She Opened Up About Not Being Nearly As Close To Her Brother As Other Sibling Relationships Are Portrayed In Pop Culture, And Countless People Online Could Relate
Have you ever watched a show or a movie based on a family and felt envious of the characters’ close relationships with their siblings?
One TikTok user recently went viral after talking about how she and her sibling aren’t nearly as close as other siblings in the media are portrayed, and many people could relate.
Armani (@_armani_chardonnay_) is a lifestyle TikTok content creator, and she recently started a conversation regarding realistic sibling relationships after making a video in November about how different her relationship with her brother is compared to the ones she sees in the media.
At the beginning of her video, Armani talks about how, in a lot of television shows and movies, siblings usually start as bickering enemies but eventually grow together and become best friends who are super close and protect one another.
Additionally, Armani has seen a lot of people on social media apps express so much love for their siblings, posting about how close they are and how they’d die for them.
“Am I the only one who does not have that relationship with their sibling?” asks Armani in her video.
Armani explains that she and her brother hardly reach out to one another, don’t see each other often, and weren’t even close as kids.
“We weren’t even friends; we were just forced to live with each other,” says Armani.
“I can’t tell you my brother’s favorite color, I can’t tell you his favorite movie, I can’t tell you his favorite car. I can’t tell you anything about my brother. He’s never really let me in.”
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Armani says that she’s seen her brother put more time and effort into other relationships, like ones with people he’s dated, than he ever has with her. It’s been peculiar in Armani’s situation because she’s seen so many people show up in many ways for their siblings, but she’s never had that.
While that upsets her from time to time, she has no bad feelings towards her brother.
“At the end of the day, siblings are just strangers who are forced to live with each other,” adds Armani.
At the end of her video, Armani expresses that she no longer wants to feel like the only person with that kind of experience with her sibling, so she asked her viewers if anyone else was in a similar situation.
Her video received over 120,000 likes and thousands of comments from people in similar situations.
“I’ve got five siblings [and] none of us talk to each other as adults,” commented one TikTok user.
“I think sibling estrangement isn’t talked about enough.”
“We don’t communicate, and it’s not that we dislike each other; we’re just living our own lives,” commented another user.
“[There are] no hard feelings, but [there’s] no bond.”
If you have one or several siblings, do you understand where Armani is coming from?
@_armani_chardonnay_ lets count how many times ive said siblings ? no but seriously…anyone else? #siblings #fyp #letstalkaboutit
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