Were you close to your parents or siblings? If living are you still close?

Question

my mother is still living and I am very close to her, we have been like best friends.....I tell her everything....we live over 1,000 miles apart, but talk often...love you mom.....

Lots of great answers.....
Wally, I live in Wisconsin now....Born in Atlants, GA and lived between there and jacksonville, FL most of my young life....Have lived in Germany and many other places....

Answer 1

My daughter calls almost everyday from Wisconsin to Florida. We have unlimited long distance just for that reason. She has always known she could call anytime of day or night and I would talk.
My two sons call less often. The son in Oregon calls every week to 10 days. The son In Atlanta calls when he needs support. He is a single parent w/3 kids so he is always busy. I try to call my own Mother every 10 days to 2 weeks. If she needs something (usually financial) she will call me.

Answer 2

No, I was never close to my parents. I was the oldest of 4 kids, and that was rough enough - making the way for the others. My siblings and I got along well enough for the most part. Now that we're all older, we're closer and I think that's natural. Not so close that we talk all the time. We may talk a couple of times a month, and exchange emails often. I usually talk more to my sister. Now that's interesting because she has multiple personalities, so every conversation can be extremely different, if you can imagine. My brothers, not quite as often. They talk to each other more often than they talk to my sister and I.

Answer 3

Even though my family is scattered all over the state we are still close in heart. Mt parents live an hours drive from here so we visit each other often. My 2 brothers live 4 hours away and we visit twice a year. My daughter and her children live in my town. My son and his children live 800 miles away so we visit once a year. But we stay close through the net and phone call.

Answer 4

No siblings. Yes, I was close to both of my parents. Although frequently in different states we always stayed in touch by phone and mail.

I was living in Mississippi when Mother phoned to say Dad had an inoperable brain tumor. We brought him home and set up a hospital bed in the den. My Aunt, a retired RN and I did the nursing care. It was 3 weeks from diagnosis to death. We talked a lot. He extracted a promise from me to move close to Mother so I could look after her. I told him he did a damn fine job of raising me and I hope my children are able to say the same to me.He died in 1989.

I moved back to Oklahoma and bought a house 4 miles from Mother. I retired in 1996 and in Jan.1997 Mother broke her hip. I moved into her house to care for her and eventually sold mine as she never fully recovered. She developed normal pressure hydrocephalus and died in 2003.

If the parental relationship is good I think the feeling of being an orphan is there no matter how old a person is when they die. Knowing I did all I could for them made the grieving easier for me but I still think of them often.

Answer 5

Although we're apart in distance, I'm still close to my parents. I talk to mom several times a week. My stepmom and dad e-mail and we talk on the phone occasionally. I visit them all when I go home. My siblings and I are closer sometimes than others, depending on what's going on in our lives at the time. Sometimes it's not easy to stay in touch with everyone having different lives and growing apart. I love all my family very much.

Answer 6

I was very close to my Father (now deceased), but my Mother and I clashed constantly! (She has also passed on). One day(I was 16) after a feud during which she deemed that I had done something bad - she told me that I had to atone by doing the dinner dishes. (We had live in help). I said No. So the ultimatum was - do the dishes or leave this house! I packed a suitcase & went to Kenya (Nairobi) - spent 2 years and then spent another two years traveling Europe. She came to visit me in USA twice - but there was always a barrier between us. Sad, but I know this happens quite often!

Answer 7

Yes we were and are a tight-knitted family. Brother died in 95, but my sister lives about 30 minutes away. My Dad died in 85, but my mom is still here at 79. We live together and do frequent day tripping with my sister and her husband. My son and nephew are busy but we keep in touch, especially around the holidays and birthdays. It's all good.

Answer 8

I was an only child, so no siblings. My Dad used to call us the three musketeers and yes, I was very close to him but had an on again/off again relationship with my mom. My dad died in '87 but my mom is still 'with us' and she and I have become closer as time goes on. She lives in the same area I do, as do my kids and grands.

Answer 9

I was close to mom while she was alive. My dad and i have not spoken in 20 years. Some of my brothers and sisters keep in touch by email or phone. Too hard to visit and work full time and have families and get things done at home. Hoping once we all retire we can get together more.

Answer 10

i'm very close to all my family members.. I mean of course the ones who live far away i don't see as much but i still love them
I also love the ones who live really close to my area. I have a biiig family and i love my mom and my dad my younger bro (we hardly ever fight.. we get praised all the time by people because we never fight hahaha.. maybe cuz i'm 15 and hes 10.)
i also love my grandpa and grandma who live with me
and my mom side's uncles/aunts cousins who just live 5 6 blocks away
family is very important to me :) can't live without em