Would you date your friends brother/sister?
By Marie2473
@Marie2473 (8512)
Sweden
March 6, 2007 8:36am CST
I have a friend that actually is dating another friends brother. They have been friends for a long long time and she recently started dating this brother.
The brother and sister are very close and she has confined in me that she thinks that the situation is very weird and that she rather would have them not dating.
I think i would be pretty pissed of if a friend of mine dated my brother. When or if they break up I will be forced to choose a side and I might end up loosing a friend for it.
What are your wiev on this?
Would u date a friends brother/sister?
How would u feel if your friend started dating your brother or sister?
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5 responses
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
16 Mar 07
I would not mind if my friend start dating my brother or sister. In fact, I once encourage a friend to date my sister. I feel nothing wrong with it. Since one is my friend and one is my sister, I can be of help should they are in any loggerheads. Similarly, I would not mind dating the sibbling of my friend. I would not put my friend in a difficult position though.
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
18 Mar 07
I do belive that all people go into a relation with that intention, to make it last and to not put other people in difficult positions but still it happens all the time!
@devildinesh (183)
• India
16 Mar 07
There is no problem in dating a friend's bro or sis,because they are not bound by any rules or relations.But the real problem occurs when they fall apart.So one should try hard not to break up or even if it happens they should not link this matter with their bro/sis friendship..
@hellsangelus (670)
• Oman
16 Mar 07
I wouldnt be very comfortable if my friend was dating my brother especially if it was a close friend. I am very close to my brother and I think hes a really great guy. Its not only if they break up that creates tension but also while they are going out. Most couples fight. At the moment with his girlfriend, if they fight I have no problem with it but if it was a close friend of mine I wouldnt know whose side to take and I wouldnt want to be put in that position in the first place. Generally when we girls get together we also have boyfriend bashing moments when we just get our frustrations in the relationship out. I wouldnt like to hear anything bad about my brother and that would definitely lead to tension between me and my friend. Also if they did break up that would probably mean the end of a good friendship because I wouldnt want to see my brother hurt and even if he did leave her for someone else I still wouldnt want to hear anything bad about him from her. It takes me a while to make friends but when I do they are friends for life so I definitely wouldnt want to lose a good friend.
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@Rexy_leigh (1189)
• Philippines
6 Mar 07
I believe there's nothing wrong about your friend dating your brother or sister so long as the couple take responsibility in what they're doing. I mean, they shouldn't just let things happen and expect some people to get affected when things go wrong. In fact, my boyfriend's aunt is her mom's best friend since they were yet in college. And his mom came to know his dad through his aunt. So I guess, it really depends on the couple.
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@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
6 Mar 07
I do guess that IF they could keep it clean and not involve other familymembers in it, it might be a different story. I do belive though that it is hard to do this since I do belive that the friend afterwards will (if the relation ended badly) speak ill about my brother and he about her...
Lucily my brothers are both out of my agegroup so I donĀ“t need to worry about this =)
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
6 Mar 07
I would think it is fine. I mean, if you think about this rationally, what exactly is wrong? :P
Besides, love is blind, you can't just stop 2 people from loving just because one is a brother or sister of another friend. ^^
@Marie2473 (8512)
• Sweden
6 Mar 07
true, i would not "forbid" them but it would stil be very awkward for me =)