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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op - you're right that there's no guarantee.   However, if you don't have a sibling, it's guaranteed that you will not have the positive aspects of having a sibling.[/quote]

My best friend is like a sibling to me. In fact, we have a better relationship than my biological sibling and I have. So I don't agree with you. You can get the positive aspects of having a sibling from people who are not, in fact, your biological sibling.[/quote]

Cousins and close friends aren't siblings.  They are wonderful and you very well might have better relationships with them than you do with a sibling.  But they're not the same as a person who grew up in your home with you and shared a set of parents and life experiences with you.

Is your best friend going to be an equal partner with you in making end of care life decisions about your parents?  Does a cousin remember family traditions and stories (both good and bad)?

My parents are no longer alive and I would say my sibling and I aren't super close.  But she is the one person in the world who has been with me from the beginning.  The shared history can't be replaced by other relationships.[/quote]

Well, that's your perspective but it isn't mine. As a person with siblings I'm not close to, [b]I have to say the shared history isn't that meaningful to me except in a very abstract, sentimental way[/b].

I get what you're saying, OP. I can't even begin to talk about some of the things my siblings did when our parents were alive. [/quote]

I don't know how old you are, but this may change the older you get.  It has become more meaningful to me the older I get and now that my parents are no longer alive.  
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I'm the PP you quoted. I'm well into middle age, my parents are also dead, and I simply don't feel the way you do. There are many reasons for this, none of which I want to share here, so I'll just point out once again that everyone's experience is different.[/quote]

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