How are your family relationships?

Some good some not. I have a sister and a brother. I get along well with my sister, Haven't heard from my brother in years. I have a daughter and 3 grandkids. My wife has 2 daughters and a son and living and grand kids from them and 3 grandkids from a deceased daughter. I am closer to her 2 living daughters and the grandkids from the deceased daughter than I am my own daughter and grandkids.
 
Ours are fairly good. We talk to the daughters and granddaughters weekly, and visit them, or they come by, about once a month. We don't delve into their private lives, nor they ours, unless someone is having a problem, then we all kick in for whatever help/support is needed. The oldest granddaughter went through a divorce about 2 years ago, and moved to a nice small town about 15 miles from us. She is now working full time, so my wife frequently goes over there to help with our two great granddaughters, on days when they are off from school, etc.
 

Very close relationship with our children. Mrs. L was an only child and has no contact with her more distant relations. I haven't seen or communicated with my brother for a very long time and contact with my sister is confined to an annual Christmas card. I must have dozens of distant relatives throughout the world, but I have no desire to contact them.
 
Am close with son, his son. Am estranged from sister, bil, 3 nephews, their offspring - who I have only seen on Facebook, and not by invitation. I've done all I can do to repair this but I can't. Thank goodness I have my son/grandson, they are wonderful and I am lucky.
 
Very close to my son who lives about a block from me. I see him almost daily. My brother doesn't live far from me, but unless I go to his house, he does not come here. And if he says he is coming, he doesn't show up. My bf took me to see my brother's wild west show in July but that is the last time I saw him. His birthday is coming up so I will probably go see him. Probably if I had my own car, I'd see more of my family (I have an aunt and quite a few cousins). No one comes to see me. I talk to many of them daily on Facebook though.
 
Close and good relationship with both my sons. I'm very fortunate that they both live nearby and I see them on a regular basis along with my grandchildren. I'm also really pleased that my sons are best mates with each other.

Cousins are scattered around the world and I haven't seen them for over 40 years.
 
I had an older brother and older sister. Now it's only me and my sister. My brother was never nice to me or my sister.He moved far away from the family many years ago. He stopped bothering with both of are parents too.My parents were very good to him and his family. Even when he came to their funerals he had cruel things to say about them even though they did everything for him and his family.He became very wealthy and never even sent my parents a gift or even a card on their birthdays. He was very cold. When he passed away he left all his belongings (2 houses,his car and a fortune ) .to his daughter and cut his 2 sons out of his will. When my sisters husband passed away he didn't even call her to express his sympathy. He even told my husband years ago that I was nothing but trouble from the day I was born. Thankfully My husband threw him out of our house. He was 13yrs old the day I was born. How much trouble could I have been.I was only 5yrs old when He got married.
 
I have brothers and we communicate at times. My sister and I don't communicate. I have a step family and my one step sister and I communicate fairly often. I have many cousins but don't have much communication with them although nothing is wrong. I see many cousins on FB--very nice people. My parents are gone from this earth but I still talk to them at times.
 
My family circle has dwindled down mostly to my kids and grandkids, and those relationships are stronger than ever.
No sister or brothers or parents anymore.
I have cousins and in-laws around the country, but those are secondary to me. But all is good with them.
 
We are the only ones, in the family, that live in Colorado. Wife has a brother in southeastern Florida and the rest of the immediate family of hers, lives in southern California, including two sisters. Ever since my wife's mom died, wife's family isn't as close as it was when she was alive. We talk to her oldest sister a few times a week on the phone/texting.

I have a half-brother, but we are very, very different and don't talk much at all. That's ok with both of us. Him and his wife live on the Gulf side of Florida for part of the year and in PA for the rest of the time.

Both, my wife's brother and us, live far away from family and we like it that way. We are totally different that anybody in both families.

Hopefully, my wife's brother will come to Colorado to see us this summer. Will take him out on our boat and to the Range to shoot. We are making plans on flying to Las Vegas this December (2020) for a major cowboy event and, hopefully, her one sister can drive in and see us.
 
I have a great relationship with my son and daughter and whats left of our very small family. A little touchy between my hubby and the kids but not to the point of it being a problem usually due to the way something was said. It blows over pretty quickly.

The relationship between my daughter and son is not good at all. There are times when I feel very torn, yet we can get together as a family on occasion and get through it in one piece usually that's because of the grand kids from my daughter. They really like my son and he enjoys their company as well, thank goodness. I can't change who they are and don't try but sometimes it hard being in the middle.
 
I'm the only member of my family who still lives here in Buffalo
I'm very close with my younger&only brother ,we talk almost every Sunday. For the 1st time ever,I spent xmas with him& family at their place in NH. My older sister lives 'across the pond' in England,never been close.The last time I saw her was in 2012,we did talk briefly on Xmas day.I get emails from her whenever the spirit moves her
 
No problems but we are not a close family.

I see my brother every few years or he gives me a call if he has something that he needs to discuss.

I see my sister every couple of years and keep in touch on FB or with a few calls from her during the year.

I rarely call anyone because I seem to have a knack for always calling at an inconvenient time and I hate to bother people.

It works for us.
 

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