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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ironically one of each is the worst for the kids and family unit over time.  I’ve seen studies on it.  One boy/one girl siblings tend not to stay close into adulthood.  
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That may be but in my personal experience (including my own siblings/family and my spouses’ and my own kids as well as many friends, neighbors, etc) whether or not siblings are close in adulthood is more about personality than sex/gender. My husband and his brother have never been close, my own 2 brothers have never been close to each other but they each are close w me (their sister), my mom and her sister aren’t close, my MIL and her sister fought so much and were really vicious to each other at times but closeness came on and off too but they were never BFFs. Meanwhile my son and daughter are very close, I’m close w my both my opposite sex siblings, I could go on…

I think a lot of time same sex siblings don’t get along bc they are more competitive w each other than opposite sex siblings. Also many boys/men arent good at maintaining close emotional relationships especially if they live far apart whereas women tend to be better about keeping up communication despite distance. So male siblings often aren’t close in adulthood unless they have a female sibling/sister to keep them connected. I know this sounds very prejudiced but it’s just what I’ve seen personally. And female siblings/sisters are often very competitive w each other and can be high drama (as w my MIL and her sister) whereas male-female siblings typically seem less dramatic and more even keeled.[/quote]

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