How has growing up with a sister impacted you?

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  2. Your siblings are the only people who intimately know what you’ve been through growing up. The only person who you can say ‘psh, classic mom’ to and they 100% get it. That’s valuable.

  4. Probably in some way? No idea in what way but I spend 17 years living in the same house as her so there probably was something.

  5. I was accustomed to being belittled being able to do not much in return, although this was also bc she is older than me.

  6. You learn to always put the toilet seat back down, and not get weird around feminine hygiene products, that’s about all I can think of.

  7. My Mom had my sister when I was about 10 years old, so I got to learn what a girl looked like naked several weeks before my school taught us about the human body.

    I also learned how to break things down into really simple terms when teaching her how to talk, walk, simple math and eventually teaching her how to drive.

  9. > how has growing up with a sister impacted you?

    Probably special in my case but probably the reason I’m still alive.

  11. I grew up with 3 sisters. I consider myself very lucky because they all had a positive influence on me and the man I am today. Like all siblings, we’ve had our fights and I’m not perfect – there were times where I took them for granted but at the end of the day, I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have them and they all left positive imprints on who I am.

  12. Eh, probably not as much as you would think. We grew up living in different homes for most of our lives and when we did grow up together, we butted heads constantly. That tends to happen when kids have egos and conflicting personalities. Always bickering, always fighting over stupid shit. Our relationship is fine now but we also live a few hundred miles apart and only speak to each other during the holidays basically.

  13. Only thing I know for sure is that I am not attracted to women with her hairstyle (wavy dirty blonde)

  14. Having been raised by my mother and two sisters with no father, I understand women very well. More than most.

  15. Growing up with a little sister made me protective. Now as I work with children, I am especially protective of girls in any given situation, maybe sometimes even a bit biased when it comes to them vs boys.

  16. I grew up with just my mom and sister. Apparently, it caused me to act a bit more feminine, resulting in people thinking I was gay.

  19. I always wanted a brother, but got 2 sisters. I have felt that I missed out of a lot of fundamental familial standards. My sisters both ran away in their teens and got married to avoid a abusive stepfather. It was my mom and I for the longest and it’s my only real memories of long periods of time in my childhood. I grew up with older sisters but didn’t learn shit because I don’t remember them before I was a teenager and they were grown

  20. I grew up mostly with my mom and my sister, i put the toilet seat back down, understand quite a lot about periods, enjoy romantic movies and Say Yes to the Dress lol

  21. I can say with certainty that I have a fair knowledge and understanding of the discrimination, the abuse, the inequality that women have to face in everyday life, in their jobs, and most importantly in a relationship. It’s *never* easier for women in the grand scheme of things.

  24. Gotta say it’s a pretty interesting experience with two sisters as the one in the middle. I used to be the stereotypical annoying brother to the older one, but we both grew up in our own ways and there’s no one else I respect more in the world. It’s something of an experience to grow up with someone you didn’t get along with and now you do.

    On the other hand, the younger sister is going through a “peaking in high school” phase where she’s determined to live every day like it’s the last with zero fiscal responsibility and real-world skills. Might be smart in the classroom, but is a good-for-nothing spoiled brat outside of that. It’s unlikely I’ll ever get along with her anytime soon obviously.

    Beyond those things, I suppose learning how important proper communication is and how powerful words can be in both good and bad ways.

  25. I wouldn’t say it had any real impact on me. We are 2.5 years apart but we were never really close. Even less so after our parents got divorced when I was 8. We barely saw each other, even though we live in the same house, and we had almost no interactions with each other.

  26. Growing up with a sister has taught me a lot of things that I wouldn’t have learned without her! It taught me how to be resourceful and problem solving, as well as understanding the importance of support and being there for someone else. It has also taught me how to communicate better, which I am thankful for.

  28. As a kid, she was a master of getting me into trouble with fake crying (For example, she would pretend to cry and run to mum if I started winning against her at a game).
    As a teen and beyond, she had anger problems and hated dad.
    I don’t know if she still has her little temper tantrums; she lives half a country away, but I’d like to think she’s grown up since then.

    To this day, angry voices put me on edge and my default fight response is flight; that’s not all her fault (years of bullying), but it’s never easy when someone flips into door-slamming mode (or like last night, smashes a glass against a pub window), and I probably would be better off if she hadn’t been born.

  29. It was good. I’m the second oldest of 6, with my sister being the oldest. She was the border being my parents and us kids. She was only 4 years older than me, but almost always acted like she was my mom or something. As adults, we could just talk. I asked her questions about girls, she would give me insight. I’ll ask her questions about life, she would give me her perceptive.

    We didn’t have a bad relationship, but undo wish we were closer. We definitely loved each other, but we just didn’t talk to each other too often. Then she died and now I feel kind of lost. Like a piece of my soul is missing. But I guess the last thing I learned from her is the value of life.

  30. I wish I had an elder sister.

    Would have had a better social life then.

    All I have is a stupid younger brother.

  31. It was tough sledding for awhile when we were pre-adolescent age, but eventually we found ourselves really relating on lot of the tough aspects of being a teenager. She even occasionally fixed me up with one of her friends. All in all, not a bad deal.

  32. My sister is 4 years younger than me. I also have an older brother who is 4 years older than me. He and I always make sure to look out for her but she is tough and has handled things by herself. However, we still look out for her because she is our sister and we’d do anything for her.

  33. My younger sister is an extremely kind and rational person. It gave me an unrealistic expectation of women’s rationality and kindness.

  35. Hmm, well, I never got along with her in my teens. Two very different personalities, and she frankly never really accepted that I was an awkward dude. She was pretty disrespectful towards me during that time, that wasn’t awesome.

    But y’know, you get through shared suffering/joy, both of you mature, we live our own lives but I love her dearly now. It’s nice to have a close family member in my life. Can’t say it really matters that she’s a *sister* though, in that respect.

  36. My sister taught me a ton. She’s 12 years older than I am so I learned a lot about ways to relate to people. If I could only be half the parent she is I’d be happy lol. I’m a better dad because she taught me how to parent.

  38. I got to mess around with a lot of her friends cause I was the older one. Set me on my path of manslut in some ways

    I learned about periods, how to clean up said messes

    That holy SHIT women can be actually shit people, like really really shit. They just aren’t overt in it. (character fucking, etc). Men may beat the shit out of each other, then its usually over. Women? Hell nah that shit is a grudge and the pain must be eternal.

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