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[quote=Anonymous]Hmm...I'm 4 years apart from my sister, and my husband is 4 years from his brother.  Neither of us is particularly close.  It is personalities, certainly, but my sister and I were never in the same stage of life.  I was still playing dolls and make believe when she had moved onto more tween stuff.  By the time I started middle school, she was in high school and starting to date and I was the bratty little sister.  By the time I was in high school, she was in college, and again I just couldn't understand everything going on in her life.  Same thing with my being in college and her being in the workforce; her being married while I was still dating, etc.  By the time we were in similar places in life, we were living in different states, so we never really had a chance to click.  Again, I'm sure it is largely personalities, but with that age gap, I don't think they are doing things "together" -- it is more that the older one is sort of mentoring or humoring the younger one, if she has that kind of personality, or is ignoring her, if she doesn't.  I'm glad other people are close with their siblings.  Mine just never had much use for me growing up, as she always thought I was "too young" -- I think she's a very nice person and I'd probably like to be close with her, but we just don't really have much of a bond to build on. [/quote]

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