Do you wish you’d had more brothers and sisters?
If you have children, do you wish you’d had more?
I have six brothers and a sister. Dont need anymore really.
I have two kids,but sometimes wish I’d had more. Lots more…
In this day and age, what with disposable diapers, mini-vans,TV (hahaha), washers and dryers etc, things my Mom didnt have, I wonder why I didn’t have more kids.
Eight would have been a good number… and tons of fun.
…Money, doesn’t come into play with this question…
Youngest of 5 kids - 3 brothers and 1 sister. That is more than enough.
I have 4 sisters and 2 brothers. I have no children. I sometimes think that the first circumstance has determined the second.
I have one brother, and I wish I had more siblings. I think that a mere two children weren’t really enough to keep my parents occupied. They seemed to have a lot of parental energy, and I didn’t like being the recipient of 50% of it.
Each of my parents is from a large family, and all of their siblings have many children, so I have a lot of first cousins. I have always sort of envied my cousins, especially the girls who have sisters. To my brother’s credit, he is such a good brother that a big part of why I would have liked even more sibs.
I don’t have children, even though I have always envisioned myself as having lots and lots of children. It’s funny how life works out.
I had two son’s. If I could, I would have had a basketball team.
More brothers or sisters? No way. It was bad enough to have to share stuff with just one sibling!
I have one brother.
I would have liked a sister (for years, I wanted to exchange my brother for one). I’ve often seen sisters who grow up to be best friends and I know how close my mother and her sister are, and I sort of envy that relationship.
However…
As a child, I hated my brother. I felt that he got everything, I got nothing and that all my problems in life were his fault. As adults, we’re now friends, but I must be honest with myself and admit that even if he had been a girl, we probably still would have fought and hated each other throughout childhood.
My fiance comes from a family of four*, and says he wants four kids, so I guess he must be fairly happy with the number of siblings he has.
*Actually, he has a brother, two sisters, a half brother, a half sister, three step brothers and a step sister, but he’s never met the half-brother and -sister, or the step-sister (they live OS), and only his full blood siblings have lived in the same house as him. Also, he and his full blood siblings were born in two sets - he has a brother three years older, and his sisters are eleven and thirteen years younger than him, so he was half grown when they were born.
Only child here…
I have no idea what it’s like to have a bro. or sis 
I did have a dachshund though 
God no. I have 5 sisters and one brother, and we all fought like cats and dogs. As adults, we rarely speak to each other. This is one of the reasons I never wanted to have kids, I never wanted to inflict that crap on another generation.
I am convinced that large families skip each generation. Kids from large families want their own families to be small, only children want large families. The grass is always greener…
No. I have 2 brothers and 5 sisters and that’s plenty. And we may have fought like cats and dogs among ourselves, we always stood up for each other outside the family (the “I can smack my little brother, but you keep your hands off him” syndrome).
Plus, I could, at this moment, call up any one of them–right now at 1:30 in the morning–if I needed help and get it. I don’t wish for more, but I wouldn’t give up any of the ones I have if you paid me.
I was always kind of sad I never got to know what it’s like to have a brother. Despite all the horror stories my dad used to tell of his older brother. Despite the hot tempered blood in my family, which has skipped me though. But I do have a sister and she’s great, but that’s all I’ll ever have.
I have one of each. My sister is the oldest. However, my mother miscarried her first pregnancy. And my sister was a real problem child, gave us a lot of trouble growing up. Family therapists we went to often said she exhibited the typical oldest-child problems, but on a greater scale than most oldest-children have. I’ve often wondered how she, and our family, might have been different had the first child lived.
Then again, if s/he had my parents might have still stopped at three, and then my little brother wouldn’t have been born. And I wouldn’t trade him for anything in the world.
Firstborn of five here. I always wished I’d had an older brother, so I’d have had a selection of potential boyfriends from among his friends… alas, 'twas not to be.
I have only one child of my own, and I wanted another, but it was not to be. When I talk to her about my future six grandchildren, she gives me such a look…
As an only child, my answer is a big old “Nope”. Despite many people’s prejudices, I was never spoilt and I never yearned for someone else to play with. Being an only child taught me how to amuse myself and to be happy in my own company. I’m quite quite a solitary person and I’m glad for that - I think being comfortable on your own is a gift a lot of people wish they had. Besides, it’s not like I didn’t have friends to play with. There were the kids in my street, the kids at school. I think I was lucky.
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Yes.
I’m with cazzle – I’ve got one brother and would have loved to have a sister. My best friend is the eldest of 6 (5 girls, 1 boy) and has a great relationship with all her siblings, and I’m jealous.
I think at least one other sibling would have been nice, so I could see what it was like to have a different relationship with each one. My brother and I never got along as children, and I would have liked to play with another brother or sister who could actually be nice to me.
Now I’m sad.
I never had any brothers or sisters.
My parents married late and couldn’t have any more.
I have only one myself.
Wanted to have him whilst married and wouldn’t dare try to have another while i was married.
Now I believe over 40 is too old to have another, so guess my son will be an only.
Only child here. I have to admit, there were times I wished I had older or younger siblings, just for the fact that those imaginary friends sure could be fuddy-duddy’s sometimes… =D
I wasn’t spoiled, and it did help me to learn how to entertain myself, but I have to admit it made it harder to go back to being alone at any point in my life, once I had experienced having constant companionship.
I’d have to say that if I had a choice, I’d wish for an older brother.
I’m an only child. I might possibly have been more sane if I’d been part of a larger family. Then again, maybe not. I think I’d have liked a brother.
I have one brother, whom I wouldn’t trade for anything, but it would have been nice to have a sister too.
I’m fairly sure I want three, myself, but once I actually experience pregnancy I may change my mind about that.