I have a sister who keeps a lot stuff to herself. I am the one that reaches out most of the time and shares anecdotes about myself with her. For example, earlier this year, she took "a test" but she claimed that she took it for practice. I concluded that it was the GRE because I had seen her carrying a GRE practice book around the house. I confronted her about this, and she says that she was just very nervous about taking the exam and that is the reason she didn't say much about it. I still think that she doesn't trust me even though I am not prone to gossip.

Do anyone of you Orgers have siblings like mine? If you do, do you restrain from sharing if you are the one who tends to be open about details of your life, or do you keep on sharing?

I am considering restraining myself from sharing.

I'm not really close to either of my siblings. I used to be tight with my kid sister, but she changed alot after my parents divorce and drifted away emotionally. My brother and I didn't talk for nearly a decade, but we saw each other last summer and we got on fine. My family is VERY screwed up, so I feel at ease with a certain level of estrangement.

I'm not close with my brother at all. I don't imagine we ever will be. I see him and his family every other month or so, but he's just not someone I ever imagine being close with. We're very different people. Just don't have much in common.

I am not on speaking terms with one of my sisters and another I am barely speaking to. It's okay because they are pretty fucking toxic and I don't like drama in my life. Luckily I have one sister that I am very close to.

SnakePeel said:

My family is also screwed up. Maybe if I choose to see what's good about the distance between my sister and I, I can finally feel at ease with it. My parents would force us to hang out together when we were kids. Maybe it is a reaction to that.

I have one sister, and we haven't spoken to each other in 8 years.

i have two brothers that i dont care too much about.

but now i have a baby sister who i adore to pieces...

MoniGram said:

I'm sorry.

Every family expresses itself in a different way. I'm not in constant contact with my brother or sister and we hardly ever talk about personal stuff Most people, including my boyfriend, assume that we aren't close. But I feel very close to them. I think they feel the same. Close is what you feel inside of you, and doesn't have to include sharing of personal information, regular communication, or even LIKING the person and needing or even wanting to be around them.

Family is a strange thing.

My sister and brother-in-law abandoned me and my family. I didn't mind them ditching me so much, but I was disappointed at how they turned their kids against me and my family. That wasn't right to do to my kids.

CarrieMpls said:

My sister is also very different from me. Maybe differences are one of many reasons why distance among siblings happens.

RodeoSchro said:

I agree. That wasn't right.

Stymie said:

My sister can also be really toxic if I hang out with her too often. Nowadays, we just see each other early in the mornings or in the evenings when we come home from college. I try to keep the conversation superficial, but sometimes I let my guard down and it's awful. We can easily get into arguments about anything.

I have 3 sisters and 2 two brother.
One sister I see once a year on Xmas.
Another is leeting a loser control her life and I harldy ever see her.
The other is just a private person.
One of my brothers has parties at his house and never invites his sisters.
The other brother, I talk to him the most and have become a LITTLE close to him.

MoniGram said:

My siblings and I are close. No real drama in family.

I was super close with my youngest brother but I kinda ruined it a few years ago by doing something really selfish and stupid. We still get along really well but we are not as close and don't really hang out anymore at all.

Let's see... I was born with a half sister, my dad's from five years previous. Never saw her much and when I did she was horrible and violent to me. I no longer talk to her. Then 19 years ago my dad adopted a boy and I have seen him 3 times in those 19 years. He is at the age where he is too busy for big sis. I hope someday to get to him.
Then there's my soul brother who I adore to pieces.
He says he is the big brother but I am older.

Who says you can't pick your family

Arabia25 said:

It's strange what time can do to people.

shanti0608 said:

I definately pick mine.

You and Phil are like my totally wrong incestrous brother and sister.

Stymie said:

i am bigger there for i am the big brother

makes sense to me

shanti0608 said:

Did you just high five Ivy about banging your brother?

Raze said:

;nod: That's interesting. I am glad that you feel close to them despite outward appearances.

I feel as if there is a wall between my sister and I.

eraclito said:

Dude she bitches a whole heap more than you and that makes her the whiney little sister yanno?

mdiver said:

JustErin said:

shanti0608 said:

so can i watch

eraclito said:

You know where the bedroom is.....

mdiver said:

You boys are so wrong...

Ivy and I might let you watch...