For those who are, say 30+ years old

I am 28, so not 30+ but pretty close. I talk to my siblings about once or twice a year; both live in different states at least 300 miles away. But we've never been super close as my siblings are both much older than me so I'm probably an outlier.

I have three siblings, and the answer is never. I text my sister about twice a year, but that's it.

It depends on which sibling. I have one sister that lives in the same own… so obviously I talk to her a lot. Like everyday. But, I have three others siblings that don't live in the same town as I. My brother I hardly EVER talk to. Seriously. We'll call each other to wish each other a happy birthday and I'll send him a text on Fathers Day. But that's it. It's not that we are estranged or anything. There is no problem whatsoever with our relationship… but we just don't communicate that way. My oldest sister… I text and email periodically, but really only call if I'm going down to visit her and need to make arrangements. Again… no problem with our relationship… it's just how we choose to communicate. The sister just older than me is the one I talk to the most frequently. We send texts back and forth regularly about all the random stuff that's going on in our lives. I try to call her at least once a month.

I chat to my brother probably once a week.

On the phone? I'm 29 years old. My brother is 32. We email every 1-2 months, and talk on the phone, I don't know, maybe once or twice a year.

LumberJacck wrote: »

How often do you talk on the phone to your siblings, if they don't live in your town? Just curious how I compare. Thanks.

Things have not quite worked out for my 3 siblings, and they're insanely jealous of my success. I call about 4 times per year...they never call me.
We're just not close any longer. Such is life...

I'm 40, and my sister and I speak at least once a week.

I'm 38, and the oldest of 4 kids. My younger brothers are 35, 33 & 25.

Bro#1 is in the Navy, stationed in Japan. We Skype once a month, and I send him a manila envelope full of little notes or interesting things in the paper every week, I try to send him a care package every 2 weeks or so. It's harder to text or Facebook because his Wifi is spotty. This particular brother is my best friend, and I miss him terribly.

Bro#2 is an *kitten*. He's a college administrator and lives in MS. We talk on the phone about 3-4 times a year, we message through Facebook about once a month. We don't text.

Bro#3 got out of the Air Force three years ago and lives across the street with my mother. He has no ambition and is content to be a part-time mall cop. His live-in girlfriend is just about useless. I see him about 2-3 times per week, wave from across the yard, and say hello maybe once a week. We don't text, talk on the phone or Facebook. He stole from my 15 year old son, and I told him he needs to make that right and six months later it still isn't.

We have an older half sister, by my dad. She is 42-43ish. I have only ever met her once when I was 12. We've spoken on the phone maybe a handful of times since then. My brothers 1 & 3 are Facebook friends with her, but Bro#2 and I are not.

My sisters both live close, and we are super close to each other. We talk everyday if not every 2 days on the phone. I see them at least once a week

We make sure to talk at least once a month, even if it's just for a quick catch up. We text frequently because of crazy schedules.

Well, I'm approaching my mid forties. I love my brothers dearly, but they have issues and basically have divorced themselves from my parents for different reasons (and as a result, me). I just saw them for the first time in at least 3-4 years. Before that, we kept in touch pretty regularly - a couple times a month. It's very sad not to see them anymore.

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My elder sister calls me once a year on my bday. I don't really want to talk to her because it's basically SSDD with every call and talking about people/things I don't care about.

My daughter is fine when I call her, talking about how she's doing, but when I say there's not much going on with me, she shuts down.

My sister lives three miles from me, I see her maybe three times a year. We don't talk on the phone at all.

My brother lives about 30 minutes away, and I talk to him about once every two months.

I have 1 brother. He lives about 20-30 minutes from me. We text or talk once every couple weeks probably. But I am sure the only reason is because he is super close to my son. Im not sure how often we would talk if it were not for his bond with my son. Thats sad to say.