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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 22:28:50 GMT
Or do you have a lot of children?
Do you all get along?
I have a friend that has **children. Today she said that of 8 of them like her, it is a good day. She has **grandchild but only sees 8 of them.
She and her husband are very nice and the children had everything they needed. Dad even gave them jobs to keep them on their feet. I know one of the kids( and spouse) up and left on a Sunday morning because dad said that they had to work Monday morning. They moved in with spouse’s family 3 states away. ( the job was a very simple one, nothing that required a lot of hard labor)
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Post by gmcwife1 on Nov 14, 2018 22:47:09 GMT
Some days it feels like we are a large family but I know families that are larger, so  I’m the oldest of five kids, there are four girls and one son. My mom is the oldest of five, three girls, two boys. My dad is the youngest of four, two of each. I have three kids. My siblings and I are pretty tight. But we are also fairly dysfunctional. One of them has no boundaries and loves drama  Without her stirring the pot the rest of us are pretty low key and drama free. But, even with our issues, we are always there for each other if needed. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 14, 2018 22:48:34 GMT
Yes, many siblings. No, we don’t.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Nov 14, 2018 22:58:22 GMT
Just me and my brother and we have one child each.
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Post by Linda on Nov 14, 2018 23:00:03 GMT
I'm only 1 of 3 - I don't really know my older sister but my younger one and I are close (as adults- we weren't as kids). DH is the youngest of 7 - 4 are deceased now and he doesn't get along with the 2 remaining (for good reasons).
I only have 3 - they all get along at the moment (2 adults and one tween).
My cousins - they were a family of 15 (2 sets of twins) ...they all seem very close as are their children. Obviously there are some that have more in common that others but surely that's true of any family.
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Post by disneypal on Nov 14, 2018 23:00:29 GMT
I have 2 siblings (one is deceased) but we always got along great. The is only 1 child among the 3 of us - we haven't had any problems but then again, we are a small family by most standards.
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Post by Gennifer on Nov 14, 2018 23:03:20 GMT
I have 5 sisters and 2 brothers. Generally, yes, I would say we get along well, although I am obviously closer to some than others. We are notorious for arguing, but it is usually short lived.
Between us all, there are about 30 grandkids. Again, some are closer than others, but they span from 2 to 26, so there's a lot of age differences.
ETA: My husband has 2 brothers and 3 sisters, and while they don't fight or argue like my family, they also go months without even talking on the phone. So, yes, everyone "gets along," but they don't really know each other, and they're not involved in each other's day-to-day lives.
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Post by padresfan619 on Nov 14, 2018 23:07:17 GMT
I have one brother. We get along fine but we both know how to push each other’s buttons.
My husband has two older siblings and we all get along just fine.
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Post by MaryMary on Nov 14, 2018 23:08:20 GMT
I have three brothers and nine sisters. And five children.
I get along with most of my siblings, although there is one sister that doesn’t really keep in touch with most of us.
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Post by marimoose on Nov 14, 2018 23:09:58 GMT
My Mom is one of 12, my Dad is one of 4, I am one of 4 and I have 4. And no, not everyone gets along. My Mom's family has had major blowout fights so thankfully we never lived nearby. I get along ok with my brothers but don't see them often. One has passed and he was the least liked. My kids get along ok, better than most families when they were young. The girls do always get along now but then again, I have issues with one of them too. Familys - what can you do?
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Post by johnnysmom on Nov 14, 2018 23:10:10 GMT
I'm the oldest of 4 (3 girls, 1 boy). Dh & I have 2 kids, my youngest sister also has 2, brother has 4 and other sister has 8. We get along well enough in that we don't really argue much, but we're not close at all. We're just too different, I have the most in common with my youngest sister but she lives several hours away. My parents are far closer with the sister with 8 kids, she needs them the most so they give her whatever she wants and in turn she never questions whatever they want her to do. I'm not as needy nor as much of a pushover.
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Post by mom on Nov 14, 2018 23:10:11 GMT
I am the youngest of 5 - and three of us get along great. The other two get along good. When you put us all 5 together, there is a 90 min rule. That means, we can only get around everyone for 90 minuets before someone is pissed.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Nov 14, 2018 23:17:37 GMT
I'm an only child as is my husband (he does have two step-sisters with whom we get along very well).
I had four children in part because I *was* an only child. I had intended to have six, but age and other issues got in the way. My boys are close -- the two in the Navy even opted to share a house together as they are stationed close enough to do so.
