What Sharpie said.....she nailed it. Take your dose like it's bad medicine.
Are you close in age? Did you grow up together or where you at odds when you lived at home? There are so many factors determining how sibs get along. How parents deal with them has a lot to do with it.
I have a strange relationship with my siblings. It's mostly due to our age difference. I was born in 1961. My brother Scott was born in '63. After a seven year vacation mom had Nicole in '70, Donna in '72, and Glen in '74.
I moved out at 19 when the little ones were 10, 8 and 6. They grew up without me. I started a family when they were kids. We don't have much in common but there's no hostility.
I'm in contact with Glen and Nicole semi-regularly. In fact, I owe Niki a phone call. I never hear from Donna but that's fine with me....long story.
Scott died young. He and I grew up together but he was the black sheep, always in trouble. In a family of five kids I really only grew up with one.
We all complain about one thing, Mom's distance. Our mother will never pick up a phone or make any effort to contact us. Dealing with her is a one-way street. For years I thought it was just me but Niki and Glen confirmed they have the same problem.
My family is strange and now that I live far away I get only small doses.
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Are you close in age? Did you grow up together or where you at odds when you lived at home? There are so many factors determining how sibs get along. How parents deal with them has a lot to do with it.
I have a strange relationship with my siblings. It's mostly due to our age difference. I was born in 1961. My brother Scott was born in '63. After a seven year vacation mom had Nicole in '70, Donna in '72, and Glen in '74.
I moved out at 19 when the little ones were 10, 8 and 6. They grew up without me. I started a family when they were kids. We don't have much in common but there's no hostility.
I'm in contact with Glen and Nicole semi-regularly. In fact, I owe Niki a phone call. I never hear from Donna but that's fine with me....long story.
Scott died young. He and I grew up together but he was the black sheep, always in trouble. In a family of five kids I really only grew up with one.
We all complain about one thing, Mom's distance. Our mother will never pick up a phone or make any effort to contact us. Dealing with her is a one-way street. For years I thought it was just me but Niki and Glen confirmed they have the same problem.
My family is strange and now that I live far away I get only small doses.