Do you feel like your siblings are/were your life-teammates?

No. Lots of other family and friends are, fortunately.

Nope. I want nothing to do with my only sibling...he's a P.O.S.

If by 'teammate' you mean people thrown together through nothing other than circumstance and an expectation that you get along, then yes

My brothers are huge susans.

In my case yes. My sister died suddenly recently and I have been thinking about this a lot. My sister was my #1 fan; in work, life and athletics. When she could she would always come to my races. I have a great picture of her & I at the top of Heartbreak Hill from 2014. It still amazes me that she drove over 400 miles and waited for hours to see her little sister run by for 5 seconds. I took it all for granted then but I certainly don't now.

My sibs siphoned a combined $100K out of my last surviving parent's retirement income, while leaving the house in squalor. Neither apologized. One paid back some insurance money ($15K) that he'd taken, but the other turned around and spent it within a month and then spent two years lying and making excuses--and then threatened me with lawsuits!

Put up with them while growing up, at family visits, and tried to work with them patiently while my parents went downhill. But no more. No contact and no intent to do so in the future.

I dont have a relationship with my two half siblings. They're 11 and 14 years younger. My father and their mom had a terrible divorce and I stopped seeing them when my father couldn't. That was 15 years ago.

I reached out to them a few years ago and they don't want anything to do with me. I don't blame them.

Yes, my siblings rank at the top of my list of life's biggest blessings. Always there for me - and givers of sound, caring advice whether it's wanted or not.

My older sister, for sure. We are 18 mos apart and very similar personality wise--she was a very competitive runner in her 20s. My younger sister 4 years younger than me has always been harder to get along with.

Not really. I like my brother, he's a good guy but I very rarely see him and it works for us.

This is a pretty interesting thread. I always assumed that my completely broken relationship with my brother (no contact in 5 years) was out of the ordinary. Clearly I was wrong.

This is why I don't feel guilty for only having one child, despite lots of judgement and obnoxious remarks from strangers that my son "needs a sister to play with."

I firmly believe that sibling dynamics follow a completely random pattern, some are compatible and some are not.

My brothers are alright, but if I never saw them again I wouldn't miss them much. They're basically just a couple guys that I know.

It's funny, i read the title originally to be "do you feel like your team was/were your life-teammates" probably, I guess, because I don't have any siblings, and my track and cross-country teams were the closest thing to brothers (and sisters) I ever had, Carla with her "orgasmic" brownies post-race and our Fearsome Four squad tearing it up freshman year and then all the years we grew together, I still have those pictures, man those were some good times. Those were some amazing years.

I've never thought of it that way but I guess I'd say so. I'm the oldest of four. We have our disagreements but for the most part we get along well and I feel like we'll always be there to help each other out. My younger brother will probably always be one of my best friends.

I asked the question because I have two siblings and don't feel like either one cares about me at all, and one of them has actually tried to cause me nothing but harm my entire life. I cannot think of a single time my brother stood up for me, did something nice for me, or did anything selfless for me. There was never any expression of love whatsoever. My sister is better but is a narcissist, so she doesn't actually care about me at all and is deeply upset by my success. She blames me for her failures in life even though she is 7 years older than me. It sucks.

Not really.

My older sister and I have very different personalities and did not get along for many years, but we have moved past that. We love each other and support each other, when it is necessary.

My older brother and I always had a rocky relationship, the origin of which probably has a few causes. He seems to have replaced our family with his wife's family, which has worked out for him because he obtained the type of wealth that he always wanted. We seem to be a group of people that he has to deal with, rather than wants to be around. We don't talk much.