Do you treat your half-siblings any different?
I have 2 older half-sisters and an older brother. My sisters have a different dad than me, but my brother and I share the same parents. My friends and family ALWAYS ask me if I treat my sister's any different because we're not fully related and they always have this weird/judgmental face when I say "No, of course not. I love them all the same!" I also have a niece( her mom is one of my half-sister's) and people think it's weird that I treat my niece normally too! It's not like they're aliens, so why would I treat them any different?? So, do you treat half-siblings any differently?
Do you love your half siblings like your full siblings?
I'm just curious of how either people feel towards their half sibling. If you have full siblings and half siblings do you feel the same way toward them or do you love your full sibling more? I have 2 full siblings and one half sibling from the same mom different dad and i don't really feel like i love my half brother at all cause i feel like we are barley related, or maybe it's just the fact that he's only a week old. How do you feel towards your half siblings, and is there really a difference between a full sibling and a half sibling to you. And if you only have half siblings would you rather have a full sibling?
Do your parents treat you and your siblings equally?
I have only one sibling she is my younger sister.Our parents treat me as a person whose only job is to study. While my sister is treated as a small kid even though she is only 2 years younger to me.*Me watching movie with sister*Mom: Punya… Your exams are near. Go study!Me: Amma, Kukku has exams too. Why don’t you want her study?Mom: she is too small to study now.Me: Small??? What the hell! You asked me to study when I was her age!Mom: I want you to study. She won't obey what I say. She's such a notorious child!Me: (-_-)*We both watching movie again*Mom: Punya… go wash those plates.Me: Amma, tell this to Kukku she's free now.Mom: you are the elder one right? She's too small to do all those work!Me: small??????? I have done every sort of household chores when I was at her age. Now see she's even taller than me and you are considering her as a small child????Mom: Do what I asked you to!Me: okay Amma (-_-)*Me sitting without doing any work*Mom: Can I look for an entrance coaching centre for you?Me: yes Amma. Make Kukku go for coachings Amma. She's in 8th nowMom: She doesn't have interest in studies. Let her enjoy life. She can't enjoy her life during her higher studies.Me: *Mouth wide opened* You sent me to coaching classes from 8th. Don't you want me to enjoy life??Mom: now it's time for studying not enjoying. You can enjoy your life after studies.Me: *dumbstruck* what a wonderful idea! (°¿°)This is the main topic for discussion in our home (-_-)Thank you!
Does the difference between a half sibling and full sibling really matter?
I have 5 children to 3 fathers with the youngest being just 20 (girl) and the oldest is 43 (boy).They have said a lot of things during sibling fights, but never have they referred to one another as half brothers or sisters.It’s a concept that doesn’t exist for them or me.They are all mine and treated equally.When I had my 5th child at the age of 44 to a French hitchhiker I picked up one day, she really brought the family together again.Each child had a different but positive reaction to her birth - they were all at difficult ages and I had moved us to Byron Bay from Sydney.My then 13yr old daughter fell in love with her at first sight, not like a sister, but like a mother.They are 20 and 33 now and live together in Sydney.The older ones look upon her a bit differently than the usual brother or sister, because of the age gap.My 11yr old son was present throughout the entire labour and cut the cord, like a dad!
If you found out that you have a half sibling, would you try and get to know them or not bother at all?
I do have a “surprise” half-sibling. When my father passed away in 1978, a 20-something-year-old woman showed up on our doorstep: my half-sister from my father’s previous marriage. My father and her mother had divorced in the 1950’s. When her mother remarried and moved out of state, her stepfather adopted her and my father agreed with it. So she had been out of our lives all that time, and the entire family (grandparents, aunts & uncles, older cousins, etc) kept it secret from us.I was only 10 at the time, my two brothers were 17 & 16, so there wasn’t a lot of connection there. But about 15 years later, she called me and came back to town to “get to know her family better”. So for a few months, she stayed with me, and we all hung out for a while. It’s kind of like having a distant cousin I guess: someone you feel a family connection to, but not someone you know really well. She was a rolling stone in a different part of life, so eventually she got bored and moved on.It was nice to meet her, and I think my eldest brother hears from her occasionally. She isn’t a social media user, so I have no idea what she is up to today. I’m sure she considers us family, and I guess I do, too; but it’s not the same as having a relationship with someone who grew up in your house with you. The age difference is probably responsible for the disinterest.
Do you have any half siblings? If you do or if you don't,how would you treat them?
I have a little sister who's my half sister. Same Mom,different Dad. My Mom wants us to spend more time together so I asked a question about why it was so important and stuff(I'll put the link at the bottom). One of the answers asked if I think of her as my real sister. That's a simple question with a complicated answer. The truth is,I'm not really sure. I really want to say that I do think and treat her as my real sister but I know it's not true. I mean,85% of the time,I consider her as my real sister and I don't even consider the fact that we have different fathers but part of the time,I do think and have even said she's only my half sister so I don't HAVE to defend and/or protect her or have anything to do with her. I know it's wrong but I can't help it. I still love her though. But I was just wondering if you have any half or even step sibling(s) and no matter if you do or don't you can answer whether or not you do/would treat them like your full blooded/real sibling?
Etiquette for sibling or half sibling?
I assume these children see each other regularly, therefore it would probably prove easier to refer to each as brother/sister and explain the exact relationship later on. Yes, the questions do come up, but generally it's not about family, but about the home the child lives in, and if there's any ambiguity in terms of questions on an application it's best to err on the side of mentioning that the child does have a half-sibling.
Are half-siblings still family?
Well, I know these two half-brothers. The older one is always trying to have a relationship with his brother, but the younger one kind of pushes him away. Whenever the older one says, "I'm your brother." the younger one says, "You're my half-brother." Their dad (how they're half-siblings) is dead. But are half-siblings still family? Should he be acting like this?