Mum · Rhona Burslem
Did you get along with your siblings as a child?
I think we got along.....I don't remember any arguments although I am sure there must have been some. Sheila is almost three years older than me, so I do remember wishing I was able to do some of the things she was allowed to do, and hotly followed suit if I could. David is five years younger than me and I remember being very jealous of the attention he got as a baby, when previously I had had no competition.When he was a little older I remember thinking that he was very spoiled and seemed to get away with a lot of things that I had never been allowed to do.
Maybe by the time parents have a third child they recognize that there are some battles that are just not worth fighting! All that said, I remember having a happy family life as a child, with parents who always seemed to enjoy taking us places and doing things together as a family, so I guess we can' have been too horrible together!