My brother and sister (semi-repost)
I came along 17 years after my brother and sister and so was too late for any problems that other people have had with their siblings. I didn't actually realise they were my siblings for several years.

The pair of them, however, did have the odd scuffle while they were growing up and later...

I already mentioned that as a child my brother took my sister to the toilet without using the kiddy-seat and almost flushed her away.

Later, as my brother was a bit of a weedy boy, my sister used to fight bigger boys on his behalf. He was two years older than her.

Much much later, when my brother's first grandchild was born, he asked to make use of our sister's sons' lego as they had outgrown it by then. The boys were in their early teens at that stage. Sis refused on the grounds that her eventual grandchildren might want to use the lego themselves. That led to my brother and sister not speaking for years with him thinking she was mean and her thinking he had a bloody cheek.

They are fine with each other now and they have each supported each other through many of life's troubles.

As far as the lego and the grandkids are concerned, my brother's grandchildren have grown up, my sister's grandchildren have arrived and I suspect the lego has long been thrown away.
(BearWithLittleBrain, Fri 2 Jan 2009, 16:00, Reply)