Is your family close and do you support each other? not financially

[buglebe]

Is your family close? My husband and my children are all very close. I am close to my sister and her family. It seemed after my parents died , a lot of the family gatherings ended and became more just our immediate family getting together. My children are all grown and 2 of the 3 are married.

[belle5691]

We arent close emotionally. My parents would do anything for me, but my dad will never let me forget he did it either. My brother and I are close when we talk, but we dont make special times to get together.

[freebielover]

Once I moved out I became very close to my parents and 2 sisters, I don't know what I would do without them.

[ahippiechic]

Other than an aunt and my 1/2 brother, we're not at all close and it's really cool that I live about 1900 miles away from them. Bunch of users, for the most part.

[atprm]

no. after my mom died, all of my siblings quit speaking to me and our Dad.

But I am close to my Dad (he is the only parent I have left and I REFUSE to let him go).

[gmyers]

We used to be, but not anymore. Too many lies and back stabbing.

[moe265]

I am close to my Dad but my Mom is one of those people that make you feel nothing you do is ever quite good enough. I have always felt like a disappointment to her. I refuse to let her make my children feel that way though and she knows it.

[Beso]

I am close to my mom and step~dad. ( more of a dad then , my mothers sperm donor) I have no real siblings... kinda lucky there

I have 3 step sisters, that I don't claim.. they are users big time! and liars....

On my real fathers side, I have 3 step brothers. Whom I have never met.

[sandooch]

We are all an extremely close Italian family. All of my aunts, uncles and cousins live back east, so it's just my immediate family out here. We always have each others backs.

[myspirit]

Yes, my family is close. We truely love each other, at times we may argue, but we get over it.

[LorLee14]

For the most part my immediate family is. We have our disagreements but when we need it we are always there for each other.

[Adra]

No, since I was a young girl , 5 or 6, probably earlier than that I just can't remember, my mom has called me fat and stupid and ugly. She did not treat my other brothers and my one sister that way. My dad was so abusive that he should have been arrested. He died in December. My mom still talks to me harsh. I had hoped and prayed that once I became a Christian she would not treat me the same way but she does. I have forgiven her but I choose to keep my distance physically and emotionally. My brothers all chose careers that took them to other states and only one comes home regularly. My sister tells me I should overlook her because she is old. As i said i have forgiven her. I choose to protect myself from her hurtful words.

I am close to my children and my husband. My son calls me regularly and comes to see us when he can. My dd comes often and she calls me often. And I have a wonderful church family.

[magenta]

My family on my mom's side we are all extremely close. My mom has 6 sisters & 1 brother, everyone is super close to each other. All of them are married and the BIL's (my uncles) are all best friends. I have 15 first cousins from ages 39 to 3 months old we are all so close we are like siblings. From those cousins I have 13 2nd cousin from ages 22 down to 4 months old. We close to all those kids too. I love them like they are my own.

My brother lives 300 miles from us, he & I are really great friends. I don't think I have had a fight with him since he was 12 years old. I talk to him & SIL & his girls at least 1 time a week and see them every other month.

We bicker (mostly among the women) sometimes but we are all there for each other when one is hurting everyone is hurting.

I truly believe I have of the very most special families on this earth. I am very lucky. And I know if you asked anyone of them they would say the same thing.

[galeane29]

I was adopted as a child but have since met and no longer care to have
any contact with my biological family. I'm a true believer that things happen for a reason and they were not ment to reproduce.
I am pretty close to my adopted family although we live on seperate
ends of the country.
I am very close to my husbands family, they are wonderful people.

[4diego]

We are lucky enough to live in the same town as my parents, my husbands parents, my brother-in-law and his family, my oldest daughters dad & stepmoms family, and my best friend and her family. Also my husbands best friends and their families. So we're all close and spend lots of time with one another. The family next door is also "adopted" family and we are always together a lot also. My step-mom and two step-sisters and their families all live about 15 min. away but I don't ever really see/talk to them due to a "parting of ways" when my father died about three years ago.

[mannerswife]

My family is close.I have three brothers and two sisters.We all get along fairly well but even as someone else said we do have our differences and lots of them but we all get over it.My parents both died so all we have left is each other aside from our own immediate families and we try to always remember that.My husband and I are separated but I still get along great with his family too {better than he does**.They are also like brothers and sisters to me.I feel bad for anyone who doesn't have a close relationship with their families because I don't know what I would do without mine.

[sheila_361]

I'm very close to my family and with hubby's family as well.

[flute]

My parents would do anything for me, but my dad will never let me forget he did it either.

My mom's like that! & then she threatens to never see her grandchildren again & never let me back into her home if I don't agree with her, etc.

ARG, so frustrating. Other than mom's "issues" (she's back on medicine now it appears! I think?) ~ my family's pretty good -mom's family is the BEST -
Mom watches Mags while I work - (again she holds it over my head but it so helps!) and yes they financially help us too - we've had rough times!