All our family have good relationships. My in-laws are great and have gone out of their way to make me and my boys feel like a true part of the family. I wish I saw my cousins more frequently, but we do get together once or twice a year -- sometimes renting a beach house or going on a cruise.
All that said, I really still wish I had a sibling. I hate that I missed out on that.
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Post by Julie W on Nov 14, 2018 23:19:32 GMT
I am the fifth of sixth children. Two boys then four girls. No, not everyone gets along.
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Post by craftymom101 on Nov 14, 2018 23:29:17 GMT
I have one sister and we each have two kids (I have two biological children, my sister has one biological and one step-child). We get along and talk semi-regularly, and my children adore their cousins. We live far apart but still see each other several times per year.
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Post by Sue on Nov 14, 2018 23:50:54 GMT
I am the oldest of three brothers and three sisters, all raised by my Mom. Only one of my brothers is still living, 2 passed away within the last few years. (I also had an older brother who died at three days.) And I have a half-brother who was raised by his mother, my Dad's second wife. I also have a wonderful half-sister who is also my Dad's daughter. She and my half-brother live in the deep south and the rest of us are in the PNW so distance keeps us from being as close as we'd like to be. There's never been any family drama between any of us. We've always been extremely close and nothing is more fun than the times we're all in one place together.
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Nov 14, 2018 23:51:42 GMT
Just me and my brother, and neither of us have children. We joke that we live 120 miles apart and that's just the way we like it. Actually, we do get on well. We ring each other at least once a week. But a couple of weeks in the same house is about the most we can manage before we start bickering like 13-year-olds again. None of us do family feuds though - we're pretty peaceable.
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 15, 2018 0:07:54 GMT
I’m the oldest of five kids, there are four girls and one son. My mom is the oldest of five, three girls, two boys. My dad is the youngest of four, two of each. I have three kids. Hey me too, except I'm the youngest and the oldest is the boy.  Also have three kids.
We get along fine. We are all busy doing our own things. I don't feel I'm especially close to them except for the sister I hated the most growing up.  We are getting together for Thanksgiving and my biggest anxiety is 41 people in my mom's 2200 square foot house.  |
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Post by janskylar on Nov 15, 2018 0:16:57 GMT
I am the oldest, and I have 4 brothers. Nowadays everybody gets along with everyone except the sociopathic oldest brother. We are all pushing 30 or over, and my parents only have 2 grandkids though (both from one brother). My childfree by choice lifestyle is 99% due to how annoying my brothers were as kids. I'd lose my mind if I had children.
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Post by Nanner on Nov 15, 2018 0:17:18 GMT
I only have one brother and one sister. But I also have 3 step-sisters and a step-brother who have been in our lives since I was a young teen.
There are only 2 I don't like - the step-brother and one step-sister.
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Post by teach4u on Nov 15, 2018 0:17:40 GMT
My dh has 5 siblings. They are all good friends and communicate daily. I have 2 siblings. We get along. Our extended family: 7 siblings in law get along very well.
I have three kids that get along.
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Post by janeliz on Nov 15, 2018 0:17:49 GMT
I am the youngest of 5. I’m close to my sister, the oldest, and get along well with one brother. One of my brothers is a total nightmare of a human being, and the third brother has some issues of his own and has kept his distance from all of us for several years now. My mom recently passed away, and I’m guessing that once we are done dealing with her estate that I’ll maintain close relationships only with the two siblings I’m close with now.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 15, 2018 0:23:56 GMT
I'm an only child as is my husband (he does have two step-sisters with whom we get along very well). I had four children in part because I *was* an only child. I had intended to have six, but age and other issues got in the way. My boys are close -- the two in the Navy even opted to share a house together as they are stationed close enough to do so. All our family have good relationships. My in-laws are great and have gone out of their way to make me and my boys feel like a true part of the family. I wish I saw my cousins more frequently, but we do get together once or twice a year -- sometimes renting a beach house or going on a cruise. All that said, I really still wish I had a sibling. I hate that I missed out on that. This is the polar opposite of me. I had seven siblings and because of that I only had one child. When I was young I totally wished I could have been an only. Having contentious siblings made my mom’s death and probate almost intolerable. |
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Nov 15, 2018 0:29:51 GMT
I am one of 6–3 boys, 3 girls.
For the most part, we get along. We agree on pretty much all of the important stuff involving my mom and disabled brother.
