Did you share a room with a sibling growing up? If so how was it?

[Apple1996]

I'm asking this since here soon I'll have 3 kids and I only have a 3 bedroom house. My kids will have to share rooms and I'm extremely worried about them fighting. If you shared rooms with siblings did you fight a lot?

Yes shared a room and it was great

Yes shared a room and it was horrible

Nah didn't share a room

[NathanDavis]

Three brothers, I was middle, shared the room with both, for some years.
Ages were 3, 5, and 10, that's about when the older had to get his own room, because of the age difference.
Was it horrible, not for us. But it could get annoying, for everyone, for different reasons.
I would say that the most important thing is the difference in ages, and then the personalities of each kid.
Difference in age makes them focus on very different things, younger kids like to play and tend to look for company, while kids that are getting older try to find their individuality.
As for personalities, is about being compatible, this is about their "personal space" and likes.
I think you should focus on this first, then try to adjust from there. Fights will always happen, it can be arguments, teasing, big fights, small fights, and that's about personalities most of the time.
And I do not want to sound "judgy" here but it is also about how you raised them/will raise them. Our parents didn't get involved much, as in they would not always know about our fights, only when we would take it far, they would get involved and do something.
Most of our fights or differences were due to teenage energy, let's call it that. and by the time I was 14 years old and being the middle child. It all settled down. we're all grown ups now and we do have very good relationships, I am very close to my younger brother. As for girls, I really can't offer any perspective. Hope this helps some, lol.

[Apple1996]

Yeah I'm worried about the ages differneces since my oldest is 6 and youngest is almost 4. The baby I'm pregnant with will have a pretty big age gap between my first two. I have boys so they constantly fight not like yelling but literal punching and kicking

[NathanDavis]

because of close ages, my younger brother and I would have some fighting but it was more like wrestling and I being the older therefore bigger, would be aware of this. And I have to say the one to start things or provoke some... lol. He would try some punching and kicking, sometimes.
Some other times, it's the younger siblings that want attention, so they get it from starting fights.

It was not difficult to get us to stop. and it never ended on bruises or anything, there was crying, but that was mostly to get me in trouble, if you see that their fights get out of control, that will be something to be aware of constantly.

[Jjpayne]

It honestly depends on how the kids grow up. I think the bigger sibling will be immature at the start but mature as they get older. I've personally heard of both. I loved my half brother and still do, it was so much fun spending time with him as a kid, we only shared a room on the weekends but we enjoyed the time we had with each other. Now my friend for example, he cannot get along with his brother at all, they fight like cats and dogs. It's a serious problem with them, even now as adults. So it all depends on the kids and how they interact with each other. Some fighting I think is natural and that's all about of learning that sharing is better than taking. Over time I think with most, it's simply important to just have a healthy view of sharing with each other and as long as that's there, I think overall, it should be fine. But my cousins shared a room, two boys and it worked out well, two bunk bed and they rarely seemed to bicker with each other

[Shhhhhhhhhhh06]

Yes I have to share a room
There are like 6 kids in the house
I don't really think my parents can afford a 7 bedroom house so... Lol
It can be both annoying and at times fun
It's easier to talk to my sister I share a room with... although she has a big mouth and she can't keep anything to herself ( so I can't tell her somethings... Lol)
But yeah it can get quite annoying sometimes

[meetkitty123]

I share a bedroom with my brothers our beds touched in a|__ shape My bed was against the middle wall. I remember feeling rather cozy and I would luv waking up in mid of the night and seeing my siblings near by. I felt safe and comforted. It helped if I ever had a bad dream to wake up and seeing them their. I was able to go back to sleep easily.

[meetkitty123]

The beds were lined up like this
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[RP_Blackburn]

I shared a room with any and all combinations of my siblings over the years. It was always fine. Once we were teenagers I got my own room sorta and there was more privacy, which I would recommend for teenagers, but we never had a problem sharing rooms at all.

[Nottoxic]

I shared a room with my older sister until age 13/14. It was really good actually, I have a lot of nice memories. Although we argued, it was more squabbling of a playful nature and ultimately it brought us closer together.

