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Question Oct 10, 2021 at 12:35 AM
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I keep reading about all these relationships where there is a sibling that just looks out for you, and accepts you. Literally if you need them they will be there and come at you with open arms. Anyone willing to be a pseudo sibling?

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Default Oct 10, 2021 at 02:44 PM
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My brother was more of a bully than anything else. I could use an actual sibling.
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Default Oct 12, 2021 at 02:46 PM
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My sister has been really weird towards me lately. She barely acknowledges me when I’m in the same room. If she wants to ask me something she’ll have my brother in law ask me. It’s honestly just very confusing to both myself and my mom.

I am closer with my brother in law then I am with my sister. But like this kinda started suddenly? I don’t get it.

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Default Oct 14, 2021 at 03:16 PM
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my brother was a bully and the major source of discord in my family.

I am happy to be a pseudo sibling
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Default Oct 14, 2021 at 06:22 PM
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I spent most of my childhood fantasizing about being an only child.
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Default Oct 17, 2021 at 06:35 PM
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I have both "fictive kin" (what you call a "pseudo sibling") as well as extended siblings (siblings who never grew up with me, who are my half-siblings and foster siblings to my half-siblings who were in foster care) as well as an estranged sister and other estranged half-siblings who sided with my sister.

My fictive kin (pseudo siblings) include some of my veteran friends (veteran family). I'm not close to them as a sibling, but neither am I with any of my real family members. It's hard for me to get close, even though that's something I crave.

I, too, have fantasized about being an only child at times - but it was more in line with being rescued and taken away to foster care with loving parents who adopted me and visiting birth parents who apologized for their actions eventually. I fantasize about justice over all else. I longed for justice because I felt I never had any my entire life.
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Lightbulb Oct 18, 2021 at 02:58 AM
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I'm not especially close to my siblings, but we all love each other. I suppose my sister and I have grown closer over the years. My brother is a good man, but we have major differences, politically, so we keep conversations light. I will say that both would help me out if I was in dire need. And vice versa.

My siblings are 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 years older than me. In our youth, that seemed a big difference, but not so much now. I live in Europe while they live in our native home state of New Jersey, in the US. In fact, they live a short walk to even where our grandparents raised our parents. And not far from where our great grandparents raised our grandparents. Two of our uncles' families also used to live within walking distance. We are deeply rooted there. Even our great great grandparents lived in New Jersey or eastern Pennsylvania and some of their ancestors, too. It's a bond that can't be totally broken.

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