answer:I’m an only child. Well, I have a half-brother, but we weren’t raised together. Didn’t even meet him til I was an adult. I’ve never felt that my ‘only-ness’ had any significant impact on my relationships. I could be happily single, but have mostly been happily coupled. I am very content to be by myself, and actually need a lot of alone time. My current husband is one of 3 kids, but is very much like me in this way. We’re both introverts, and that’s probably where our similarities in this area come from…not so much how many siblings we had (or didn’t have). I’m not opposed to arguing, and can hold my own in a big fight. The only difference I’ve ever noted was that my ex-husband was much more tolerant of our own 3 children bickering and being mean to each other than I was. I think it’s likely because he has a brother and they fought viciously when they were growing up. To me, it was kind of heartbreaking (not to mention just loud and obnoxious), whereas to him it was just normal kid stuff.