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As someone with 4 siblings I'm going to have to disagree with this. Siblings aren't inherently good things to have in life. I know plenty of only children who h
by ck425 8y ago
As someone with 4 siblings I'm going to have to disagree with this. Siblings aren't inherently good things to have in life. I know plenty of only children who have never wanted a sibling and plenty of folk who are largely indifferent to their siblings. It depends massively on the personality of the people involved.
- toasterlovin 8y agoIf you think that life insurance, disability insurance, and a social safety net are good things, then you think that siblings are a good thing.
- ck425 8y agoI don't expect my siblings to be any of those for me. It's incredibly unfair to put those expectations on family.
- toasterlovin 8y agoYeah, nobody wants to burden other people with dependence. But shit happens. The history of our species is basically one conflagration after another. If I were to die with dependent children–which, up until about 80 years ago was a common occurrence—I know that my siblings would help care for my children. Or even if I just fell ill and needed assistance, my siblings would be there as a safety net. And it goes both ways: I would do the same for them.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoFamily are the people who, when you need help, they have to try to give it. Just had this with my brother. He's got a fairly expensive illness. I asked if he needed help. It never even occurred to him to ask - he's pretty independent. But if he has to have help, I'll try to help.
- alsetmusic 8y ago> I know plenty of only children who have never wanted a sibling and plenty of folk who are largely indifferent to their siblings. Then there are siblings who are a literal burden on their families. Some people just use others and walk all over everyone. Someone in my extended family tried to burglarize the home of someone else in the family. That’s not someone I want in my family.
- ck425 8y agoThat too. I was more suggesting that some of us aren't particularly close with our family or people people. That and you can not particularly like someone without them being horrible, sometimes personalities just clash or are indifferent to each other.