<p>180 degrees - that is how different my kids are. Granted that there is fairly large age gap between them & family/financial circumstances were widely different in their formative years - but this surprises me given that they were both raised in the same household. Wonder how they will get along as they get older. FWIW - I thought my sibling and I were quite similar as kids - we were a year apart - but close in not how I would describe our relationship now. Is this pretty common or is our family unique??</p>
<p>Same factory, very different models here! A-typical, laid back first born S, super-type A second born D (born 2 1/2 years apart), and type A third born S ( born 7 years after 1st born). Little guy always felt like the older two left him out of their conversations, activities due to his age. Totally normal, as he was a young kid when they were Tweens/teens. Now that youngest is 16, he has much more in common with the older two, and they have all become much closer. D even invited him to visit her at college for the weekend, and she took such pride in showing off her little brother. Older two were pretty average sibs when they were younger…bickering and teasing was the norm, but there was an underlying attitude of love/respect. </p>
<p>So happy that my kids actually like one another, and would choose to be friends even if they weren’t related. I’m an only child, so this warms my heart! H and sisters were pretty close, but everyone is so busy these days that the relationships are not what they could be. I think maybe the girls are actually better at communicating with each other, than my H. Strong silent type…or just lazy maybe.</p>
<p>My D and S are 5 years apart. The only thing that is simialar about them is that they are both tall and slim. We are going to have a hard time convining S that he won’t be able to attend the same university as his sister, simply because the practical type of motivation, GPA and resume are not there.</p>
<p>Two girls 4 years apart, could not be more different in every way.</p>
<p>3 yrs 3 mo between our girls, and they are as different as day and night - we called them Snow White and Rose Red when they were little. </p>
<p>In looks they are opposites - so much so few people realize they are biological sisters. One is a tall twig w/ looong legs, the other shorter and curvier - though both are thin. One has thick black straight hair, the other finer, golden wavy hair. One is a great athlete, the other a great mathlete. One is granola, the other preppy.</p>
<p>Nice thing is that since they are so different, they had different friend groups, sports clubs, school participation, etc. in high school so we had no jealousy/competitiveness over these things. Bad thing was with so little in common, they were not the closest sisters - supportive, but more like cousins.</p>
<p>Now that eldest is about to graduate college and the other is starting her 2nd semester freshman year, they are in contact all the time, the younger asking for advice on school, the elder asking for fashion advice. They talk about their relationships with each other more than me (thankfully - TMI for mom or dad). </p>
<p>It has been nice to see the change happen. I think they just had to get away from each other to realize and appreciate each others qualities, and maybe even miss each other a little bit…</p>
<p>Mine are very different. They are not as close as I wish they were, but the love is there. I honestly don’t know if they would be friends if they weren’t related. Very different emotional temperaments.</p>
<p>A boy and a girl, 8 years apart. Very different. The only similarity is that both are unfortunately messy, like me :(.</p>
<p>I’d say my boys are pretty similar in tastes, values and outlook, but one is much more laid back and the other is more driven.</p>
<p>I have three kids. The first two are 5 year apart, the youngest was born 10 years after the second with different father. They all get along well, though the older 2 fought like cats and dogs when they were 10 and 5. They are nothing alike. That doesn’t seem to impact their ability to find things to do together.</p>
<p>I’m one of 5 kids. None of us is remotely like. Some of us get along, but I have a sibling who has cut off two others for reasons I have never understood.</p>
<p>Six boys and a girl, all distinctly different from one another. Although there’s a family resemblance between the “dark ones” and “light ones”, there’s huge variability in height, personality, talents…We like to credit our fabulous parenting skills for their strengths and blame their shortcomings on their genes!</p>
<p>A girl and two boys. The girl is 17 months older than the oldest boy, and the boys are 3.5 years apart. Looks-wise they bear a family resemblance and the boys sound identical. Personality-wise they are all very different but I would say socially and with regards to drive,the girl and the youngest boy have the most in common, scholastically the boys have a lot in common.</p>
<p>Two boys 3.5 years apart. Very, very different personalities. Both are very athletic and occasionally workout together when home, but socialize in different (tho similar) crowds.</p>
<p>S1 is a leader, S2 is a sweetheart. I hope one day they’ll be close. Took my siblings & me a while to figure out we really liked each other :-).</p>
<p>We have two kids, with S 2 years and 5 days older than D. They are very close but quite different. S is quite precise and very much an engineer and entrepreneur. D is much more social and artistic, hence the cinema major. S has a very neat, tidy rental while D’s generally looks like it has been ransacked. </p>
<p>Both respect the other’s opinions but yes, they are quite different. Both are thin and wiry in appearance–ectomorphs, and have some natural athletic ability but not enough to excel at competitive sports. Both attended the same private, competitive U–S with a significant merit award and D full-pay. Both kids are leaders among their friends and like their own personal space and “down time.” Am so glad they really like one another and get along 95% of the time. :)</p>
<p>Our oldest are boy/girl twins and it is amazing that they were brought up in the same time frame in our lives. She is more quiet with a solid group of long-term friends, she knew what she wanted from early on (teacher) and worked solidly toward that goal, happy buying a house near us, has traveled extensively but at heart is a homebody. He is a fly-by-the-seat-if-his-pants guy, knows someone everywhere he goes, willing to try anything type. Our next is 5-1/2 yrs younger and the artistic one. She is spontaneous, sensitive, emotional, and a performer. Just enough younger that she got left out a lot. The youngest is another 5-1/2 yrs down. He was the baby and everyone carried him everywhere. He is now 18 and very competitive in sports but otherwise easy going, gets along with everyone. He works hard at whatever he wants and sets goals. He is probably most like the oldest daughter both in looks and personality. They all like each other but don’t all have thins in common. I hope they remain close as they get older.</p>
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<p>Wow, sounds exactly like my two in all the same areas. But S was able to attend the same university as D, but received far less merit money. Yet, he has flourished.</p>
<p>S1 is 4.75 years older than S2. And Yes, they are both similar and different.</p>
<p>3 boys. Two are twins, with twins being 6 1/2+ years younger than oldest. One humanities major, one science major, one social science major. One twin and his older brother look like they are the twins!</p>
<p>Different as night and day. Two different varieties of a good thing.</p>
<p>Mine are 26 months apart and complete opposites. Before kids I was a strong believer that nurture trumped nature–not so now. They were brought up by the same parents in the same financial circumstances and from the moment of birth they were completely different–and they still are.</p>
<p>Different.</p>