“Plus, even if we have good romantic relationships, we need strong friendships and/or familial bonds in our life to be a fully rounded person.” That's a shame, because these other relationships often last longer and are more selfless and caring,” explains Sarah. We give less importance and recognition to our bonds with our family and friends. “The downside of this shift has been that the meaning of 'love' has often become more about romantic love than anything else. Maybe that’s why this Psychologies piece, titled “What kind of sibling relationship have you got?’ claims that ‘most sibling relationships’ fall under six headings that all sit on the cool end of the positivity barometer, from “going through the motions” to “total alienation”.Īs the School of Life’s Sarah Stein Lubrano notes, ever since people started marrying for love, an increased amount of emphasis and pressure has been placed on romantic relationships above all others, causing sibling bonds to be thought about less highly. From classic literature (feuding brothers in Shakespeare’s Hamlet) to modern rom coms (like the 2005 film In Her Shoes, in which Cameron Diaz’s character sleeps with her sister’s boyfriend) examples of estranged siblings are rife. Of course, not everyone has siblings, or happy connections to them, but to me it feels like our culture is more versed in talking about sibling rivalry, and the kind of siblings who row and moan about each other, than those who love each other dearly.

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