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I have a brother, 2 years and 12 days younger than me. We were extremely close growing up. We often played together as little kids, and then played on the same hockey team for several years, hanging out with the other guys in our neighbourhood who also played on the team. When I was a hormonal teenager, I was pretty unbearable, so we didn't see eye-to-eye. Once I moved out at aged 18, we bonded once again, and my brother would often come to me for advice. Even though he lives on the other side of the country, we're still really close. By comparison, DH's brother is three years younger, lives only two hours away, and they have never been close at all. I'm very close to BIL's wife, and we've been spending more time together, so now DH and his brother talk a lot more.
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I have a brother who is half my age... He just turned 15. I've always felt our relationship was more like aunt and nephew than sister and brother. But as he gets older, he reaches out to me more and I'm hoping to keep building our relationship. He's super excited to be an uncle for the first time in November!
On the flip side, my only other sibling is my sister who is only three years younger than me and she is my best friend. I wonder how things would be different if I had a brother closer in age.
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I have a sister, so no (we are close though). DH has 2 sisters, one is older by 6 years, the other is younger by 3, and he's not that close to either, they are closer to each other, even though they are further apart in years.
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I grew up with two brothers. My brothers are two years apart, but they are 7 & 9 years older than I am. We have solid, fun, but not necessarily close, relationships -- mostly because they were out of the house before I hit middle school. As adults, we get along wonderfully, and for me that's so much more important than how close we were as children. They were sweet to me as a kid, but we couldn't share much then because of the age differences. Once I hit college & they saw me as an adult (not just as their baby sister) we've always had tons of fun together. There is a great deal of respect and love between us, which is definitely what I want for my kids!
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DH is four years older than his sister and they have a great relationship. He always felt protective of her when they were growing up.
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