my two sisters. It's the ultimate love-hate relationship as children and the greatest bond of womanhood as adults. I pray my daughter is lucky enough to have at least one sister!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have three sisters who I love and sometimes can't stand. The best thing about sisters is that you are connected for life, so you can be brutally honest with each other and say things that you can't say to even your closest friend. Best friends for life despite the occasional blow ups when we call each other out on our respective self-centeredness and bitchiness.

2 sisters and one brother here. Couldn't agree more and wouldn't trade it for the world

[Anonymous]

I met my half-sister when I was 17, I grew up with an older and a younger brother. I am close to her, but not as close as to brothers. I trust women, I like women, I think women are cool. I am not a woman hater.

[Anonymous]

no sister but several girlfriends I think of as sisters, and make friends easily, always have... never noticed not having a sister.

make it a point to date men who have sisters though... they are just a little more thoughtful and sensitive w/o being super beta.

[Anonymous]

I think you can tell guys without sisters easier than girls without sisters. Girls can bond and be as close with female friends. Boys without sisters are out of the loop and women often seem to remain a mystery to them-not in a good way.

[Anonymous]

I think there is often a difference in the workplace. I have three sisters and no brothers. I am a little wary of women who grew up as the only girl with brothers, particularly if they seem to have more guy friends than girls. I think sometimes they like being the only girl in the room and feel more competitive other women. Women with sisters And no brothers i think are more likely to be better friends and better to women I the workplace.

[Anonymous]

I went to an all girls private episcopal school, was very pro girl, pro friendship, girl power. I know times have changed but there honesty wasn't any mean girl or bullying behavior and all of us still like each other and stay connected via fb, etc. I think for me that had a bigger role in whether I grew up to respect and want to empower other women. It came as a real shock to me when I got my first real job after grad school that women in the business world were not menotiring, supporting and cheering on each other. I also find it weird for any woman to not support other women, in my mind when one goes something good it is a plus for all women. I have always had close women friends, but now that I have moved up to DC I find it hard to find authentic lady friends who don't gossip and back stab. I just am not that way. My close girl friends tend to be my childhood friends who are scattered now all over the US.

[Anonymous]

Haven't thought about it until now, but the women I know with 2 sisters (not just one) are loud, obnoxious, non-stop chatterboxes and drama queens. Bad listeners, not caring about what others have to say, always trying to be the center of attention.

Maybe it's growing up in a household where they competed for attention with 2 other girls?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haven't thought about it until now, but the women I know with 2 sisters (not just one) are loud, obnoxious, non-stop chatterboxes and drama queens. Bad listeners, not caring about what others have to say, always trying to be the center of attention.

Maybe it's growing up in a household where they competed for attention with 2 other girls?

+1

I was going to write I can spot a chick from an all-sister household (+2 sisters-- just one doesn't seem to matter) in a mile. Your description is apt. They also tend to be of femi-nazi variety---putting down men constantly.

I have a sibling of each gender and feel very fortunate. I love both of them to death. Having a brother (esp one like men--mr.popularity, star athlete, girl magnet, hooligan/hilarious) really made me understand the male gender well. I idolized him. I, to this day, can't stand huge gaggles of women. I avoid events like that. I find you can't get a large group of women together without them gossiping, back-stabbing or laying on the one women that isn't there. I have a handful of very close women friends, but they are similar that they are no-nonsense, no drama, non-gossipers.

[Anonymous]

I am closer to my brother. My sister can be really mean. My best friend has one brother and no sisters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think so, I have no sisters and my girlfriends (I do have a lot) describe me as aloof...I have a lot of girlfriends but none that are super close like a sister

+1

[Anonymous]

I also went to an all girls school and agree it was in a very positive environment for friendships. Having boys around can create issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haven't thought about it until now, but the women I know with 2 sisters (not just one) are loud, obnoxious, non-stop chatterboxes and drama queens. Bad listeners, not caring about what others have to say, always trying to be the center of attention.

Maybe it's growing up in a household where they competed for attention with 2 other girls?

+1

I was going to write I can spot a chick from an all-sister household (+2 sisters-- just one doesn't seem to matter) in a mile. Your description is apt. They also tend to be of femi-nazi variety---putting down men constantly.

I have a sibling of each gender and feel very fortunate. I love both of them to death. Having a brother (esp one like men--mr.popularity, star athlete, girl magnet, hooligan/hilarious) really made me understand the male gender well. I idolized him. I, to this day, can't stand huge gaggles of women. I avoid events like that. I find you can't get a large group of women together without them gossiping, back-stabbing or laying on the one women that isn't there. I have a handful of very close women friends, but they are similar that they are no-nonsense, no drama, non-gossipers.

I am very wary of women who make statements like this. You are a woman. D you think you are gossipy and backstabbing? I am a woman, and I am not backstabbing, so I would never make the generalizations you made. Of I hear a woman characterize women like this, I assume she is backstabbing and gossipy.