K.O.
Growing up, there was a 3 year space between my brother and I. My husband and his brother are 3.5 years apart. My husband and his brother fought constantly and didn't have any kind of positive relationship until they were in their 20's. There was just no common ground for them growing up. My brother and I also fought horribly as young children (I remember how badly I wanted to be an only child and he was the reason I wasn't). However once we hit the preteen/teen years we became very close. As an adult, I felt that we were just a little too far apart in age to enjoy each other in those elementary school years - also, I loved the year we were in high school together and wish we could have had another 1 or 2 like that. My children are spaced 22 months, 22 months, and 19 months apart. (The 19 months is much more difficult than the 22 months). With the 22 months we never had jealousy issues or adjustment issues. They all play very well together and we very infrequenly have fighting problems. I really like the 2 year age gap.