Siblings
Do YOU keep in touch with all of your siblings?
I have 5 sisters and 2 brothers.
I talk to two of them(sisters)/ have a relationship with. One brother is FB comment relationship.
The others only contact me when they want something which I'm over with. I chalk it up to the age difference. There's 20 years between me and the oldest. They had kids before I was born.
I have 2 blood related sisters, i blood related brother, 1 step sister, and 1 step brother. Me and my little sister are bffs. We’re 1 year and a couple of months apart. We talk everyday and are super close now that she have a baby and I’m gonna have my second baby in March, so they’ll be 6 months apart and close like we are. My oldest sister, i don’t talk to her much. She thinks it’s cool that her boyfriend bashes her head into the wall and pulls out her hair. She have 1 girl and 2 boys. My niece lives with her father and grandparents so i talk to them all of the time. I’ve met my nephews like 3 times since they’ve been born and they’re 3/2. I don’t hang around my sister anymore since she think it’s cool to fight my youngest sister while she had her newborn baby in her hand. My step sister i talk to but not a lot but she don’t think my oldest sister did anything wrong. My step brother, i don’t talk to but see him once a year. He’s an a****** to say the least and my little brother i talk to. He’s only 7 so i talk to him when i talk to my dad or whenever i call his mom.
I have 3 younger sisters who all still live with my parents. I moved out 4 years ago and still see them all at least 3 times a week and usually talk every day via group chat or text.
I have 4 siblings, I didn't know about my eldest brother until I was 19 and he was 25. We are not close, and rarely speak. Once a year if that. We don't know how to connect as siblings. 2 out of 3 siblings I'm not super close with but we talk most days, usually about my DS. My older sister I am close too though.
This is so sad ? my younger sister and I are very close. My mother has 4 siblings and they all keep in touch in a group chat even though 2 live in the US and 3 in Mexico. Even their spouses are in the group chat.
I have two brothers and two sisters.
One brother I was very, very close to. Even though we grew up in separate households we were best friends. We grew apart the past few years and for some reason nobody has been able to get ahold of him.
The other brother is a bum. Like, the definition of a bum. He’s almost in his 30s and is living off of our grandma, doesn’t have a job, just lies around and does drugs all day. He’s been homeless more times than I can count.
One sister is very close to me. We both had our sons a month apart from each other and figured motherhood out together. We’ve definitely had our differences in the past but we’ve overcome it and talk a lot. And I love my nephew to pieces.
The other sister is a hippy-dippy who doesn’t involve her family like she should. She’s getting married in two weeks, let everyone know a month in advance, oh and it’s in another country and you have to pay your own way. Her biological dad has been in jail her whole life (we’re half sisters) and my dad adopted her and raised her. She’s having her biological dad walk her down the isle.... No thanks. We’ve never really gotten along but I’m not worried about it.
I have two half brothers from my mom.. But i haven't seen the oldest he's 15 in two -three years. She has 5 year old I see when she visits of we see each other.
My sister has 3 kids but I cannot stand being near her bf so I don't hang around much. Only to see the kids but I haven't seen them in a few months now. My brother recently moved near us but I last seen him at my nephews birthday party in the beginning of the year.
I try and keep in contact with both of them to see how they are doing. But they never want to talk or hangout with me because of my work scheucle.
Yes! I’m the youngest of nine and we’re all very close. Six of nine live in the same city so we see each other often. The other three text and call frequently. Being part of a large family is truly a blessing!
My brother is 8 years older than me and we've never been close. I tried really hard to have a good relationship with him when I was younger but he just never seemed to care. He's always had resentment toward me because he feels like I was always spoiled and he wasn't. He has no clue what I went through in our house after he moved out. We see each other on holidays and kid's birthday parties and that's it even though we only live 10 minutes away from each other. His wife and I have a pretty good relationship though.
I dont talk to my oldest brother unless i see him. Which i dont mind because hes an alcoholic like our dad. My middle & youngest brother im super close to though
My sister and I were oil and water growing up. Once we lived apart, we were fine. Not quite BFF but we talk a few times a week. We lead different lifestyles. She's a SAHM that gardens and cooks everything at home. I'm a full time working/single mom, go to school part time, and sometimes consider ketchup a vegetable ?
Yes amd their families. We actually have a group text with all of us on it( 2 sisters, brother, neice and nephew, sil, mom and dad) We all randomly comment and send pictures through it everyday.
