I don't know what it's like to have a close relationship with a sibling

It is truly alot more than the age. Their differences will also eventually compliment each other. My dad and his brother were like that. They lead very different lives but still loved each other dearly. I thought that by having my children further apart that it would effect their relationship, but they are actually alot closer than I realized. While I thought they were distanced from one another, they were developing a relationship on their own all the while. The fighting is just a way of establishing dominance and boundaries I think. Now I never allowed any physical confrontations of any kind but there were times when I had to forbid them from even looking at one another least it cause a terrible argument. They are much like night and day too with a little afternoon thrown in here and there. I think that your children will end up being closer than you think. I was an only child with half brothers and sisters. We weren't raised in the same households and we are very very very different. At least we were the last time I saw them...long story.

Among siblings age gap plays a good part in fostering a close relationship. One or two years apart among brothers and sisters tend to bring them closer together. This is because they normally play same types of games when younger. This builds bonding and as they grow older the bonging grows even stronger. So if age gap is larger there is no common interests and this brings them further apart. So as newly weds it is good practice for them to plan their children to be closely age-gap of 1 or 2 years apart.

My brother and I are different but at the same time we have things in common. In high school we fought like cats and dogs because we are a like in so many ways. We are 11 months apart and I agree the age doesn't matter, but to an extend it does because we can relate to each easier now that we are older because we are experiencing some of the same things. We are very close now because we realized we are really the only family we have if my parents pass. We make it a point to spend time together. Like we have brother/sister date nights once a month which is fun we have dinner and go to a movie. Maybe thats an idea.

ah yeah, different kids different attitude. no two siblings can be alike, even twins aren't. I can say that i am not close with my brothers too. I wish i was, really but never happened and they kinda have their own lives and which is hard for me to try to squeeze into. oh well i would just love to have my own kids who would be close to each other, helping each other out.

My kids are 5 years apart. The oldest is 8. The younger one is 3. And for right now they get along great. I am hoping this will always be the case. I am closer to my sister than my brother. He lives in a different state, and we don't speak that often.

a lot are just different i guess me and my little brother get along just fine we're like best friends to be exact we hangout everywhere together and hardly ever argue, yes sometimes while we are walking around we get called gay cause i have long hair and he used to till he cut his hair but we'd argue with the people calling us names and usually scared them off but like i said i guess we're all just different

It has nothing to do with how close or how far the ages are between children. Personalities between kids are going to always be different from the moment they are conceived. Either there personalities are going to get alone or not. I have two other brothers they are 1 and half a part and they hate each other. They can't stand to be in the same room. There is 7 years between me and my oldest brother and then there is 5 years between me and my second oldest brother. Me and my brother that is 5 years a part we get alone great. We have every similar personalities. We are both every quite, shy but man we have hot tempers. My brother that is 7 years older then me we don't get alone at all. His personality is the type of person that you really can't get along with too well. He gets angry right way he hides his emotions. He is pretty much a bipolar person. He is every aggressive. I'm in the middle half of the time personality wise between my two person. We fight with each other like all siblings do. But we don't let anyone outside of our family hurt us or bring us down. My brothers are like any other big brothers protect there little sister no matter what. To a certain extent I would do the same for them. I want them to be happy and have the best for them. My kids are going to be almost 2 years apart. I have a 1 year old and I have another baby on the way. I hope they get alone with each other. But if they don't over time as they get bigger even if there personalities aren't the same they will kind of be there for each other when they need it. You as a parent have to find away to kind of try to blend there personalities in a way that they can work together and if they need each other the other person is always there.