Hi folks!
I have a few questions for everybody.
a) Do you have brothers or sisters? (Then, say the number, your age and the age of them)
b) How is your relationship?
c) Do you think that siblings are useful for only children? Why or why not?

a) In my case, I have a brother and a sister. They are twins and they are nine years old. So, I am the elder daughter and they born when I was eight years old.
b) Our relationship... In the beginning it was so difficult. I was the only daughter, the only granddaughter, the only niece. When they born I was so jealous because my family was "ignoring" me (they didn't ignore me, it was my puerile feeling) and for six or seven months I had a little "depression". Little by little I noticed that my family loved me like when I was alone, and I was very important to my parents. Nowadays, I'm very proud of my siblings, they are my sweeties . I love them a lot. It's always nice to arrive home and listen how they run through the flat for kissing me and ask me about my day, or helping them with homework.
c) I think that siblings are very useful for children in general because they learn to share and some abilities like emphaty or respect.

A)I have two sisters. My older sister is 22 and my younger sister is 18. I'm 19.
B) We're pretty close even though there was alot of tension when we were younger.
C) I don't honestly know. I was never an only child so I don't really have an informed opinion about it.

A) I have two sisters at age of 21 and 13. I turn to 19 next weekend.

B) Only lately we have had pretty close relationships but for most of the time it haven't been so.

C) Cannot say anything about that. My childhood has been such a cliche as I had the worse stepfather ever. So much mental violence that only thing I learned was to hate everything and everybody, even my mom. Well, I'm not going to depths into it but fortunately it's all over and history..

A) brother (deceased)
brother - 26
sister - 29
insert Woogie here
sister - 33
sister - 34
brother - 34
sister - 35
sister - 36
brother - 38
brother (deceased)
brother - 39
brother - ??

B) Contact is minimal.

C) I've always been a loner, so they really served no purpose for me.

* There's more than one mother involved here.

To Woogie..

Do you really have that much of siblings? Is your family some religious type that prevents you using contraceptives of is it just *having fun*?

Wow...13 children!? That's a lot...

a. I have one sister who just turned 16.

b. From what everyone else has said, I'm reversed. When we were younger, both my sister and I were best of friends. However, around the time I entered middle school, we started splitting apart, and, by, the time I got into high school, we were bitter enemies. I honestly have no idea what happened or why we split like that. Now, though, things are better. We're nowhere near what we were before, and I suspect we will never get back there. We pretty much leave each other a lone with minimal contact which is what I'm assuming we'll be like for the rest of our lives.

c. What are siblings good for? Shifting blame, especially when I'm the proverbial 'good kid' and she's the proverbial 'bad kid'. Also, my mom wants grandchildren, but I'm not so keen on that idea. I hate kids, all kids, mostly the younger ones, but I still hate the teens, too. I can't wait for these next six months and five days to be up. Then I'll be 18, so I can say children are terrible without being a hypocrite. So, anyways, siblings are good for providing the grandkids I don't want.

Now, if they could find a way to make people born age 20 or so, that would solve a lot of problems! It seems people get better as they get older. Babies suck; they're the worst. Toddlers at least don't cry as much, but still sh*t themselves and run around causing havok. Grade schoolers have some small grasp of responsibility and don't do the same things toddlers do but are still stupid beyond belief. Teens think they're better, but are still stupid and also go through a 'rebelious' stage which is just annoying. I think 28-30 is perfect, smart[er] and wise[r] but not ugly and wrinkly. OOO! what would be even better is the brain of a 40 year old in the body of a 20 year old! That would be nice.

...Sorry, I seemed to have gotten onto a soap box. I'll step off of it now.

a) I have one sister, 11 and I'm fourteen.
b) As long as our interests are the same in action, we'll get along. Other wise, were constantly trying to kill each other.
c) Siblings are nice when you need moral support [sometimes] and terrible otherwise.

A) One sister, twelve. I'm 15.
B) Great. We have never been in a serious fight. Probably due to events which happened in the past which I will not discuss here.
C) A sympathetic ear, friendship, lab rats, and, as Ninja said, shifting the blame.

A) I have two little brothers, one step brother, and one stepsister. i am 18, next is 16, stepbrother is 11 or something, next bro is 9. my stepsister is older than me by a year.

B) i have a pretty good relationship with my brothers, but i hardly ever see, or talk to my stepsister seeing as how she lives in montana. I used to have a bad relationship with my little brothers until about a year ago, when i moved away from them. after that, everything just seemed to be better between us.

C) of course they are useful, for one reason as ninjalord stated, to shift the blame. i use them for many other things though too, such as picking up chicks (my 9 year old brother works quite well for this.) Other things, like having someone to vent to.

No brothers and sisters. Used to be relieved when young, as all of those friends with siblings seemed to be in constant conflict with them. Now...just wish that it wasn't only my wife's family who are providing my son with aunts and uncles... and cousins.

A) I have 2 little sisters, Grace just turned 14 and Amy is 12, and Clayton is my (adopted) little brother, age 9.