I moved from Chicago 5 yrs ago, my brothers family are always traveling between illinois and Haiti ( the are missionaries and run an orphanage and save young boys and girls from indentured slavery). My sister's are both in Michigan. Both my brother-in-law send me emails.
I know I'm lucky we all still put in the effort.
I have three brothers. I talk to one everyday because he's my bff ? my youngest brother I talk to alot also, he video chats with my kids so we talk. My other brother pretty much stopped talking to us all. He's my step brother and his mom caused alot of problems between everyone when she saw that we were all getting close again. It's whatever, you can't make someone want a relationship, family or not.
I have a brother whom I haven’t seen in 11 years. He emails me maybe once a year, but I have no idea where he’s at, if he has a wife and kids or anything. He just stopped talking to us and has no social media so there’s no way to track him.
It bothered me a lot at first, but as sad as it is, I almost forget about him at this point. If he ever wants to reach out and see us again I would be more than willing, but I’m done trying to push him. Sometimes you just have to give them time, I hope your brother pulls through.
I have 2 big brothers 28 and 25 and a sister 16 , we do keep in touch we text sometimes, but not all the time MY both brothers are super busy. And my sister I always text her we are very close but after the incident on thanksgiving that they were waiting on me and we left late from my mil cause my stupid husband is an ass after that my sister has not texted me. I think they are mad I wouldn't blame them . I'm a family person I always worry for my siblings I always try to keep in contact with them that's all I have so it's important to me.
@mamabird, no he doesn’t speak to anyone on my mothers side of the family. We have different dads and his dad is EXTREMELY selfish, manipulative and narcissistic. So I cut me and my children away from him since he hurt me emotionally after my mom passed. He tried cremating my mom against her wishes and tried to keep my side of the families heirlooms from me. He was my stepdad and a horrible one. My brother I thought could see through him. Last he spoke to me was in a text asking me what my moms friends last name was. I asked him why did he want to know that (since it’s been about 10 years that my mom spoke to her) and my brother said his dad wanted to know so I refused to let him know and told him that pls don’t call or text if it has anything to do with his dad. Since nothing ever good came from him anyways.
Before any of that, we would invite him over for dinner, out to lunch or dinner and he bailed every time. Last I saw him was when he came to my house to show me his new car lol.
I’ll see if one of my cousins has his number but I doubt it. ?
yes, all 3 sisters and my little brother. we're pretty close even though we fight a lot and have nothing in common.
My sister and I keep in touch regularly.
I haven’t spoken to my brother in months.
Since losing my middle brother who I was extremely close with, I talk to my oldest brother every day. Even if its just an I love you text.. My family is extremely close. I could never imagine losing my other brother.
My brother is 32 years old (I'm 24) and a drug addict, always in and out of prison.. I rarely talk to him anymore especially now that I have kids to think about. It breaks my heart. I wish things were different. I would love for him to be apart of his nephews lives but I just don't trust him near them. The last time I reached out to him, I invited him out to breakfast with my son and I.. He showed up drunk and high.. At 9am.. That was the last straw for me. ?
I don't have any siblings but my husband only really talks to his full brother and 2/3 half brothers. He hates his brother but it's his brother lol. And the 2 half he talks to only when they need something or for our 4th of July party.
Both of my brothers are drug addicts. One is heading to prison and the other is currently in jail awaiting sentencing. It's devastating ?. I don't talk to either. I wish at least one of them would get their shat together, I'd love to have a sibling I could talk/hang with!
That would break my heart ? me and my sisters are really close. They’re 20 and 16, if they just disappeared I’d be totally lost.
I only keep in touch with my oldest sister. I have 4 other siblings that have disappeared
With most of them. I️ have a lot of siblings and we have a group chat but only a handful of us use it daily and some pop in every blue moon or not at all. We’re almost all local too which makes it easier. But with kids, school and work we text mostly and get together randomly like at our moms or a sisters house if someone’s cooked lol
Eh. I used to be close with one of my sisters, but since she got with her now husband there has been a rift. The main being he is racist and she goes along with his shat.
I’ve never really been close with my other sister, but I talk to her here and there. I see my brothers almost weekly. Have some chit chat with them, but I leave them to do their thing
Yes I’m very close with my sisters. I have a twin sister and 2 older sisters. We were all together yesterday for my sons bday. I’m also very close with my nieces and nephews. We have a pretty large extended family. It’s chaos but fun lol.
