Do you have a brother or a sister? If you do, when you "reflect" or evaluate your relationship, can you honestly say you have a GOOD relationship with them? Or do you just co-exsist? To get an idea where I am coming from, I have three (3) brothers, no sisters, and I do not have any kind of relationship with them. And yet, my parents want us to be there for one another (of course, they would want that for their kids), but it is hard. My eldest brother is ten (10) years older than I am, and he is the "authoritative" type. He is the type that you can't answer back, and yet keeps on waiting for an answer. The moment you answer him and he does not like your answer or the way you answer, he would get mad and freak out mad. For my second brother, well, we used to be close. I could tell him anything, and I would listen to what he says and the pieces of advice he would give. But, that changed when he read my personal diary where I put all my emotions and he used it against me, trying to innocently make as if he just knows. After that, I couldn't trust him back again. As for my third brother, well he was never around. He had drama club during high school, would come home late during college, plus we would always fight when we were younger. Though I think that part will always be sibling rivalry.

When I would be around my friends with siblings, I get envious because they have a good relationship. Comparing myself and to my cousins how they could go out and watch a movie with just them, go out of town with just them, I feel so much envy wishing I had that kind of relationship with my brothers. And yet, my two eldest brothers (which are already married and have kids) "expect" me to take care of their kids when they want to do something like a date or movie or out of town. Without a thank you from my own brothers, but always from my sisters in law. They got too used to me being here all the time that they could leave the kids and move on with their lives. But, when I do try to make a life for my own, they tend to bring me down (even my parents btw) and they do not want me to leave the family.

I ask my question once again: can you honestly say upon evaluating your sibling relations that you do have a good relationship with your siblings?