Imouto “Keys to Happiness”

I have a little sister, year and a half younger, and an older sister, by a fair margin. I also have an older brother.

All of my siblings are awesome almost without question. Great people, gamers, dorks, no social issues, chill to hang out with.

Suck it.

I guess older siblings are happier later on since they tolerate shit thrown at them for practically their whole life. Having imoutos absolutely sucks, I'd know I'm one and boy I make my brother's life so miserable at times. I wouldn't wish myself on my worse enemy.

I grew up with a stupid elder sister and a fickle younger one.
The older one is the pure image of evil incarnate , she throws sharp objects at me, scissors, knifes, nails. and thankfully i always dodge them because of her stupidity.
I nurtured the young one to the extent of doing everything for her only to end up with her siding with my older sister and ending up as stupid as her.
now..Where's the joy in my life now?

Can't agree with that.
Most of the time I was fighting with my older sister (she kicked my ass until I became 9 or so).
I thought my parents concentrate only on her and thought of suicide (by throwing myself before a truck) at the age of 5.
At least I could watch her doing homework, so the first 7 years of school were easy mode without any learning but then it went downhill ... .

So yeah, while she is working in promotion for Formula 1 races and such I'm a NEET without any learned profession yet at the age of 23 living with his mother and grandmother(below us) - but hey, at least my terminally ill(Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) father finally died 5 days ago after years of suffering, woot woot! Btw granddad died by cancer and my uncle died by work accident and now this, so good times ahead!!

I have two sisters.

Neither me nor my immediates talk to one another.

I question the method use by these researchers to determine a concept such as happiness that cant really be defined nor less be measurable.

I think this is in fact false.

Dammit. I KNEW something was missing in my life XDDDD Now where can I go to get an imouto.

I think all of you who have sisters and say it's been a long, hard stretch of suffering living with that person are simply byproducts of your personalities and your upbringing. Maybe it's just how your parents brought the two or more of you up, or just your personalities. Siblings learn how to settle differences as they grow up together, through inevitable experiences where their interests clash. Perhaps you folks simply learned how to live with and settle differences a little later on. :p

I also notice many of you have onee-sans, and guys typically don't like to be baby'ed. My sister has a friend who has a much younger brother, and they are SO like what you see in anime and manga. The girl is all over her otouto, even going so far as sniffing him and going all "Ah, otouto smell," and the poor kid is like, "GTFO off me!" as he's trying to play his Wii. Aah, you guys have to have been there, it was one of the most bizarre and hilarious things I've seen.

Anyway I have an imouto and we are on fantastic terms with each other. It's probably cause both of our personalities are very chill, and she's an awesome person on her own right. So I got lucky and the whole lot of you guys didn't, HAHA! :D

You've got to be joking. My sister completely fucked up our family and I hate her guts for it.

The first thing that came to my mind after reading this article is: KYON-KUN DENWA!

I am the imouto and I only cause despair. >:

I do have an older sister, however. She's alright but I wouldn't go as far to say that she makes my life happier.

The said study ahs some truth in it. I mean despite the fact that siblings (brother & sister) have quarrels all the time. They still know how to respect each other to certain levels.

neechans > imoutos

I have a friend who had one older and one younger sister.

The older sister is an angel. Sweet, caring, supportive, saves kittens from housefires, etc.

The younger sister (though visually cute/sexy-looking) is The Devil's Red Right Hand. Standing within five feet of her, you can just feel the evil-waves just rolling off her.

She tried poisoning my friend, stabbing him with a kitchen knife, etc.

I met her once, and once was enough.

My friend was glad when he started living on his own.

Uh.. People who live with sisters do not know what treasure they have. I would give almost anything (even my core i7 rig!!) to live with a sister.. :/

I got two younger brothers, and since we all liked the same thing, we all hung out a lot (aka my partners-in-crime/henchmen). I wonder if it would have gone nearly as well with younger sisters...

I will be even happier if I can marry my own sister.

I doubt my older brothers would agree... I usually just encourage lack of communication.

Are they fucking kidding me? My little sister was a bitch that plagued me for nearly all my life--If anything, my life probably got worse thanks to her.

OH SHI-! In my fimaly there's nothing but brothers.

unruly otouto.... hahaha

Hmm.. Angel Sanctuary comes to mind..

I have an older sister (from another family) living with us back then. I feel indifferent.

I have a younger sister and I think I'm happy that I have her as a sister. Life is more fun with a sister you can hang out with.

I don't think the research is valid at all. I wish I had an imouto or two though.

Lies, I have a little sister and I'm miserable.

My older sister was a bitch who traumatized me greatly growing up. :-/

Does anybody here remember "Drake and Josh" on Nickelodeon? Yeah, I don't think Megan was a source of happiness for those two...

Emotional expression is fundamental to good psychological health and having sisters promotes this in families.”

so thats why im so fucked up...

and little sisters cause aneurysms. its a def stresser, thats why this topic has so many comments posted that quick, they cause drama even here

It makes sense, since said males would have accumulated experience when it comes to interacting with the fair sex over time. Experience useful for relationships with sexual partners in their future. Even if said sexual partner is the imouto, itself...