Op so sorry your brother is blocking u out. Maybe try talking to him if u can get his number and tell him how sad u are that u guys aren’t close anymore
No. I haven’t spoken to my brother directly in over a year because he did some dumb shat and it really pissed me off because of how badly it hurt our mom. I honestly don’t know if I’ll ever speak to my brother again, and the only way I will is if he apologizes to me, my sister, and my mom, gets off his ass and does something with his life, and he breaks up with that stupid batch he’s dating and fathered a child with. My niece is 3 and I’ve met her one time because I refuse to be around her mother and my brother let’s the heaux hold his balls in her purse instead of bringing his daughter to family functions alone. I’ll deck her on facking sight because she put her hands on my Momma and she earned this ass whooping I’ve been ready to give her for 5+ years!
I talk to my sister probably every 2 weeks at minimum. We’ve always had a really good relationship. We did go 2 months without speaking this summer because we got into it, but that’s the longest we’ve gone without speaking since we’ve both been adults.
I have 1 sister who is 3 years older than I am. We are extremely close and talk everyday. We see each other probably once every week or 2.
I keep in touch with my 3 siblings. My sister and I text almost every day. I either text or FaceTime my 2 brothers once a week for my DD to talk to them.
My SO keeps in touch with 3 out of 4 of his siblings. Two he talks to daily and the third he might text every now and then but we try to see him at least once a month.
I have two step brothers, two steps sisters, and a half brother...
My oldest step brother he doesn't speak to me anymore he hasn't spoken to me in over year and I refuse to speak to him. He was telling people i was a drug addict and a alcoholic. :/
My step sister we don't speak anymore, she stopped talking to me for some reason. Idk why.
My second youngest step sister we haven't really ever talked to each other..
My other step brother and I do talk but its just mostly in passing if we see each other...
My half brother we haven't seen each other since I was 16, his dad hates me because I look to much like my mother so he says. I tried when I was 17 to talk to him but i couldn't get his number. Then at 18 I finally got to talk to him. He would only speak to me from 3 until 5 when his dad got home. And as soon as his dad got home he would have to go. Then one day he just stopped responding to me... Its been 5 years and he still hasn't spoken to me again.. Maybe one day when he is ready he will..
My brother and I used to be really close. Even when we lived a few hours away from each other we’d talk and Snapchat several times a week. And I’d visit him and we’d hangout. When he started dating his current wife that all changed. He moved back close to home and I don’t talk to him unless we see each other. I reached out multiple times, but he doesn’t respond. And since he’s moved back close to home we’ve literally hung out once in 3 years. It kills me because we used to be so close and last summer my mom was diagnosed with cancer. He’s my only sibling and we’ve never even talked about it.
I try, key word try, to keep in touch with them, but it doesnt last long. My brother is mental (no diagnosis but he needs it and won't listen), and my sister is a deadbeat in my eyes (left her first born with my mom, ran off to cali, got married, had 4 more kids, still wont take her first born). I still try to be there for them whenever they need even though they wont do the same for me.
I’m fighting with my only sister right now ☹️ the holidays bring out the worst in us.. always! Sorry you’re fighting with your brother. I know how exhausting it can be.
I'm sorry this is happening. Some people grieve in frustrating ways. Do you talk to anyone who would keep in touch with him? My brother still lives in Chicago and my SIL is seriously awful. She uses their girls as pawns to get what she wants from him. Most of the time we have to talk through Snapchat because it disappears otherwise she gets mad at him for talking to his own family. I take what I can get though because my brother and I were EXTREMELY close growing up. We are only 16mo apart so we always had the same friends. The girl he married used to be my best friend and then turned on my whole fam. I hope he reaches out. My brother always does eventually.
I got one brother who still lives in Michigan where we grew up and my eldest lives with my mom in the current state. I've texted my brother but I'm going to have to ring him. My other I talk to whenever I see him. But we've always been close and always will be. Though my dads passing has taken a toll on my brother in Michigan because he seen the aftermath so we have to make sure he's okay.
I'm sorry you're going threw this. Hopefully you'll get in touch with your brother.
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I have two sisters and we are super close!! We see each other at least twice a week and talk on the phone, txt or snap almost daily.