Lately me and my older brother started building our relationship again, we got a lot closer and we noticed that we have a lot in common! We talk about life for hours every now and then, share thoughts, discuss religion, talk about the past.. Everything! It's like we share the same interest all of a sudden, it's so ironic, 'coz we used to be like cats and dogs in the past. Then again, I think we're alike because we grew up together and experienced the same type of life.

Anyways, this got me thinking that he could be more than a friend! Someone who's there 24/7, to talk to, trust, cry on.. just everything! I'm too comfortable with him, that I think I can share my thoughts with him knowing that he will support me. Always.

However, do you guys have this kind of relationship with your brother/sister.. Taking into consideration that he/she is not the same gender as yourself. Can you be a friend with your sibling whom doesn't share the same chromosomes as yourself? Or does the Arabic society blocks you from confronting and opening up to your opposite-gender sibling?

Share your views.

The Arabic society doesn't block me at all! :p

I'm close friends with the younger of my two sisters.

Less close with the older of the two, but we've gotten closer.

But for secret sharing, I go to my wife.

Am very close to my sisters. Since we don't leave together, I cant spend a week without seeing them, and if I travel I must speak to them at least once a week.

So yes, nothing wrong in having strong opposite gender bond

I guess this can be normal, I am close to one of my sisters more than the other, even though the age difference between us is like 10 years.

We have three pairs within my siblings

I am a very good or even a best friend to my brother who is 9 years older

My brother who comes after me hangs out all the time with the brother who comes after him and is a year and a half younger, they share everything!

Then the last one my two younger brother who are 6 months different in age, they are half brothers.

I'm a good friend of my sister, she's 3 years younger.
In the other hand, I don't believe that I can make a good friend with any of my male siblings..

My siblings and I are almost in the same age group, i come 3rd with 2 elder siblings and 1 younger sibling. We are all close but ofcourse i tend to stay more with my sister. My younger brother has always considered me an outsider for some reason. He thought i was over spoilt and I act as the youngest (even though hes the youngest). But 3 years ago, we started getting along and now he can't stand not talking to me for the day. He tells me what happens in school and loves spending time with me. We go out to the cinema and he watches a movie with me even if he's a 100% sure its a chick flick one thats deffinetly not his taste. He enjoys it most when i ask him to go watch a scary movie together and we end up laughing when its over. We go out for breakfast/lunch/dinner and spend some good times. My elder brother, I'm deffinetly close with him even though he annoys me a lot. He's always on my side, defending me and protecting me. Although I don't get to see him a lot now we keep in touch by calls/emails/chatting on msn and all that!

Having brothers is a blessing :)

I'm the eldest. I'm close to them all, but in a more 'big sister' way. But my sister, who is two years younger than me, is the person I hand out with the most. She knows everything about me, not that I have any 'deep secrets', I'm a very open person, but it's like we have a lot of inside jokes. :p

My brothers, though, are closer to each other than to us. But when it's time for fun we're all ready to do the silliest things together.

i don't have male siblings. :inno:

I have a good relationship with my brother, I know that I could tell him anything without him reacting immaturely, however since he went abroad we're not that close anymore.

I can say that I'm close with my brother regardless of him being 5 years younger lol. We have our own little inside jokes, know each others secrets, cover up for one another...

i don't have male siblings. :inno:

And I have no "real blood" sisters! :cry:

But I take one of my best friends as a sister and trust her so much, does that count? :D

^ No. :p

first, i am happy to hear that you and your brother are getting along again.
second, me and and brother are SO CLOSE. we talk about anything and everything. Best bro in the world. As for some OTHERS..:mmhmm: grrrr!

^ No. :p

You just took away my only sister! :cry:
(But I was serious! :p)

I'm close to my older brothers and sisters, and younger brothers and sisters they have to be close to me lol.

My brothers and I have always been close.

The eldest one is sooooo "live your life" kind of person: do anything except- drink, smoke, adultery.

The one after him is sooo protective and jealous and he's a person who truly knows the meaning of a secret. He'll always watch out for me and always admire me in front of people :love: my favorite! I could write a book about him and how he's always been a great brother and supporter..

The younger one is sooooo not concerned: "live your life, I live mine" haha!

The youngest one is only 6 so he's the one who wants you to have fun with all the time :)

Um I'm not that close to my brothers. I only talk to them when I need/want something. Like I would call up my brother and ask him to go get my car tinted, or take it to the service, get me PS3 games, DVDs, Etc. Oh we play PS3 together, watch car vids on youtube. But we don't really sit there and discuss matters. The only thing we talk about is cars :P

well me and my brother are close .. i love it when he suddenly comes and hugs me :D
bs hes younger than me so i dont talk to him about my personal stuff

hes the only boy between 6 girls ! xD

I'm not really close to my elder brothers, they're much older than me. On the other hand i'm so close to my younger bro, who is just 15 months younger than me :)

I think the nature of our society keeps brothers away from sisters in some occasions and things like that..
But no, it doesn't block the relation between them..

I'm the only boy within 5 sisters, so you gotta be close to one of them lol. I especially used to be close to one of my sisters (she is older by 4 yrs). Since I have been abroad, I still maintain a weekly phone call with her but we are not as close as we used to be.

im close to my younger sister by 2 years,
we sit and talk abt what happend in school that day..
and say jokes, we have a close realationship,
but lately because of the IB, its hard to stay connected with someone,
in the house, and i really hate it......

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I'm not really close to any of my siblings. Sure, we get along most of the time, we can have fun and a good laugh together, but I don't feel like I can share stuff with them or have an actual, real conversation with them. If anything, I'll just ask how they are, how school is, etc. I've always had better relationships with my friends..

believe it or not.. im very close to my youngest brother! he's been always close to me.. telling me things.. but now i can talk to him.. he's in grade 10.. but very mature for a teenager.. but offourse i dont share talk about everything.. but its close.. i can cry to him ..

im also close to the other brothers... but now that they're abroad studying.. i dont know.. we dont talk much.. that's all..

I'm very close with my big brother, and I love the fact that I can tell him anything and he would totally understand.

I am never as comfortable with anyone as when I'm with my siblings - I realized this only very lately (a bit too late), your family are the ones who really and truly understand you.
My brothers and sisters are all the same to me, really. When we're all together we just act like a bunch of rowdy children, and it's comforting and fun to be around them all, even during the so-called devastating fights.

However, they aren't the ones I tell everything to - those are my friends. I do that because they don't have any preconceived notions of me. They have become friends with me as I am in this moment, in a sense, and so don't know anything about my past to have any sort of expectations.

well i have 3 older brothers close to all of them however i feel I'm more closer to my third older brother I think the reason for that is we lived together abroad and i really trust his opinions and thought, however sometime i really don't agree with him and hate that he is overprotective it just drives me crazy, but i can always talk to him and tell him what i want.

My brother tells me everything .. and before I got my license he took me everywhere with him. I used to hang out with him and his friends a lot. I still do that from time to time though, but now I am always busy with my friends.

Whenever he wants to do/buy something he'd ask me about my opinion first and I'm always the first to know.

So ya, my bro and I are very close.