B) I don't really have 'relationships' with them. Amy's sorta bubbly (when she's not crybaby/toddler temper tantrumming) and I don't really talk to her. Grace is about as smart as me, so we get along better. Sometimes we watch the same TV shows. Clayton thinks I hate him, but that's not true. He just annoys me, that's all. Someday, when I'm all grown up, and he's mature enough to understand logic, we'll probably be the best of friends.

C) If you're an only child, try to find some friends that are like siblings to you. Trust me, they're less annoying.

a) Two older brothers; John, who is almost 20, and Robert, who is 23 and a half. I'm 17 and a half.
b) John and I have always been rivals so we've always been at odds. Robert is a supremely awesome guy though, so I'm on quite friendly terms with him; John is too.
c) Siblings are good buffers, and if you have good siblings, they can teach you, and help you. I routinely steal Rob's college textbooks so I can read through them. Siblings can be utter hell, though, so my advice to only children is have good friends.

Oh, sorry. I was kinda tired and I read somehow "only one mother involved..."

I have four brothers, 33,31,30 and 15 years old. I'm 18.

The eldest one was always the most fatherly one to me (figures ), the next one is deceased, next one is the closest to what you may call a "regular older brother", and the younger one is... well, somewhat similar to what I am for the one least older from me.

I'm in very good relations with all of them, the only minor problems arise with the younger one since he is in his "problematic-childish-puberty" years. but I suspect that will quite soon come to pass.

Siblings are useful, older ones are teachers, twins or very similar-aged siblings provide a constant partner for anything and a good competition and teach you to share, younger ones help develop parently skills and the importance of giving. Also you're their role-model so you feel important

One brother, 33, stupid, 'nuff said.

Growing up, we loved each other, but fought fiercely. I, being the older, had to 'keep him in line' and sad for him, by the time he was big enough to kick my ass, we were too old to behave like that. lol As time passed, we actually became best friends, and his friends became my 'little' brothers as well. I am 'sis' to a LOT of people. lol I still call my brother stupid, not, unintelligent, just stupid in the things he does. As a child it was always thus. He could carry on a philosphical conversation with me, then, turn around and actually trade his car for a stupid camera and 800 bucks.

I don't see him much anymore, nor, do we talk on the phone a lot. Our lives have taken entirely different directions, but, when we do speak, we pick up like we never left off.

As for single children, I can't really comment on it. I guess, it would depend on how you're raised. If you're the only child and a spoiled brat because of that, then, I'd guess, you'd better be happy you don't have to share with another. If, on the other hand, your parents aren't total losers and don't spoil you, don't cater to your whim like you're some kind of miracle, then you're missing out on potentially, one of the greatest things in the world.

I'd like to comment on ninja's response though. I find it sad you feel that way. I, myself, dislike children, have, for the most part, disliked my age mates even when I was a child. I mostly dislike stupidity in the deepest sense of the word. I currently find myself feeling nothing either way toward children. I see so many every day at work, and, I watch parents, and grandparents with them and it struck me, all my life I've been mistaken. It's not the children, whom should be despised, it's the parents. The parents are stupid, they fail to teach/train their children properly. These parents' parents were probably just as ill equipped and ill suited for breeding as their current offspring are. It's a terribly vicious cycle. For me, fun wasn't sitting in front of a television all day, it was being outside, using my imagination, and others' like me to invent games. If unable to be outside, those few age mates that I DID associate with, would gather at one's house, and pull out a dictionary or globe. The games were 'word of the hour':the idea is pick a page at random from the dictionary, drop a penny, the word the penny covered was the word of the hour, define it then use it as often as possible in any sentence any context. Our second game was 'around the world': Spin the globe, close your eyes, stop the globe with your finger and where your finger landed name the capital of that country, then plan a vacation there, what sights to see, break out the encyclopedias and give a brief historical account of that country etc. I feel that if children were encouraged to use THEIR minds and to learn on their own more often, we wouldn't be faced with an ever increasing population of imbeciles. That won't happen, however, as the parents are already imbeciles, and being stupid is like being on welfare, it's a hard cycle to break out of as, each successive generation falls deeper and deeper into the pit.

Didn't you say one was dead? How, exactly, does one have a good relationship with a corpse?

I'm an only child, and happy. I have lots of friends, so I don't need sisters or bros. Sometimes i think it would be nice to have a Brotheer who I could teach to play guitar and PWN in Halo and Oblivion:P.

I have an older brother age 21, then it's me age 19 and my lil sis age 10.

I am in a very good relationship with them only that my sister gets on my nerves sometimes (she's a lil devil >:))

After my sister was borned I had the same problem. Tought that my parents ignore me and my brother but after some time I realised there is no concern for that. In my familly we all are equal .

P.S. Give WoogieMonster a break...from what I saw he has 2 deceased brothers...I wouldn't care how much brothers I would have had...if one of them died I would be sad for all my life

a) I have one sister, aged 21. I am 16.

b) Our relationship is good. She's in Australia now, and we are going to go visit her in 5 days.

c) I really hate these "Why or Why Not" types of questions. I'm not sure what you mean by "siblings are useful for only children." I would have to say that they are nice to have there as a listening ear, and how you can tell them about how mean your parents are!

Ah I kid, I kid...

Cheers,
gman021