Are you close to your immediate family?
@sprite1950 (30461)
Corsham, England
April 2, 2018 1:49am CST
I came from a small family and now that my parents are gone it is even smaller. I have two children, my sister and nephew and I keep in touch with them regularly and a few cousins who don't live that near so I really only see them at funerals now.
Some families are very close, they live very near to each other and keep in touch on a daily basis. They look after their relatives when they get old or sick and seem to have a very different set up to mine .
Are you close to your family or have you drifted away from them as you have grown older.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
You have your husband though and I know he makes you happy
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
2 Apr 18
@sprite1950 I consider my husband my only family now.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
@LadyDuck It's nice you are so close.
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
2 Apr 18
Yes, we do. Two of my siblings live elsewhere but when we see each other, we have the greatest time. And of course, my parents live my place so I can just go in there house and ransack the food anytime (that is if there is food). hehehe 
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
Haha, I used to raid my mum's fridge when she was alive! She didn't mind though as she liked feeding me.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
@mlgen1037 My son used to do that. He would bring all his friends in the house and give them food!
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
2 Apr 18
@sprite1950 my parents dont mind as long as I do not give others the food in the fridge without their permission. Oh this applies to my mom only. hahaha
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@snowy22315 (209080)
• United States
2 Apr 18
Not really, distance separates sadly. However, I really want to get a summer place in the town I grew up. I think that might help.
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@snowy22315 (209080)
• United States
2 Apr 18
@sprite1950 Yeah, I wouldn't want to live there permanently, but I would like to spend summers there They are beautiful, and my parents are not getting any younger. I even talked to my son to see if he wanted to split a place up there..because he considers it his second home.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
@snowy22315 It would be like a holiday home. I wish I could do that. I think I will go and search property now!
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
I would love to go back to the town I grew up in but my commitments are where I live now so it will have to wait.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
That's nice. I wish I had spent more time with my parents when they were alive.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
15 May 18
I keep in touch with so many of my family and I am still finding some I never was in touch with. My dad was the baby of 13 children and all his siblings before him had children. Some only had one or two but others had many. Being dad was the baby, he had siblings that could be his parents. Thanks for the internet I am finding new cousins all the time. Sometimes I see people on Facebook with my maiden name and will write to them to see if we are related.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
16 May 18
Wow that's amazing. I found out that I have cousins in Australia and they have even visited me but I have never thought of looking up people with the same name as me.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
19 May 18
@ramapo17 That's nice. I had a Japanese penpal when I was around 11/12. They used to encourage it at our school. We lost touch though and I never visited.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
19 May 18
@sprite1950 What did we do before the internet. I use to write to my penpal in England and it seemed to take forever to get a reply. I started writing to her when I was 12 and we still stay in touch. I did meet her once at her home in England and she came to mine in Pennsylvania.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Apr 18
I only have one parent for family.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
@JohnRoberts You're a very small family then so you should take care of each other.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Apr 18
@sprite1950 No, I do not.
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@neha211985 (779)
• India
2 Apr 18
I likely close to my immediate as well as extended family. I really feel blessed.
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@neha211985 (779)
• India
2 Apr 18
@sprite1950 yes its nice. You can depend on your family anytime:)
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@dodo19 (48166)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
2 Apr 18
I do talk to my mom pretty often. Not so much to my dad. I do get along with my sister, although we don't talk often. I do see my mom's side of the family often enough. Usually a few times a year. Although I'm not super close to them. It's really my mom that I'm closest to, at the moment. I was close to my grandmother (my mom's mom) when she was alive.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
I loved my dad's mum when she was alive but I was afraid of my grandad because he was strict,
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
That's quite sad but I suppose you are used to it. Not all families are close.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
4 Apr 18
Yes I really hope my daughter has children although she and her fiance are happy as they are at the moment. I can't blame then as they still have their freedom! I only have the one granddaughter but it would be nice to have at least one more.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
4 Apr 18
@cintol Yes that would be lovely. Maybe she will surprise me one day
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
4 Apr 18
@sprite1950 I understand that, I have 12 grandkids, my oldest is just graduating high school and the youngest is turning 3 in a few months. They have been so much fun, I hope your daughter will decide to have babies when she is ready and give you a couple more.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
3 Apr 18
That's nice, it's still your family even if you are not related by blood.
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@JudyEv (382357)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr 18
@sprite1950 Yes, we get on well with all of them.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
10 May 18
At the end of the day if you help each other out it means you care
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@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
10 May 18
@sprite1950 Seems that way!!! Lovely picture of the swan!!!
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
10 May 18
@db20747 Yes I thought it represented a family quite well
@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
I think it's nice when families are close. Do you live near them?
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@Jessabuma (31696)
• Baguio, Philippines
2 Apr 18
I am far from my family, because of my work but through social medias and other communication devices I can check them or talk to them always.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
That must be hard. I'm sure you miss them. I don't see my daughter all the time now as she has moved away but she visits when she can and I know she is happy and that's the main thing, We talk on the phone every day.
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@sprite1950 (30461)
• Corsham, England
2 Apr 18
@Jessabuma Aww that's such a long time. Will you see them any time soon?
@Jessabuma (31696)
• Baguio, Philippines
2 Apr 18
@sprite1950 yes I missed them always, it's been 5 years since the last I saw my family.
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