I just wanted to chime in on the spacing issue... my sister and I are six years apart, which is kind of an interesting dynamic - growing up it was a little difficult to have such divergent interests (especially as I was entering teenagerhood and she still wanted to play with Barbies) but there were positives too - I'm a much better advice giver because I've had the benefit of lots of hindsight by the time she needs my advice. :) But mostly I wanted to say that I never, ever felt like we were missing a sibling between us. And we're very close now that we're a bit older.
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I just wanted to chime in on the spacing issue... my sister and I are six years apart, which is kind of an interesting dynamic - growing up it was a little difficult to have such divergent interests (especially as I was entering teenagerhood and she still wanted to play with Barbies) but there were positives too - I'm a much better advice giver because I've had the benefit of lots of hindsight by the time she needs my advice. :) But mostly I wanted to say that I never, ever felt like we were missing a sibling between us. And we're very close now that we're a bit older.