Dad's family - after grandma & grandpa died we never see his one brother again - i mean his sister in law was in a car accident - broke her collar bone & how my parents found out was reading it in the local newspaper - and they didn't even connect it at first because the paper had her under her maiden name (what is up with that anyway?)

My ILs are the best too - they have a great deal of respect for our marriage now & really love all of us - they've helped us financially & FIL - he's retired - has watched Mags a day or 2 this year too to give my mom a break!

[DAVESBABYDOLL]

yep, we are close. My sister and I can fight one minute,but if she calls me or I her, ten minutes later and need the other, we are packed and on our way lol

I'm close to my mom on the phone and 2,400 away, but within ten minute of being with her, I'm reminded of one of the reason's I moved lol She's there for me in every way, but drives me nuts when I'm there. lol

[BigLyd1]

Not close to too many. Close to my husband of course. But other than that, I'm an only child. I don't have kids. Not close to my in-laws, most of which are on the opposite side of the country, which is probably a good thing for the most part. Still have my mom. I have a stepson. There were times I thought we would end up killing each other. But the funny thing is, now that he's almost 23, he listens to me better than he does his dad and takes my side about 99% percent of the time. Serving in Iraq sort of changed him.

You can see why friends and people I know at church are very important to me.

[hblueeyes]

I, hubby and kids are extremely close. I support them in every way and would lay down my life for them. My mom and siblings. Well, we are not close at all. Mom treated me and y sis Em horribly, her much worse than me. My brothers are golden, can do no wrong like my oldest sis. No one knows me unless they want something, including Em, which hurts my feelings. I am currently taking care of my mom and her hubby, they live with me and my family. I also run like an idiot for my sis because she has medical issues, is extremely overweight which causes her not to be able to do things when her aches and pains start and she is alone, except for her dog that I have to go walk when she is not up to it. With gas prices the way they are and our income being so little, I will have to stop since she offers me nada for gas. I need to walk her dog 3 times a day, not to mention the calls I get from her when she is at work. I think I left the oven on. Can you go check. UGH!

Me

[jnc880]

I wont even touch this...lol

[atprm]

Please add my siblings to the "leach" list...especially the youngest.

I am not looking forward to the day that my Dad passes away, because my 3 siblings will come out of the woodwork like roaches fleeing a RAID bomb looking to suck up everything that has any kind of monetary value ... even though they refuse to let our dad see his grandkids, or have anything to do with him.

The youngest sibling (sister) is so bad, that for about the first 2 years after my Mom died, my Dad would send each of her children (she has 9) a card with $25 on their birthdays... the cards were returned...WITHOUT THE MONEY!!!

So, my Dad quit sending money to the kids because she took it out.

LEACHES!!

[DAVESBABYDOLL]

Please add my siblings to the "leach" list...especially the youngest.

I am not looking forward to the day that my Dad passes away, because my 3 siblings will come out of the woodwork like roaches fleeing a RAID bomb looking to suck up everything that has any kind of monetary value ... even though they refuse to let our dad see his grandkids, or have anything to do with him.

The youngest sibling (sister) is so bad, that for about the first 2 years after my Mom died, my Dad would send each of her children (she has 9) a card with $25 on their birthdays... the cards were returned...WITHOUT THE MONEY!!!
So, my Dad quit sending money to the kids because she took it out.

LEACHES!!

Well, that's pretty Funked up!

[atprm]

did I mention she is a Coast Guard wife? (so he isn't much better...he is like king of denial)

[YankeeMary]

I would die without my family. My immediate family (Being kids and Dh) as well as my parents and sibilings and their kids (My neices, nephews, great neices and great nephews) are my world. I can't imagine not having them in my life even though we live 600 miles away. I feel like I am still involved in their lives and they are involved in ours. I miss them so much but I know without a doubt they'd be here ASAP if we needed them and vice versa.

[tnfuhs]

My dad was a truck driver while I was growing up, so since he was only home on the weekends, we didn't get to spend a lot of time together, unless he was on vacation. I was very close to my Mom growing up, till I became a teenager and I wanted to do things on my own. She was at the bar from the time she got out of work, till the time she felt it was time to go home. Her and my dad didn't have a close marriage, always fighting when he was home. Until she became sick, and we lost her within a 2 week period, my dad retired, and for the last 18 years, I have been really close to my dad, I don't know what I would do without him, he has been there for me thru thick and thin. My sister I want to be close to, but the choices in life that she has made, I don't agree with, and always wanted to tell her off, but haven't because I don't want to hurt her. So I just keep my mouth shut, and tolerate her. The rest of my family, aunts and uncles do live close by, and there is very few of them, but we don't see each other that much, hardly at all. Nobody wants to get in their car and visit anyone. Things all pretty much went to pot when my grandmother and my mom passed away, they were the 2 that held the familys together.