Politics is a bit dicey. One sister is a hardcore Republican, and the rest are left of center, but not flaming liberals. This same sister is obsessed with money and tends to see everything as a competition. For example, my mom casually mentioned that it is nice that my oldest graduated from grad school debt-free. Sister insisted that wasn’t possible, because how could DH and I possibly have the funds to pay for college with three kids? Especially since I left law for teaching and took time off every time we moved. And speaking of moving, we had to have lost money every time we moved for DH’s job!
Um, no we didn’t thank you very much. And guess what, the two younger kids aren’t going to have student loans, either. 😉
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Post by J u l e e on Nov 15, 2018 0:48:00 GMT
I'm an only child as is my husband (he does have two step-sisters with whom we get along very well). I had four children in part because I *was* an only child. I had intended to have six, but age and other issues got in the way. My boys are close -- the two in the Navy even opted to share a house together as they are stationed close enough to do so. All our family have good relationships. My in-laws are great and have gone out of their way to make me and my boys feel like a true part of the family. I wish I saw my cousins more frequently, but we do get together once or twice a year -- sometimes renting a beach house or going on a cruise. All that said, I really still wish I had a sibling. I hate that I missed out on that. This is the polar opposite of me. I had seven siblings and because of that I only had one child. When I was young I totally wished I could have been an only. Having contentious siblings made my mom’s death and probate almost intolerable. This is me too. I am one of four children and opted to have one child. My siblings and I grew up in such chaos and did nothing but fight. I always wished I was an only child. We aren't close as adults, but are able to get together and spend a day with each other. I have amazing friends though, so you really can choose your family. |
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Post by julieb on Nov 15, 2018 1:12:59 GMT
I'm one of six. My four brothers all worked together for many years in a family business - three still work together and don't talk with the other brother because he was cause of business failure. He is not invited to any family get-togethers because the other 3 wouldn't come. Last time we were all together was my mom's wake/funeral. I still talk with all of them because they are my brothers and despite not liking them all the time, not liking what they have done in the past and not caring for their spouses on many occasions, I love them and have great memories of growing up in a loving house. I talk with my sister almost every day. We spend a lot of time together and take care of our dad, as our brothers are useless.  Some cousins are close and hang out when they can, but time, distance and different likes/dislikes keep them apart. |
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Post by PaperAngel on Nov 15, 2018 1:19:03 GMT
Although our parents come from large families, I'm an only child & my husband has an older sibling. We have just one child.
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Post by Ryann on Nov 15, 2018 1:21:16 GMT
I am an only child and I have no children of my own. DH has a son from his first marriage that lives with us, but we don't have much of a relationship as I don't particularly like him. ETA: step son is 25yo.
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Post by malibou on Nov 15, 2018 1:27:38 GMT
I'm the middle of 5. 4 girls 1 boy. My brother is number 4. Between us girls we have 9 kids and almost 5 grands. I have an only one and no grands, as ds is only 17.
We all get along quite well. Our wild card is oldest sister, she's a narcissist and getting worse with age.
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Post by MZF on Nov 15, 2018 1:37:07 GMT
I come from a family of 7 kids--4 girls & 3 boys. It's funny that our order is girl, boy, girl (me), boy, girl, boy, girl.
I have 4 DSs, 5 DGS & 1 DGD.
All my siblings get along fine, except for my oldest sis & my younger sis right after me. This younger sis got along with older sis until younger got married--her DH is a bit different, and convinced her that oldest sis was not someone to associate with--I will say I know what facilitated this, and it is a bunch of bull, driven by her DH. This was back in 1993--to this day they do not even speak. Though older sis says she has no problem with younger sis, younger won't budge.
My 2 oldest DSs haven't had anything to do with each other since late 2014--all I know of this is that they got into a text argument over a game they all played online and many hurtful things were said on both sides (I still don't know what all was said, and neither will give). So now that they have all moved back near me, they won't visit at same time, GKS don't know each other. Makes me super sad. I've tried to stay out of it as they are the ones with the GKS, I've told them I really hope they don't wait til my funeral to see & talk to each other.
I am thinking this year may be when I break and give them both a very strongly worded piece of my mind, and let the chips fall where they may.
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Without her stirring the pot the rest of us are pretty low key and drama free. But, even with our issues, we are always there for each other if needed.
Also have three kids.
We are getting together for Thanksgiving and my biggest anxiety is 41 people in my mom's 2200 square foot house. 
