Does having a sister make you happier?

[Anonymous]

There's a lot of bitter women on dcum and I wonder if any have sisters? This study says women who have sisters are happier. https://www.joe.co.uk/life/study-shows-that-people-with-sisters-are-happier-and-more-optimistic-152997

[Anonymous]

No, my sisters don’t make me happy. Neither does my brother. He married a fantastic woman though. That makes me happy.

[Anonymous]

It was wonderful growing up with a sister. She was my constant playmate and best friend. Now that we’re adults, and older adults at that, I’m much closer to my brother.

I will add that having siblings to help when our parents became old and informed was a huge, huge advantage. I never could have handled my mom’s Alzheimer’s without my sister and brother.

[Anonymous]

No, my sister has and is horrible to me.

[Anonymous]

Having a sister was good up until I was around 9, then it wasn’t so great. Having someone in the house seemingly actively hating your guts can really do a number on you.

[Anonymous]

I have two...yes and yes. One is two years younger and she is my very best friend. Other is 10 years younger and she actually seeks, and sometimes heeds, my advice. Extremely blessed.

[Anonymous]

We didn’t get along as kids and we would not be friends as adults if we were not related. We don’t have much in common and we are not close. I don’t call her just to talk and we don’t travel to visit each other. Our kids talk and text frequently and that is nice. I am much closer with my brother.

As my parents are aging and need more assistance with all sorts of things, my sister and I coordinate everything together. We come together for that and work very well together. My brother is not that interested in any of the serious stuff.

[Anonymous]

I’m a woman with two older sisters. I wasn’t that close to them growing up, but in adulthood, they truly are my best friends. I talk an hour a week to each of them on the phone and have a group chat with them.

[Anonymous]

No one in my life has sold me out like my sister. These studies are dumb. Perhaps what would have made a difference for me — parents raise siblings to stick together in the first place. My sister was raised to throw me under the bus, just like my mom did to her own siblings. Including her two sisters btw.

[Anonymous]

Haha haha! 😂🤣

No.

[Anonymous]

Nope. I have 1 stayed and while we have fun when we get together we aren’t close.

[Anonymous]

God no. Barely speak to them. My parents don’t get along with them either.

[Anonymous]

My sister, BIL, brother, and SIL are my four favorite people in the world, besides my own husband and children.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I love my sisters.

[Anonymous]

I did not get along with my sister until she went off to college. Before that there were a LOT of jealousy issues - my parents gave me what I wanted and I always wanted what my sister had. Now that we have kids, we not only get along, we are friends.