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Originally Posted by lewdog
I'll just say that I find it funny that many people mention having multiple kids so they have siblings to bond and get along with.
In my job I help discharge plan 1000+ people a year and have seen every social situation and aspect you can imagine. I'd say in about 20% of cases, siblings dislike each other and routinely fight over end of life and care issues for the parents that usually amounts to some sort of monetary issue such as keeping mom/dad alive because one of the kids lives off the parents. Or becoming the parents financial POA and burning through the parents money while the other siblings go to court to have such affairs stopped. Or many times arguing over who gets what upon death. It's pretty ugly and it's a very high percentage of siblings who do not get along and haven't gotten along for most of their lives.
So having another kid because you think a child needs a sibling to get along with, isn't always what it's made out to be. I am the sole decision maker regarding my parents and their will. There will be no fighting over these decisions when they are older or fighting over the inheritance.
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I've kind of wondered what it would be like to have a brother. I have one sibling, a sister, and we get along well. However, we're very different in many ways so I wouldn't describe us as close. Amiable, but not close. Would I have been closer to a brother? Or would we have a more competitive relationship? I think maybe I'm glad I don't have a brother, but perhaps I'm underestimating the upside.