Are you and your family close to each other?

I would have to say no in some ways and yes in other. Since my dad has passed we talk more. I used to talk to my sis about twice a year, now at least email each other about once a month. I try to call my mom daily.

Yes! I talk to my sister EVERY day!!

I used to be close to some of my cousins, but things changed over the years, I guess. I am still very close to my sister and bro-in-law, but life makes it difficult with her too. Some bridges have been burned with my cousins, but I can always get love from my sister.

Nope.

Nope, my family pretty much blows.

No, my family is ****. I don't get along well with my mother or my father at all. And don't get me started on the rest of my family on both sides. I only get along extremelly well with my brother.

my family is extremely close...people can't believe that I call my mom every day and visit my parents every weekend. My sister is actually living with me this summer so she can work with me. I love being around my family. My fiance's family is no where near as close. It's somewhat strange, they are Chinese, and my experience with most of the Asian people I have known is a very very close knit family. His is quite the opposite. ALthough they live together, they are not involved in eachother's lives or have any kind of emotional connection. I am looking forward to us being married, and hopefully being very close to eachother and our future family :-) I think it is very important

My family used to be the way you describe and is in some ways still. I am still close with my brother and some cousins. Since my dad passed away about a year and a half ago the family kind of broke apart. My mom got a little nuts and my sister has been nuts for a few years now.

Appreciate what you have! I only wish my dad was still here so we could have the family we used to have. He was the glue that held us all together.

My family is kind of ridiculously close. They do everything together. When I still lived at home.... One if not more of them were with me everyday. We grew up on a little dead end street with my grandparents, great aunt/uncle, and two sets of aunts/uncles/cousins. It was a great way to grow up. My cousins are all more like siblings. But I've got lots of those too. I moved away about 4 years ago but they still call and send notes often. When I'm home it's an utter whirlwind of visits and parties. Everyone drops everything to see us

I have a strange family relationship... we are all close and we all know the other one cares, but we don't talk regularly. My parents live a half hour away but we generally jus stalk eachother on FB. I had a really rough time with my mom growing up so our relationship is strained, to say the least but we try to communicate once or twice a month via phone. Same thing with my brother...he has a lot of crap going on and I maybe talk to him once a month.

My husbands family however is very close and quite large in comparison to my teeny one. I talk/see his mom about once a week and I talk/see my brother in law every couple of days, or atleast once a week (soon, I'll be seeing him every day). It's just like day and night between the two families...we all have our skeletons in the closet and issues, but as a family unit, my parents and brother are all kind of weird from years of pain. But....don't ever talk **** about one of us or the others will be on you like white on rice.

I just had to reply to this post. My family is the BEST! We love spending time with each other. Even though my brothers are 10, 12, and 14 years older than me and live a minimum of 3 hours away, we get along fabulously! We look for reasons to get together. And if one of us can't be there when the rest of us are together, we are bummed. And it extends into my nieces and nephews, too. I have people think I am crazy for WANTING to spend time with my family.

We put the D in dysfunctional.

Seriously, I see everyone in my family pretty often. I talk to my parents at least 2-3 times a week if not more... but my parents have been divorced for 23 years and still can't be in the same room. My mom's parents and brothers have disowned her and are buddy-buddy with my dad and step-mom now. :huh: My stepmom refused to go to my high-school graduation because my mom would be there (Elliot Hall of music seats thousands of people) and my mom has been married and divorce 5 times since my dad.

It's a mess.

Unfortunately not.....It seems as if there is a lot of angry from the past that keeps my family distant. I tried for many years to stay connected with my siblings only to find out that I was the only one who cared. I was told by my older brother that is my role to try to keep everyone together. Well the light bulb came on for me,even though I love my siblings, I stop playing that role. I've spent alot of time trying to create a since of family with them and it doesn't seem to matter. I've learn to let go and embrace my immediate family. Now I concentrate more on them and me......It's so refreshing to hear about strong, happy families. thanks for the topic and to see I'm not alone.

I just deleted my mom and sister on FB for posting racial/extremely right-wing political/religious nonsense. :indifferent:

I love them, though, just their opinions are cray.

.... I like my dad.:drinker:

In my case, I put them under "restricted access" so they can't see my posts, pics, etc. plus I set myself as invisible in fb chat to them... They're overly religious & conservative that it gets on my nerves. Sorry but I think I have a right to my own privacy.

Yes, we are all pretty close. I have dinner at my parents once a week with 2 of my 3 sisters, 1 lives too far but we usually skype with her.
My in-laws live just about 2 hrs from us so we don't see them as often but I would still say we are pretty close.