Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We all have competitive relationships with our siblings.
For each other, at each other: Sisters can be either or both. The same could be said of people in any close relationship. Yet there is something special about sisters - specially gratifying and specially fraught.
Sibling relationships are complicated. All family relationships are. Look at Hamlet.
Well, I have a sister that I'm very close with, and that relationship is probably the most intense relationship of my life to date, probably of my life, period.
My parents are very competitive, so we are very competitive as kids. But it's a good kind of competition; it's not a jealousy. You always want to do your best, and if it can't be you, you want it to be your brother or your sister, you know what I mean?
I've got two sisters and they're both married and they're both much more settled into the way things are.
Sibling relationships figure in a lot of my books. You don't often see relationships between adult siblings explored in fiction.
As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.
Sister relationships span a huge range, from best friends to worst enemies. From 'I adore her; I talk to her five times a day' to 'I decided to cut her out of my life.' For most women, it's in between.
In some ways, siblings, and especially sisters, are more influential in your childhood than your parents.
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