THOSE OF YOU WHO GREW UP WITH 3 OR MORE SIBLINGS did you like having a big family and lots of siblings?

One of 7 and I speak to not one of my siblings now - total carnage

can I ask why? What was your negative experience that led to that

The ages range from oldest now being 37 and youngest being 19 and a mix of genders. The closest one to you is not going to necessarily have the same interests and can clash. That then ends up developing into adult life. You then find you are trying to help make younger siblings happy and guide them and then take stick from older siblings. You don’t have nothing for yourself and it’s just awful lol

I have 4 siblings and I grew up with a ton of my cousins living with us too. I LOVED it. It was always so much fun and I was never bored. I told my husband the other day I wanted 5 lol

Absolutely I had a wonderful childhood growing up and my siblings were a big part of that particular time in my life 💕💕 we were a family of 6 close knit , 4 children all 3 years apart - I was the third born

Youngest of 5, me and 2 of my brothers were all 1yr apart. We were like a PACK. Best friends for life. I call my sister everyday.

i too only had one siblings growing up but the stories my bf told me about (he has 5 siblings) was that their house was never quiet and there was no privacy 🤣 he really enjoyed it though. they’re all very mean to each other but are really close. it makes him want to have many kids too

I'm one of 4, and I loved my childhood, I have a twin sister, a brother that's 18 months older and a brother 4 years older and we are all still super close ❤️ I love them all massively

One of four. Second oldest. I like always having someone my age to play with.

I'm the oldest of 10 and the youngest is only 4. We are still very close and sometimes I feel like they are the only friends I have.

Oldest of 6, 3 girls and 3 boys. I love being part of a big family ❤️

1 of 7 we are all very close and I love it so much 💜💜

I don't think the amount of siblings has a negative impact. I believe it is more on how the parents grow and raise the family as to whether or not it will be good or bad, I am 1 of 7.. my eldest sister is the 1st born on both her mums and our dads sides she is 1 of 15🤣

I grew up alone and always wanted many kids, I have 4 and done now when I ask my 7yo how many he wants, he said 10, then 4, now he settled at 6 kids. I believe he likes having many siblings 🤣

Last of 3. It didn’t really get good until we became adults. My sister is five years old and my brother is 7. They where besties and I was the third wheel and my sister and I where forced to do everything together so we fought all the time. Now my sister and I are close but I think the age gap between me and my siblings was too big.

One out of 6 second oldest. Not about the amount of kids but how you mitigate it. Like if you are having kids they are your responsibility me and my older sister had to help like a second parent I hated it. We didn’t get close until we were teenagers adults

One of 5 never had a close bond and we don’t talk

I'm one of 7, I have 4 myself

I’m the youngest of 4 and we are all close ☺️

I have a half-sister and 2 full brothers that I grew up with, and another half-sister who I've still never met so don't really count her. There were a lot of pros to it. We were never lonely and always had someone to play with. I did really like having them growing up. There were occasional fights but nothing too bad, and we all have pretty solid relationships now as adults. We've never been all that close though. We get along perfectly fine, they're great and I don't have any issue with any of them, but we don't like hang out or talk outside of holidays/family gatherings typically. If that's what you want go for it. I have 2 kids and absolutely love having them both, and I want at least one more

I love my siblings. And even now as adults we look out for each other. I'm currently alone with 2 under 2 due to my husband visa issue. Yesterday i needed to take my 16 month old to the GP and my 2 month old is very velcro and won't let me put him down. Two of my brothers helped, one babysat my son while the other drove me and my daughter to the GP and waited for us in the parking lot.
Today same brother who babysat my son cooked for us and fed my daughter while I was soothing little one.
I know some people say siblings always fight etc, but not us. We did have a somewhat tricky childhood and it made us close/we had to rely on each other.
I have 4 brothers and 1 sister, but only grew up with 3 brothers.

Parents focused on two of the siblings and now the third sibling. Feels like I got the scraps.

I’m the oldest of 4kids - having siblings is the only great thing about my childhood, if I hadn’t I would probably be depressed

Well I have 9 siblings 8 of them are 10+ Years older so I only really grew up with my little brother. But my nieces and nephews were around And we grew up together. It was nice to have other kids around but as adults our relationships have been strained so that sucks.

@Chanel I've noticed really big age gaps( 10+ Years) in siblings has problems

I grew up with 4 sisters, i hated it.
Theres always someone who feels left out.
Honestly coming from so many siblings i never wanted kids, in-fact my girls are 15 years apart, because i was so content with just the one. And my second one i was nope not doing this again. And got my tubes tied before she turned 2

i have 5 brothers i loved having a lot of siblings

Yep I’m the oldest of 2 boys and 2 girls. Thankful to have a big family. My husband also had 3 siblings. Gives our baby many aunts and uncles that we trust already lol.

I am 1 of 2. My sister passed away when I was 7. I've never been lonelier. I know the feeling of having a sibking AND being an only child. I prayed and longed for a large family since then..

i have a huge family, my grandma was second youngest of 19 kids and each kid went on to have their own huge family. i don’t talk to ANY of my family lol. if i meet someone and we have the same last name i’ll walk in the other direction. that being said- i myself want a big family LOL just gonna be the opposite of how i was raised

I have 4 siblings (5 counting half brother). Then my husband has 4 siblings too . We’re both close to our siblings.

My husband had a good and bad memories growing up with his siblings as he was in foster home before with his siblings (except 1, his older brother).

Until this day, his foster family are still in touch with my husband and his siblings. They send post cards every year for the holidays, birthdays cards, sends gifts (birthday or holiday presents for our son), post cards and money for when we got married. They will travel to visit my husband and his siblings during the summer to have lunch .

I’m one of 12 🙈 Although it was carnage at times (still is) it was so lovely. Especially christmas time, and family days out. Most of us have children of our own now so it feels like i am reliving my childhood by watching my son playing with his cousins, it’s the sweetest thing.
I am one and done, but if i was more brave i would certainly have more

So we’re three altogether, but the age gap was insane. We’re all 11 years apart from each other, for example, at one point I was 11, my brother 22, & my oldest brother 33… we we’re practically all single children lol. Our age and stages were so apart we didn’t really relate till we got way older and had our own kids. Even then we were all raised too differently, but I wish I had more siblings and closer to age lol. I’m glad I at least have a couple then none… I guess 😅

My parents has 9 kids. I'm the oldest and having a big family is the best feeling. We played with each other growing up. Family gatherings was always a great experience. We keep in contact as adults.

I’m one of 4 and loved my childhood with my siblings I feel like the dynamic was good and we had eachother to rely on and we’re all still extremely close❤️ but I do think there’s a sweet spot around 2-5 depending on the family where the dynamic is super good without kids going unnoticed and neglected. I feel like with much larger families there’s just bound to be some emotional neglect and parentificaton going on of the older kids so I wouldn’t ever have a family that large