siblings

[Icequeen]

It's not true. You really are the centre of the universe.

  Then the universe is really in some deep shit.

[odeon]

It's not true. You really are the centre of the universe.

  Then the universe is really in some deep shit.

Well, yes. It went downhill from the Big Bang.

[bodie]

It seems that it is the personality of your siblings that is important.  Not merely their presence.  They could
be really helpful or really fuck you up.  Interesting.  You know when people say things like 'you are just like
your brother/sister'  they usually mean physical characteristics.  How likely is it that we are more like our
siblings in personality?   It seems we are not.    So what shapes our personality?  Is it not genetics?   Is it just nurture in the 'nature versus nurture debate'?

Apologies.  Just thinking.  Been told plenty of times it is not something i do too well. Lol.  I just
cant help but wonder about these things.

[Scrapheap]

I've 2 older brothers, both have pissed me off to no end. Always very condescending and disapproving. Even if I got a Noble prize, they'd still treat me like I'm 8 years old. The weird thing is though that I seem to have more sense than them two. They're the ones with criminal records.

It's even more unsettling that they've made out I'm more of a retard than I am to others to taint any hope of me being socially accepted. This caused living in Carrickmacross (where I was until 2-3 years ago) to be much more difficult especially in later years. Even worse is that it's a small town, there's only one main street and you have to walk past these people all the time and put up being ridiculed.

I gave up trying to please them long ago, got the fuck out of that shithole of a town and now I'm much happier.

That's how my older siblings are to me.

My oldest brother is a 47 year old assistiant manager at McDonalds and he thinks he's a god of the food industry. 

My sister keeps marying total losers who control and dominate her, and she thinks she's the best judge of character on earth. 

I have 5 NHRA World Championship Rings and I've built stuff that is in orbit around the earth, and on other planets. In their eyes, I'm the retard of the family.     

['Butterflies']

@Bod. I agree about personality. My big sister is only a couple of years older than me. She could have been great for me, but she was a bitch to me, and one of lifes failures. I got bullied at school, and she would be friendly with my bullies, and continue picking on me at home. Now she wonders why I let her live in poverty, and wont do a thing to stop it.

And I think circumstances of the child have a big impact on how much theu need siblings. If the child is lonely, and doesnt have many friends,  then a siblong could makr a huge difference. I was lucky and met mu best friend before I started school. Since then, Ive been able to make her friends into my friends.

[Callaway]

Just wondering about the influence of siblings when raising a child?  Does it make any difference if
that child is on the spectrum?  If so,  would brothers and sisters be an advantage or a disadvantage?

I been reading about different groups in society and the idea that autistic kids are better off  in large
families.   Not sure what i make of it,  but most of you know i am raising an only child on the spectrum
and just wondered what you  think.         

I have two brothers, my husband has two sisters, and we are raising an only.

She would like to have a sibling, but I don't think that's likely to happen.

There are pluses and minuses of both, IMO.

She gets more attention than she would if she were one of several children.  I'm working on her Halloween costume right now.  She wants to be "Lloyd in Space."



I doubt that I would have time to do this for ten children.

[midlifeaspie]

I have 5 NHRA World Championship Rings

That made me curious.

http://www.nhra.com/points/champs.aspx

It seems that nobody wins just one - kind of like potato chips 
If cut and paste into an excel spreadsheet you will see that several people have three, even more have four and one guy has six and two guys have ten or more, but nobody has five.  Do they need to update their website?

I did find this site though:  http://www.jostens.com/apps/shop/Catalog.asp?CID=268875&PFID=2005061014001413374&GID=22230

[Callaway]

I have 5 NHRA World Championship Rings

That made me curious.

http://www.nhra.com/points/champs.aspx

It seems that nobody wins just one - kind of like potato chips 
If cut and paste into an excel spreadsheet you will see that several people have three, even more have four and one guy has six and two guys have ten or more, but nobody has five.  Do they need to update their website?

I did find this site though:  http://www.jostens.com/apps/shop/Catalog.asp?CID=268875&PFID=2005061014001413374&GID=22230

Scrapheap worked for John Force Racing for several years.

[midlifeaspie]

That dood is a winner 

[Scrapheap]

Scrapheap worked for John Force Racing for several years.

That dood is a winner 

I also worked for the now defunct Foxen Canyon Motorsports.

We won 2 Top Fuel Championships, while I was there, with Gary Scelzi in the Winston Dragster.

[odeon]

Met with my sister today on my way back home. I wouldn't want to be without my siblings.

[bodie]

Met with my sister today on my way back home. I wouldn't want to be without my siblings.

My sister died years  ago.  Miss her terribly but have two comedians as older brothers
which is some consolation.  They have pissed me off over the years but would never
want to be without them either.

[lutra]

I have two sisters. One is exactly 6 years older than me and the other almost 1 year younger. Especially the older one was my point of reference when I was a young kiddo and she helped me a lot with social stuff and I learned a great deal from her by simply copying things she did when I was young. Um, in retrospective, she moving out of my parents house when I was 13/14 y/o made quite an impact on this fella back then. Shook my world and quite a bit shite happened in the following years. All her fault.

Nah, of course not (about it being her fault).. but looking back now I did lose a big stable anchor-point then and basically....

Mmmm, does this post have any point to make?

Well, for me goes I'm glad I had siblings when I grew up. Think still, those two understand me better than most other folks.

[The_Chosen_One]

As a parent, I tend to think that having siblings is a good thing. Helps the kid understand that no, s/he isn't necessarily the centre of the universe.

Good point.

["couldbecousin"]

Met with my sister today on my way back home. I wouldn't want to be without my siblings.

My sister died years  ago.  Miss her terribly but have two comedians as older brothers
which is some consolation.  They have pissed me off over the years but would never
want to be without them either.

 Sorry about your sister, glad you have the brothers.