marito,

I’m a man and the oldest of 6. My brother and I grew up being part of the same group of friends but grew apart in our early 20s (we’re now around 40), he has his own group of friends now, we rarely see each other but we’re in good terms. We have 4 sisters, 3 of them and I hang out whenever we get a chance and we’re very close, our other sister stopped hanging out with us because of some drama.

Gormadt,
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I have 2 siblings and our relationship for the most part was pretty good.

Until it got out that I was bi.

One of siblings is fine with it (they’re also bi).

The other took a similar stance to the rest of my relatives and has all but cut ties with me.

I say similar as most of my relatives have fully cut ties with me.

So it could be better.

001100010010,
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Jeez, whats wrong with these people.

Gormadt,
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They are ruled by their hate and fear of the other.

They fear their idea of the world being different than it actually is, and the only response they can come up with is a violent and/or hateful one.

0x4E4F,
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I have a little sister (not so little any more, she’s 33, I’m 38) and I fuckin’ hate her guts. We don’t talk, I have her on block. She’s nuts and that’s about all there is to it.

001100010010,
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Lol the number block is so relatable, I also block my brother’s number.

0x4E4F,
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She’s just nuts, she gets these crazy fits and calls my number to yell at me… F OFF! You’re not gonna do that to me any more sis.

Have her blocked on Viber as well, cuz if she couldn’t call me, she just started writing endless messages 😒.

elsif,

I’m the oldest. I have a younger sister and brother.

We’re all close and extremely comfortable with each other, but they’re closer with each other than me, given their closeness in age.

I don’t live at home with them anymore, but our relationship always feels natural and picks up where it left off even after being away for so long. I think we’ve been fortunate in that we’ve never felt to the need to compete with each other, and I think of them as a constant in my life that that I can always count on

Edit: removed some age info

GrimSheeper,

I have two brothers. My younger brother is pretty cool - always kind and talkative, even though our interests don’t overlap much. He’s like an extroverted friend who always engaged with you, even if you don’t have much interesting to respond with.

My older brother and I barely know each other by now, but he seems to have invented a fictional version of me who he absolutely despises. Every time I see him, he gets quieter and quieter, and he regularly texts our mother with the most venomous insults and accusations he can sling my way. I’ve probably spoken fifty words to him in the last few years, but he’s fully convinced that I’m an evil person working to slight him at every turn.

I wonder sometimes if I should talk to him directly and ask what’s up, or if I should just write him off. Even my mother is confused as to why he’s like this.

001100010010,
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Man these comment duplications are getting wild. 😆

GrimSheeper,

Oh yeah - the duplicate comments plus the length of the comment had me pretty embarrassed, lol

hsl,
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Duplicates removed.

SuiXi3D,
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I still see two.

hsl,
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Probably a federation sync delay - I’m only seeing one at this point.

Kolanaki,
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I have two younger siblings.

My brother is like my total opposite. We get along but don’t really go out of our way to hang out or chat.

My sister is basically like me, but weirder. We get along great and hang out all the time. And not just because we live together.

TeaHands,
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Younger brother. Haven’t spoken in about 17ish years. About sums it up.

bloopernova,
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I stopped talking to mine when he went batshit because I wouldn’t help him get onto Tor/darkweb. He wouldn’t say why he wanted to access it, and he got angry when I said I didn’t want to get involved.

Then he accused me of being a “tony blair lover” which is kinda bizarre to me because I don’t live in the UK anymore.

It was a very strange interaction!

Monkeyhog,

I have three younger siblings. Our relationship is basically that of acquaintances.

Today,

Only child, but i have a BIL. He’s an alcoholic asshole. I feel bad that I’m not closer with my niece and nephew. I know they could use some reasonable, loving adults in their lives.

robotrash,

Older brother, we live halfway across the country from one another. We play video games almost nightly in Discord as a way to keep in touch. Visits are a couple times a year it wasn’t always good but the 5 year age gap gets easier to overcome the older we get. Both in our 30s and we align on most things these days.

001100010010,
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I’m feeling so jealous of your relationship. 🥲

_cerpin_taxt_,

I have two older brothers. One is an unhinged hypochondriac that’s gets off on fighting with people, and the other is a white supremacist. Haven’t talked to either in about 5 years. I have a brown daughter.

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