Do you often visit your cousins? Do you have a close relationship to them?

hello porcospino, i used to have a good and close relationship to my cousins on both side but it saddens me that we have grown apart. when we are younger we usually spend our summer vacation with our grandparent's place, we enjoy the summer together playing and bathing in the river and everything. while on my mom's side, i use to tell stories to my cousins coz they are younger than me and they are happy whenever i share stories with them. such relationship lasts till we are in highschool... but things changes when we start working, having our own love life and most specially now that most of us are already having our own family, and what makes its worst is that i am already living far from them. even on special occasions like new year, we hardly see each other. how i miss those old days that we are together having fun and laughing all the time. now, whenever i am on vacation in my hometown, i see to it that i will visit them as well but things are really not the same like before, and i guess its also because of the life experiences that they have. i feel like there's something between us already...something that i can't really say what it is.

I can only count with my fingers the cousins who are close to me. My mom's nieces and nephews grew up in the States. And admittedly we don't really know each other that much. We only get to see them when they come home on occasions. I am closer to my father's nieces because we are all about the same age.

I have so many cousins of varying ages.. It is not possible to be close to them all. I try to keep in touch somewhat..Facebook helps -with those that are out of state. I have even grown closer to my 2nd cousin, thanks to Facebook. But I do have a few cousins that I was close to as a child since we are all near the same age -As well as an uncle who is a year younger than me. We all stay in touch and can ask each other for anything. My uncle now has 2 daughters that are my cousins but are just in their teenage years but I try to keep close to them -since I think of my Uncle more as my brother. I do also have a Brother that is 26 years younger than me.. so he is the same age as my uncles 2 daughters- those are his first cousins as well and we try to keep him in touch with them. I think it's good to know your roots and your family. But I'm afraid that since my Mother has passed our family is not as close as it used to be.. I try to continue to do what she did for so long.

My mother was an only child and my father only had two sisters. i do not have that many cousins. the ones i do have live a great distance from me. We were close as children. Now that we are adults we are not in as much touch with each other.

I have two cousin who had the same age with me. We usually go for vacation together and sometimes do a crazy thing together. My other cousin just in elementary school so if I play with them its like doing a baby siting thing. I have many older cousin but the life in other city so we rarely meet, but we known each others.

Same with me. I am not so close with my cousin's on my father's side. Though I am very close to those on my mother's, and I chat and see them often. It's just so awkward, right? Like, you find yourself thinking how you have to present yourself so as to make a good impression, I mean, after all those years? Anyway, good luck with your visit. I hope that they are nice people and that they welcome you warmly. :)

On my fathers side I sure do. The cousins on my mom's side are so spread out that it's vertually impossible to get everyone together. On my father's side we have a reunion every years...and the girl cousins get together twice a year for a weekend. It's so much fun!

It's been years since I've seen any of my cousins. We live on the opposite sides of the country so it's really hard to visit each other since we're all busy with life and such. They are the only cousins that live in the same country I do. All of my other relatives live on the other side of the world and it would be even rarer for me to visit them. The trip would be way too expensive. I only talk to them on the phone once in a while. And then there are cousins who I have no contact or relationship with whatsoever.

i am not close to my cousins, too. they grew up in the province while i grew up in the city. we are civil though to each other.

Very good discussion.. Infact i'm gonna marry my cousin in my mother's side... It's very common common culture in the country.. A boy marrying his cousin of his mother's side .

I only have one cousin that is close to me. My other cousins are older than me and he is my only cousin who is my age. I get to spend time with him before but I dont now. I am just too far away from my hometown now that its very impossible to do that again.

I am very close to my cousins on my mother's side, but I rarely see them. We only get together once or twice a year. Whenever we have a reunion, we always have memorable bonding moments. We make it a point that our children will also blend well. With my cousins on my father's side, I am not that close with them because most of them live in the province.

Yes i go to my cousin's home very often and they also come to my home.Actually one of my cousin is studying in the city where i am also studying.Therefore we meet every weekend and go to different places spend time and share out feelings.After all cousins are also our Brothers and Sisters only.

I am not close to any of my cousins.., we don't live in close proximity that is probably why.., We only get to see each other during reunions and any other occasions every 2-3 years.., I just knew there names and faces through pictures..=)

Hi, I do have a close relationship with my cousins when we were still a kid,we used to play together. I will visit them when I have time and sometimes I will even stay overnight at their house. But as our ages has reached tennager, we spent less time together, We are just getting busy with our school life and own activities, it make us have less contact with each other. Now,we all have grown up and even I myself have got married and have a kid, we seldom keep in touch with each other. Only once a year, when I am back to my hometown, then I will have chance to see them,some I even have not seen for few years. They all have their own life,some are married and some have boyfriends,so it is hard to have some free time together among us.

I have a close relationship with my friends in the sense that they are friendly with me and i reciprocate.Yes some are older than me but the age difference is not that many as the difference between you and your cousins.Some have in fact helped me in my business and personal life.Most of us live in the same city so we do meet atleast once in a month.

Actually not, I live far from my cousins and other relative since I was a child. Sometimes they come to see my family but most times they did, they come for the money my dad would give them .I know, I really understand , They have a lot financial problems, we better but it doesn't mean we are rich and I'm sick of the feeling every times they come and leave, my dad open his wallet even they silence ,lust like a continuous habit.My mom and me found lots of invoice remittance many times in my dad coat.