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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH has a sister. She is currently in jail and has addiction issues. I have a sister and we're not close at all, we're more like acquaintances as adults. We don't provide any support to each other. I get that from my spouse and my close friends.

I know this doesn't help you much, but I think you're idealizing what it's like to have siblings. My child is an only child and I worry a little about how he'll navigate eldercare, but hopefully he'll have a spouse or partner for support and we make sure we are setting everything up to make it as easy on him as possible.

How does not having a sibling cause you to feel like you're completely alone in the world?[/quote]

WRT eldercare - I have two sisters and do ALL the work for my parents' eldercare. Honestly my sisters just get in the way because they do NO work but express opinions. It would be easier to be an only, I think[/quote]
here's the difference - when you have siblings, there is a chance that when your parents get older, the siblings will help.  When you have no siblings, you have zero chance your siblings will step in.

My  DH only wanted one, but I reminded him that being an only would be lonely and difficult when we are elderly. Now that DH's parents are elderly, he's super grateful for his siblings (they all take turns checking on the parent; dealing with paperwork etc.. ). We ended up with #2.

I have 3 other siblings myself, and some siblings are more helpful than others, and growing up, I hated having so many siblings (no privacy, etc..), but now that our parents are elderly, I too am super grateful for my siblings.[/quote]

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