Are you close with your brother?

@mstay4 (69)
United States
February 9, 2007 10:53am CST
I have a brother who is 2.5 years younger than me. He is one of my best friends. I was just wondering if anyone else felt this way about their brother? Did You fight often? Were you always close of did you become close later in life?
5 responses
• United States
11 Feb 07
I have 3 brothers and i am the only girl lol unfroturninlty lol me and my lil brothers are really close im 15 and they are 12 and we have a older bro who is 18 he is really not around much he is kinda focused on gettin a job and things but me and him are close
• United States
11 Feb 07
My bro and I are 21 months apart, I'm older...we fought like cats and dogs when we were younger. Around the time I went to college we started to get along. He would come see me at school and we kept in touch over email every few days. Now I'm married with 2 boys and he is the older one's Godfather. He's amazing with my kids and I love having him around.
• United States
10 Feb 07
I have a brother that is almost exactly two years older than me. He was very violent while I was growing up, so we aren't close even in adulthood. I am actually a little scared of him because he still shows some of those same tendencies. He has a lot of emotional problems and difficulty coping with life and with the women in his life. I am trying to be a good sister to him now that we're older and I've learned how to get along with him better. I just hope he figures out that he doesn't have to be the way he is and starts enjoying life and not let every little thing bother him.
@wesker311 (508)
• Philippines
10 Feb 07
my brother is 4 years older than me and i love him very much!we used to fight when i was young but when we lost our youngest sister we became more close. he would hug me and kiss me on the forehead and tell me to take care! i would hug him also and sometimes we would maKE jokes! i only get to be with him every after 9 months on the sea. he's a seaman. we would send text messages when he's not in the country. next week he'll be leaving again i wish he could come back soon!
• United States
10 Feb 07
My brothers and I fight like crazy. The oldest is seven years older than me, the second is three years older than me, and then there's me, the youngest and only girl. I vaguely remember getting along some of the time when we were little kids--my second brother and I used to do a lot of things together because we're so close in ages but then he started wanting to be like our oldest brother, who was angry and mean and a jerk. We fought constantly after that, and I mean real physical fights. Our mom always said that we would grow out of it, that it had to just be a stage we were going through and the day would come when we were all best friends. I'm 19 now and that really has not happened. At all. But now that we all live under different roofs for the most of the year we see each other less and we get along more. I don't know if it's because we've grown up, started to like each other, or distance just makes the heart grow fonder but it's easier to be in the same house a couple weeks a year without killing each other. I wouldn't say we're close, but if I ever have a problem I couldn't handle alone I know they'd be there for me, and I think they know I'd be there for them.