How different are you from your siblings?

BigAunty

I would say that my sister and I share similar values, outlook and humour despite our different family, academic and career choices.

My brother is a tattooed, vulgar, hard-drinking racist who loves bragging about spending money. He probably thinks I'm stuck up and boring. I imagine our politics are poles apart - he's probably UKIP.

While at secondary school, one of the worst in the county, the bane of my life was teenage boys showing off for attention. It's like he's stuck in that phase despite being in his 50s - my teenage niece just shakes her head and rolls her eyes when he does what he thinks is great humour while we just see it as fairly crude teasing.

Unfortunately, there are signs now that he has appointed himself the head of the family and has tried to remonstrate with me for 'deserting' it.

GalaxyStar

I'm the baby of the 3 of us at 25, brother and sister both 10 years older, parents had them together so they would grow up together (argue for 90% of time more like!) then along came me the "surprise" baby 10 years later haha

We have similar features, but that's about it really. They're grown up and have kids, I've only just moved out of parents house. We don't live near, one's in scotland the other on newcastle so don't see each other very often. My sister is more like a 2nd mum whereas my brother and I are quite distant. Probably as me and my sister shared a room til she moved out. They're both career people whereas I work 2 part time jobs. We never really argue so can't complain! Look forward to seeing my sister when she manages to come down. She's very lively and can get on with anyone, needs to with her job too, i'm more lazy and awkward - no real idea how to make friends with anyone or have real conversations. They're both really smart too whereas i'm average!

Edited to add: We had different upbringings due to the age gap, mum worked less and brought my siblings up whereas I went to baby sitters every morning and afternoon until she finished work. SHe's always hated that I had to go there but I never minded!

Levi-

I'm the youngest of 3 and we are all chalk/cheese.
The eldest brother is a very logical, non emotional, super intelligent near-genius level person with a fantastic career and limitless potential. He has the ability to turn his hand to anything and become expert at it. He is quite shy and not too sociable- but at the same time very assertive. Happy and confident in his life. Sensible and stable.

Middle one, my sister, is a total extrovert, party animal, extra sociable. performer, dis organised, free spirited wild child She is the happiest, bubbliest and most uplifting person to be around and is wonderfully supportive and loyal and gives great advice. She is a risk-taker and does some very crazy (sometimes stupid) things.

Me - somewhere between the two, without the happiness, lol. I am caring loyal and put others before myself almost always. I am a deep thinker, and quite intelligent (I like to think but am unable to apply this to anything worthwhile). I have terribly low self esteem along with severe depressive episodes but am also able to defend myself when I know I am being walked on [the one thing we all have in common is that we were raised not to be doormats]. I am introverted and not sociable but I am impulsive with an addictive personality and seem to be set on self-destruct no matter what.

It's so weird how different we are but I think we compliment each other well. We have different attributes of our parents all mixed up in random ways and our upbringings were identical and the age gaps small.
One thing I treasure that we share - and also do with our parents - is the same sense of humour which is invaluable!

Gloomendoom

My sisters and I share the same sense of humour.

I'm an introvert though and they definitely are not.

There are other differences too. For example, I am happy in 40 degree heat, they aren't. I have also managed to keep my weight under control...

lincroft1710

Worked with two girls who were twin sisters, completely different in personality and physicality. Also was at school with 5 boys, all who failed the 11 plus (in a year where a record number passed), yet their elder brothers all passed.

System

Me and my brother are like chalk and cheese. We are nothing alike in our looks and he is very quiet to the point of appearing rude in company. I can talk until I'm blue in the face. My brother is a man of very few words. Hes a 'why talk when you can grunt?' instead sort of man.

bluebeary

AntoMac wrote: »

bluebeary - Are you sure you're not my sister? If so what you doing in the Heelands? I'll be up on the Easyjet so maybe catch you in McNab's in a couple of hours :beer:

my brother knows what im doing in the highlands, hes not in Bristol and is very rarely online, he doesn't fly with easyjet

Domayne

I have a half brother and sister that I share a dad with. I get on ok with my sister but we're not close. She's a nice person, outgoing and funny, but quite hard for me to be around because I don't really relate to her in anyway, not sure why.
My 'brother' - Well he hates me and doesn't even acknowledge my existence because he's bitter over our dad daring to have a child with someone who wasn't his mum, he's a bit of a div, but he's outgoing and has tons of friends....
Now my brother and sisters mum is my mums husbands sister...so my brother calls me his cousin. Fair enough xD
My step dads daughter, technically we are not related but she is my sister in every way and we're really close, I grew up with her since she was a baby more than my other brother and sister....but we're nothing alike. She's confident, loud, out going, has millions of friends, really fun to be around but she can be a bit dense and doesn't much take peoples feelings into factor, She's not really selfish...Just a bit thoughtless
I'm a black sheep, anti social hermit who doesn't really get on with anyone, mostly because I can't really be bothered.
I can count my friends on one hand (4, not including my younger sister) but they've all been dealing with me for over a decade and they're cool with the fact that I won't answer their calls for months then suddenly re-emerge like nothing happened :rotfl:
My younger sister is always telling me I need to get out and make more friends and get a life, she doesn't really understand when I say I can't be bothered and prefer being on my own :rotfl:

trolleyrun

Luckily I'm completely different to my siblings. It was expected that I'd be the one to mess up, but I've kept on the straight and narrow whereas they haven't. We don't really keep in touch as we don't have anything to say to each other.

onlyroz

My brother is like my mum whereas I'm more like my dad - so we're completely different. My own kids are totally different from each other too. My son is like his dad whereas my daughter is like neither of us.