Abstract
Temporality implicates all aspects of siblingship. This chapter explores the ways sibling relationships shift, evolve, ebb and flow through the life course, attending to how siblings may become closer as they grow older or drift apart as they age. This evolution of the sibling relationship over time is moulded by critical moments in the life course such as progressing through the educational system, having children, redundancy, divorce, bereavement, illness and so on. Alongside these pivotal moments, the chapter considers the role of the temporal rhythms of everyday family life in the ways siblingship is done, from the embodied proximity and enhanced ‘knowing’ that comes from growing up in the same home as children to the role of certain family traditions or occasions such as Christmas, Eid, birthdays and family holidays which have their own temporal qualities. The chapter demonstrates the importance of accounting for the role of time in shaping sibling relationships and demonstrates how the temporalities of siblingship can illuminate relational and social aspects of time.
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