Where have all the siblings gone!

Hi all! You are right in a way that once we get indulged in our own families and family life, siblings take a back seat. Situations can not be similar, what it used to be, when we used to be unmarried and used to stay together.

I am very much attached with my siblings thu I lived far from them. Every December me and my kids spend our vacation and New year with my siblings. Then, every summer vacation we spend our summer vacation with them (my siblings). During summer, our mom who lives and work abroad also came to visit us once in a year and we always have good time like it is before. Me and my siblings and their kids are keeping the closeness in our family. We want our kids to have a close relationship with each other. have a good day

I have a brother who is 8 year younger than me. When we grew up we had a very close relationship and we spent a lot of time together. Today we are both married and we don't live in the same part of the country anymore. We don't spend much time together as adults, we are both busy with work, and the distanse makes it is expensive to meet as often as we did in the past, but when we meet we always have a good time together. I like my brother's wife very much, and we get along really well. They are going to visit to our island in October, and I look forward to that.

I still live under the same roof with my siblings so yes we are in touch But I do sincerely hope we don't drift apart once we start our lives. I mean I have heard and seen many of that cases and would really be heartbroken if my siblings and me were to be the same.

Sadly, no. My husband and I both come from large families, we moved away for work and our siblings stop calling us. My brother sometimes calls but not often. My husband's siblings only call if they want something. We do call them, or email them and try to do so once a month or so, but it is often one sided and we are the ones reaching out to them all the time. I do call my Mother and Grandmother once a week.

My sister was married two years ago and I am still keep in touch with her up to now. Well, obviously, it wouldn't same as before. At the past, we were used to live under the same roof, and right now, we are live on different house.. I am not sure whether my children would give me that free hand, as I haven't any children now :P. But I will try to teach my children to do good deeds with our big family. She is their aunt anyway.. :) Is it exciting to keep in touch? Well, I am not that much excited . But seriously, it is not bad..

I guess you are just haunted by fond memories of your brother ; it is really so sad allknowing that relationships just lose the intensity they had earlier. As far as I am concerned, I have only one sister with whom I was very close at one point in time. My adult son is a darling child and would never interfere in whatever I do but I am now far away . But I feel that the old magic is no longer there.

hi all knowing well I and my younger sister were all the family my parents had. My sister was mildly retarded but that not the reason I have not seen her for years. When I was first married she did every thing she could to make me disturst my husband and break'yup our marriage. I managed to tell myself she is my sister and retarded bvut later she went too too far. She started working as a street walker and nothing we could say or do swayed her from that path. and again she was spreading lies about my husband,. so I really just stayed away from her. Everytime I tried to be friends with her I regretted it. now I am elderly I do not know where she is and I still feel its best this way.She seemed to be a toxic element in our marriage so we felt that our marriage was more important than being friends with her. I am now a widow but the past is still the past of me.

yes we are. even i am in far away place from my siblings, we still have communications. thanks to the internet and mobile phones.

Nope... Not at all. I was raised living with my half sister. We talk about 15 total minutes out of the year, even though she just lives in the next town 15 miles away and whenever she used to go shopping, she'd have to drive right by my house. I have a half brother that used to spend holidays and part of the summer at my house. We don't really know each other at all. We've spoken twice in the last 10 or so years and he was so p!$$faced drunk that I did what I had to to get out of the conversation. I have 4 step siblings through my father. I was not raised with any of them, but I attended high school with each of them. I got along well with all of them, but as an adult when I lived at my dad's house for 3 months as well as one of my stepbrothers, I grew to hate that particular stepbrother. He was a sloth to say the least and really kind of creepy. I found him hovering above where I was sleeping on more than one occasion! I see two of them maybe once a year and give them a curt hello/bye when I call my dad's house and they answer the phone. I also have four step-siblings through my mother. My sister has talked to two of them on the phone and online in the past, but my mother forced a rift between me and my step-siblings. All I know of them is what states they live in, their approximate ages, and their names. Even though I am an adult and had a photo of two of my stepsisters on my Facebook, which was set private at the time, my mother threw a hissy fit until I removed them. Some sh!t about her not wanting my stepdad to see them. I would truly be surprised if I learned that they know that they have two additional stepsiblings aside from my sister.

I am the eldest of four children so i have three younger siblisngs. i am fortunate enough to say that i am still in touch with all of my silings even after all of these years. We even still live in the same area of the state and see and talk to each other often. When we were children i could not say this. i guess there is some truth in gaining wisdom as you grow older.

Are you still in touch with your siblings the way you used to when you were all living under one roof? Yes, I am still in touch with my siblings. In fact, we just live a few minutes drive away from each other. Of course how we interact with each other is different now as everyone has their own family now. Do your adult children give you that free hand to be in touch with your siblings as much as you would like to? I can't answer that question cause my kids are still small, but I guess they would because I always teach them that family bonding is very important. And finally do you really find it anymore exciting to keep in touch with your siblings the way you used to? Yes, I don't see why not. We always meet every Friday to have dinner together.

in our indian culture,siblings always plays an important role.we live as a joint family with all siblings together.its really a pleasure to stay together with my brothers and sharing my happiness and sorrows with them.brothers and sisters plays a major role to bring up the family and they provide best financial support.so we always stay with them together in india

siblings are one of the best to spend your time and you can be more happy with your family then with any one else. be in touch with them and enjoy your days together.