Is it normal to feel jealous of people with siblings...

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I am nearly 19 and am an only child, and I have had close friends, boyfriends, and cousins that all have siblings. Even when the relationship isn't close or even if it is bad (example: my ex and his sister would scream at each other and call each other horrible names when I was around, and his sister had problems with drugs, got arrested... he even claimed he hated her and I was lucky) I still feel jealous.

I also felt jealous a few months ago when my current boyfriend decided to see a movie we were originally see together with his sister instead of me. I wasn't really jealous that he chose her over me. I felt more jealous that he had a sister willing to go. I had nobody else to go with, no close friends at the moment, and my family (cousins) are not close, and maybe if I had a brother or sister, I could have had someone. :(

Another example, I have 2 cousins, sisters, that are inseparable... 19 and 20 years old. They have the same interests, the same sense of humor, went to college together, and consider each other best friends. That one has always made me jealous... and I have been around it my whole life.

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  • Sophie5472
    12 years ago

    Normal having a sibling is kinda like having someone closer to your age than you parents whos cool to hang out with and who you look out for/ looks out for you, now there are times when its not great and im sure alot of people truly hate there siblings its not allways sun and roses but having a close sibling is awesome, having one that hates your guts isnt

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  • squirrelgirl
    12 years ago

    I love my 3 siblings and I am close to 2 of them nowadays, but there have been times when they've hurt me so badly emotionally that I've actually wondered what it would've been like to be an only child. One year I even gave myself an idealized imaginary sister when I was feeling especially estranged from my real-life ones. So trust me, just because you're related to someone doesn't automatically guarantee that you'll always be close to them.

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  • ariannel
    12 years ago

    I can see how that would make you jealous. Although, you can bet there are people who have siblings and wish they didn't. Not everyone is close with their family members.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    I wouldnt worry about it, for all the times you see siblings getting along and "loving" each other there are siblings who hate and are insanely jealous of one another, if they are even on talking terms. Sometimes many of these siblings in these families just put on a fake smile and act to make other people think they are all from the "perfect" family and everyone gets along "perfectly". Try to be better friends with your cousins who are sisters, mayby in time you will have a sisterly bond with them.

    Besides I hate when you see one sibling taking credit for another siblings accomplishments, like if one graduated valedictorian the other one celebrates it as if it was their own accomplishment. You didnt graduate #1, your sister did, so give it a break already.

    I have even seen siblings who were very close growing up, split entirely when it came to inheritance differences between what one was left from the parents compared to the other. "You were always the favorite" kinda stuff.

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