I think it's probably a good thing for siblings to share a room from personal experience. Perhaps up until early teens (12-14) when their bodies will start changing and they naturally want more privacy.

[WindAtMyBack]

I shared a room when I was younger. I think it was late elementary school age when I got my own room, but I can't remember for sure.

It was OK. I didn't think much of it. It just seemed normal. Most other kids I knew also shared rooms. Even brothers and sisters shared when they were little.

[jshm2]

Yes 4 siblings in fact. It was a big room, and a big house with 3 generations of our family living in it.

It was actually very good. Mainly as we all worked and ate together.

It's natural for kids to fight, initially, don't worry about it. Just don't let them harm each other physically is all.

[Kabluie]

We shared a room for a while, maybe like two years when we had bunk beds. Until we went to a 4 bedroom.

It was okay, we had a huge screened-in patio at the back of the house to basically play with everything. So the room issue didn't bother us since we didn't do much in there.

[pleasestopthis]

I did share rooms at some point, we just fought like any other siblings, but it was the same with separate bedrooms. Don't worry too much about it, it's about how you raise the kids, teaching them to share, don't make differences, making them compete against each other and that kind of stuff.

[beebella]

I shared a room with my older sister until I was 9, then we moved to a bigger house and instead of deciding to have my own room (like an idiot) I chose to share a room with my little brother. My sister and I fought, but I hardly think it had anything to do with the fact that we shared a room because we gave each other a lot of space.
I never really fought with my brother during the years that we shared a room.

[beebella]

Moral of the story: Siblings are going to fight regardless of whether they share a room or not. Lol

[Prettygurl12]

I am 8 years older than my siblings. My sister and I had to share. An 8 year old has nothing in common with an infant. A 12 year old has nothing in common with a 4 year old. I hated every second of it lol

[boggboss]

Yep and we fought a lot but looking back I loved it siblings will fight its normal

[Apple1996]

Yeah my kids already fight like crazy 😣

[boggboss]

Its a bonding thing to some degree we fought like crazy at times but I love that guy and as a adult would do anything for him

[Apple1996]

Awh that's so sweet. Hopefully the same will happened with my kids

[Fuentes]

I shared a room with my brother as a kid we never really fought eachother only sometimes as a kid when we got. older never fought some kids do fight like malcolm in the middle how they all shared one room with three boys and they fought but i never fought and my sisters shared a room and they didn't fight until they were teenagers over stuff like. makeup and clothing lol so its normal to share a room

[EmmaMary]

I was extremely fortunate indeed to grow up in a five bedroom house, so there was a bedroom for our parents, one each of us three girls, and one guest bedroom.

[OlderAndWiser]

I shared a bedroom with an older brother and a younger brother until I left home to start college. Yes, it causes some conflicts but learning to resolve those conflicts is part of growing up and learning to co-exist with others.

[anupamagrawal]

Thankfully I always had my room and I am free to keep it the way I like. So, I never have to experience the situation. But, surely it has many positive and likewise negative elements but it would have been an adventurous journey.

[Gavilar1]

I was a non identical twin and was made to share rooms till I was a teenager, also had to wear the same kind of clothes which was highly irritating but I can understand it was cheaper to do so and it helped my parents financially

[SarahP080102]

Yeah, share a room with my brother until he spent every night masturbating

[Red_Arrow]

So... free show.

[SarahP080102]

Not the type I wanted lol

[Ninani]

Shared a room with my sister, when we were young. Our parents redecorated to give us individual rooms to keep the peace 😅

[SpiderManFan2002]

Me and my brother did when we were really young like, younger than 10. When I became 12 though, I got my own room and so did he.

[Gwenhwyfar]

Me and my sister shared a room till I turned 15. For the most part it was great.

[KeiaYamada]

Yeah, we shared a room. Definitely had its downsides, but was definitely worth it.

[Wiredone]

I shared a room with my older brother. I was miserable. We were 9 years difference in age. We had bunk beds and I was stuck on the top bunk. He was messy and I was clean. I was so happy when my dad made a bedroom in the basement for my brother.