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[quote=Anonymous]One sister, two years younger. We go through closer phases, but have a massive falling out every few years and take a several month long break from each other. We are very different people, and there were some bad dynamics in our childhood that never got fully resolved. She was an absolute terrorist when she didn’t get her way, and my parents gave in to that a lot, and my way of holding her accountable was to be pretty mean to her. That tends to be what flares up even now in our 30s.

I married an only child, and she married someone super close with his siblings. It’s been interesting- I’ve gotten to see what it’s like without all of the downsides of a challenging sibling, and she’s gotten to see all of the upsides of a close one. Most of the time, it feels like we have all of the downsides and none of the upsides of having a sibling. Based on our experiences, my husband and I are one and done.

It makes me feel like there’s something wrong with me, that we can’t seem to figure out how to be closer without having these massive fights. 
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