I wonder then, why when my sister finally left home I finally felt at peace after a long while.

No shit, I always wanted a sister. Without one... life's just not worth living when you live in a place like this...

I have a little sister who's 10 year younger than me and without her i really think i would be less happier.
Moreover i don't give a damn about my freaking otaku's life and i could do everything to just make her smile.

Clearly this survey is applying for my case. (and in the communication/cohesion too)

I have an older brother too but i don't care.

I'm a younger sister, and I have 2 elder sisters and one elder brother. This statement is certainly true for me. :3 I'd hate life without my brother and sisters.

now i really wish i had a sis.

I have one and it causes nothing but grief so I call bullshit on this.

I am the only child and couldn't be more happier.But my dad has 23 brothers and sisters(he's is the eldest), see the missing link

I am an only child and i am happy XD

What is family?

I grew up with a sister who's almost 4 years older than me.
Didn't stop me from being a ronery virgin shutin.

ah?

I have a sister that only 1 year difference of my age. And she's a pain in the hand and @$$ since she's noisy and smart at exploiting my weakness. My playtime is greatly reduced because of her too. But I little agree of sister is a "key of happiness". She can be my playmate sometimes :).

Imoutos will only make fall in despair

itt: People who take their sisters for granted.

I'd be a lot happier if I had a sister.

And it's got nothing to do with sex.

Only because they increase your anger tolerance level so high that you are happy all the time in society.

I could have told you this.

Of course, it only counts if she's cute, and not a total brat...

I want a sibling! Damn it all!

My friend has a sister and she makes me happy. ^^

After seeing how my sister playing her boyfriends, I cannot trust women anymore

i have an imouto 2 years younger than me, and we used to play Doctor. we never had sex but ino everything 'bout her body. :>

What does it say about older sisters...? 'Cause mine was far from what people expect. (Not terrible, mind)

I have four brothers. Alot of blood, bruises and broken furniture growing up. I even had one brother who got the tip of his finger severed when we were really little. It was re-attached though and no permanent damage so don't worry.

Good times.

I am a hikikomori partly because of the younger sisters of my father, who - together with my grandfather - ganged up on my father and denied him his property rights, which turned him into a slob of a jobless packrat. Growing up, I suffered from self-esteem issues since I lived in the shittiest house in the neighborhood. I was bullied a lot and grew to hate society in general. I also distrust women from the bottom of my heart.

So suffice to say you can attribute this hikikomori misanthrope (not a NEET though mind you) to sisters and their connivings.

two sisters, and done it several times, definitely sisters bring happiness

You will NEVER want to have an IRL imouto... I'm speaking from personal experience with a trouble-causing head-aching imouto.

I grew up with 3 sisters and I'm not really as happy as what this article mentioned.

I'm happy cause my sister is so useless, makes me look good.

I guess every family has their own version of "Older Sister/Younger Sisters".

Me on the other hand, I have a older brother who is selfish, arrogant and only sometimes helpful.

My stupid older brother has left me in despair!

you should read a manga called Burakon(done by a hentai artist but this one is not hentai)it deals a lot with this subject and it's interesting

I have an older sister, 6 years older... I'm told we were 'normal' growing up, I can't say I have any decent stories though...

oh, we argue a lot. its not fun or happiness bringing... and I'd like a younger sister for Christmas, but not for life, even if just for the day, I like the idea of little sisters...

I also read kissxsis and can admit to you all that twincest, wincest, reading manga about brothers doing their sisters... gets me hot.

I'd imagine its the same for everyone.
I also note that there is always some one in a million chance it wont to someone. (Terry Pratchett inspired lol).

Signed LonerGoth (still can't remember login)

I have an 1 yr older sister, and we are on the same team (she's even visit this site, yes, we are casual gamer n otaku :p)

well i have 2 big sisters and they are like 9 years older than me and i really love them (not in the otakus way xD)and yes if your sisters are good they CAN brings happiness but if they are bad or annoying wll i don't think so.that means it is not IF you have a sister but what kind of sister do you have

Oh yes so i need a sister now. MUM!

I have a sister that don't mean nothing or does it? The world will never know.

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I have an older and younger sister and even though I hate both of them , I attribute alot of my past happiness to the fact that they were around . Now their not around and I am more bitter and hateful of life . Maybe this thing is right .

*geh* I'd agree with this if my imouto wasn't as useless as I am.

*zetsubou*

This article is pure BS and those "researchers" don't know what they're talking about. I have a younger sister who's a juvenile delinquent that brings nothing but misery and pain.
She once pulled out a sawed off shotgun on me >_>

For added effectiveness, add a dash of incest!

Just move to Japan, gentlemen.

A mother's quality of living is also much more likely to sharply decline if she has a boy rather than a girl. Boys leech happiness from others.

...wincest...

That is all.

I have wincest with my sister

I have a sister, and I am much happier for it.

Older sister...she is fucking 30 and ugly. She got all the stuff while little me are retarded and poor.

Why is everything about sex with you virgins?