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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
Some of this is just a roll of the dice, depending on temperament, sex, common interests, etc. There's no way to game it perfectly, and you just have to do your best to mitigate conflict as it comes up.

+1 My sister and I are 20 months apart and have been best friends our whole lives. I remember very, very few fights with her as we were growing up. However, my DS and DD are 15 mos apart and fought a lot during the early ES years. They are 12 and 13 now and get along OK but I would not describe them as "friends". They just have very different personalities and interests.
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My boys are 21 months apart, now in late elementary, and have always gotten along. I'm convinced most of it is personality. Both are laid back kids who are slow to anger and share many of the same interests. I am so happy they have each other. I have a fraternal twin who was a constant companion growing up and now. There were periods we got along better than others (adolescence was a rough spot) but we're always close. I'm also close with my siblings who have a bigger age gap, but not the same shared childhood memories as my twin and I have or my sons will have.[/quote]

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