Did you get along as siblings?

Like a lot of siblings, we do have our fights from time to time but most of the time, we get along really well. My siblings and I have different personalities and I have to say that our personalities are strong. Yet, we try our best to protect each other especially when we are trying not to get the ire of our parents.

For instance, we might say that one sibling has come home at an earlier time as compared to the actual time that the sibling came home. When we were younger, we fought more often probably because we did not understand each other very much yet at that time. As we grew older, we also learned to love and respect each other and accept our differences.

As siblings for the most part, we got along. As we got older, it actually became more difficult to get along. My sister seems a little controlling. She expects me to dogsit whenever she needs me, but she rarely comes to my house to reciprocate. She also backs out of many different events.

If she did say she would come to my house to dogsit, I couldn’t count on her because she has backed out of so many things in the past. When I said no to dogsitting for her, she got very angry even though I had moved to another part of the state. It seems like she needs to put forth a little more effort to get together with family.