| A. I get along swimmingly well with my brothers. They are 15 years older than me and we have never lived under the same roof. In fact there were long stretches of time where I only saw them a handful of times each year. Lately I am in more regular contact with one of them. I am the only relative he'll speak with civilly aside from his own daughter though. HOWEVER they can hardly be in the same room with one another for very long without violently arguing or at least harboring tension.
B. My mom told me I am a split combination of both, only with better opportunities than either had. I think I relate best to the one I speak with more, as mentioned above. I'm also a sort of outsider compared to the extended family, but I have a really close friendship with my dad and get along reasonably okay with our mom, whereas he won't speak with his father and openly despises our mother.
C. Nope. Both of my brothers are working toward a closer relationship with me, but as they were when they were my age, I've got my hands full elsewhere. I try to not blow them off though and return phone calls.
D. Honestly, I've always felt more like an only child than a sibling as it is, so, no. If my mom's fourth pregnancy would've went to term, my life would've been entirely diffent. I would've had a sibling 3 years younger than me that I would've had to live with, as opposed to being the "baby" |