Do you like your siblings?

[Anonymous]

I have a much younger brother, and I love and like him a lot. He's like my "practice" kid.

[Anonymous]

I had to go no contact with mine because I was the family scapegoat and the emotional abuse got ten times worse after both parents passed. There was a heavy tension in the air whenever I was there. My nieces and nephews had been trained to hate me, too. I knew I could not visit safely without bringing my spouse, and even then the air felt tense and my spouse and I were treated as interlopers. I've forgiven my siblings from a long distance, but I don't want to see them again. You can forgive and never go back. My peace is paramount. God can deal with them from now on, peace out.

[Anonymous]

Well, they sorta don’t like me because I amounted nothing. The three older are all much more successful (as in corporate CEO and private jet successful). I have nothing common and am always feeling out of place around them. Had to go no contact when the snobbery got out of hand. Never looked back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had to go no contact with mine because I was the family scapegoat and the emotional abuse got ten times worse after both parents passed. There was a heavy tension in the air whenever I was there. My nieces and nephews had been trained to hate me, too. I knew I could not visit safely without bringing my spouse, and even then the air felt tense and my spouse and I were treated as interlopers. I've forgiven my siblings from a long distance, but I don't want to see them again. You can forgive and never go back. My peace is paramount. God can deal with them from now on, peace out.

Sorry to hear. This was me - the scapegoat - and will be me when our parents pass.
It’s hard to disengage from family of origin. It takes a lot of courage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think I'd never interacted with my sibling were he not my brother. We have a big age gap and never really interacted as kids, he was an adult by the time I was an elementary schooler.

My sibling and I have big age gap. We are quite close as adults.

[Anonymous]

One of my sibling is a mystery; I tried to interact with them but never opens up about anything. I don’t know much about their life and if they were not sibling I would just think is a loner
The other sibling has been a source of great comfort but also great pain and is dealing with their own demons; we don’t have much in common in terms of values or life circumstances. Probably would be, if not a sibling, an acquaintance