I have four older bros. We are respectful. But all of us live on extreme levels and are very diverse in styles. Of the Five boys my parents had. I am the only one that had kids (one girl/one boy). I was the 1st to marry (at 27) and I will be the first to divorce (as did our parents) at 48. I am extremely poor. One brother is very, Rich. The other three work but make good money with dbl incomes from spouses. All of my sister in laws have or came from money. My X2B and I did not. History is repeating itself. But, when it comes to the kids. I am a zillionaire. Good luck. To all of you. This site has so many different things going on. I remember when it was sex, sex and more sex. I am not getting any so I have the human interest Q/A to bring me along. I have learned a lot from those of you on this site. I promise to apply it to a deserving women; someday, soon I hope.

We agree.

I fight with my sister constantly. Usually if she starts a fight now, I just tell her I don't live with her and don't have to deal with her and end the conversation. She's only 11 1/2 months younger than me (thanks, mom!).

My older brother is almost 4 years older than me, and he's one of the greatest guys I know. We rarely fight, and when we do, he can't stand to have me mad at him!

I find that siblings that far apart always have two different sets of rules from parents. My cousins were born several years apart, and while the first cousin had a 9 pm bedtime on the weekdays, my youngest cousin wanders in at 2 am!

My older brother is single and travels for a living, and both my sister and I have babies.

It's kind of hard for me to answer, as I have a step sister on one side (whom I do not know really well, but I do like her) and a step brother on my mom's side. I didn't meet either of them until we were adults. My brother is very easy going, and I like him a lot. We get along and have similar senses of humor. The only thing we have really disagreed about is gun play for kids, but then again, he has boys and I don't. I've softened on my "No guns" rule slightly as I've gotten older, but I'm still not crazy about them. Then again, I don't have any boys and the testosterone they have all over.

My step sister is about where I was in parenting when my first children were about her 3 year old's age. She's very idealistic about some things like her child's diet, which was kind of a pain in the ass at Christmas, because I spent weeks making cookies and pies and cakes and her daughter isn't "allowed" to eat any sugar... EVEN at Christmas! So, her mom and dad and my step mom had... fruit for dessert while all these beautiful cookies and cakes just sat on the table. Luckily, my kids and husband and dad and mom and best friend and her son were happy to dig in!

Knowing that being this rigid will backfire (as it did for me) I feel like I want to say something like, "Lighten up during the holidays, it will make it easier and she'll have a treat other than.... fruit once in a while." I |also want to tell her that when her daughter finally tastes sugar, she's going to be like a mad woman going after it and jamming as much in her mouth as possible. One of my kids (who was denied any sugar as a toddler) actually held some resentment against me, as I should have been more flexible. Luckily, I learned "all things in moderation" by the time my older kids were older and I had my third. I know she WILL learn, but it's keeping her child "above" other kids, making her stand out in an group of children (and not in a good way) and it WILL backfire eventually. But, I know I need to let her learn on her own. *sigh*

But, she's a very good mother and loves her little one (and the one on the way) and I think she'll eventually learn moderation and the value of relaxing the rules once in a while.

we usually agree with each other

But your sister-in-law is ok... except for the your mom jokes.

I do not have siblings