# I Wish I Never Had A Sibling!: The Children's Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-never-had-a-sibling-the-childrens-game/845122 "2019-12-20T02:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-never-had-a-sibling-the-childrens-game/845122/1 "2019-12-20T02:21:51Z")
It is that time of the year-- me and my old, grown-ass husband are watching Elf of the Year by ourselves. At one point an elf exclaims “I wish I never had a brother!” and I am transported to the time when my own children were, well, children and they watched movies where this very same line was uttered. There were a lot of movies were children wished away their siblings, almost always a brother. Boys are such a pain. Specifically I am remembering a movie in which a sibling is wished away and then the remaining siblings play a game which not only destroys the house. but the fate of the wished away siblings hang . My memories are vague but the thing that’s really killing me is that I think there may have been more than one of these movies. Am I crazy? Don’t answer that. Do you remember these kid’s movies? You can answer that. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-never-had-a-sibling-the-childrens-game/845122/2 "2019-12-20T12:31:27Z")
Could it be [Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whfg26yGPx4)? Jumanji in space, basically, and not bad at all. Two brothers are always quarreling and there is a plot point about one brother wishing the other didn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-never-had-a-sibling-the-childrens-game/845122/3 "2019-12-20T21:05:08Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Could it be [Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whfg26yGPx4)? > > Jumanji in space, basically, and not bad at all. Two brothers are always quarreling and there is a plot point about one brother wishing the other didn’t exist. Looks about right. But there was another too. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-never-had-a-sibling-the-childrens-game/845122/4 "2019-12-20T22:18:31Z")
A book, called _Half-Magic_ . ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-never-had-a-sibling-the-childrens-game/845122/5 "2019-12-20T22:41:51Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > A book, called _Half-Magic_ . This book I have very fond memories of but not complete memories. I do remember one of them wishing that the baby would disappear? Not weigh so much? But since it was half magic, the baby floated half-way up in the air. Dang, I read that book at least 40 years ago!