do you have a large extended family? & do you all get along?

I saw the post that triggered this and was very intrigured... I come from a large family and all of us get along very well. Unfortunately, the "extended" part does not get along AT ALL. My first husband must have been your 3rd, although I have tolerated him at graduations and bootcamp for the sake of the kids. Not looking forward to having to deal with him when weddings start coming up - even though I have boys, it's still not going to be fun dealing with him. My step-children are also a hard spot for us, they want nothing to do with us, unless it involves giving them money or something like that. Needless to say we don't see or talk to them much. I do wish that we could get along, but I think my olive branch is now broken.

I come from a reasonably large family, though I have been married only once. When I am upset with my husband I refer to him as my first husband, and he gets the message. Anyway, I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters, while my husband has 2 sisters. I get along fairly well with my siblings, although I often feel as though I was adopted because we differ in so many ways. I know that is not the case as I have a strong resemblance to both of my parents. In any event, my parents would have been crazy to adopt a baby when they had a set of twins that were 2 years and 3 months old and another that was eleven months younger than them when I was born. So basically she had 4 of us with the oldest being 2. My parents were not well off and after I left home THEY would phone ME for money. I guess my younger brothers and sisters felt that I was the family cash cow, because if they were short of funds and needed something, they called me, until I finally put a stop to it. Otherwise, we get along fairly well, but we aren't particularly close. I am closer to my husband's sisters than to my own. Part of the reason for that is we all live in the same city, whereas my family is spread out across the country.

Single and happily estranged from my only child (daughter)

my husband and I came from a big clan. for my side we usually have a gathering almost everymonth, for it was agreed by the first generation together with the second generation( where I belong) that those in 3rd generation must also establish bonding and sense of belongingness. Its nice to have a huge relatives. one nicest thing I really appreciate with my clan is that every time someone is in the hospital almost a representative in a family will come and visit, one concrete example is when my mother is dying the entire ICU and the adjacent room was filled with our relatives and its a very heartwarming feeling to see how they care about us. With my husband side it was an annual event to have reunion with the entire clan its a one day affair that my kids are waiting for on summer coz they like also the bonding there and we live 300 miles away from them. with extended families that are near to us, yes we do get along for in my in laws side, sunday evening is our family day we will just bring whatever food we cooked for our family then share it to all, potlock... sometimes there are problems but all are being resolve on a nice talk

I come from large families as does my husband. My Dad has 15 brothers and sisters, my Mom has 11 brothers and sisters and their are 6 of us kids. We are all very close. I had no idea that familes fought like some of them do till I saw those talk shows. LOL That is why I dont watch those shows. I think it is silly for families to fight. I know that if I ever need anything at all taht all I have to do is call any of my brothers and they would drop whatever they were doing to help me. That is what families are for.

Well, I'm Married with my beautiful wife 34 years and believe, hope and want to be much more we have two boys, 34 years and 28 years old.

I've been married to the same man for 26 years. We raised 5 sons together.I guess out "extended" family would include those in our family such as aunts, uncle, cousins. Both our parents did not divorce either. Not as colorful as your extended family, but it will have to suffice.