....have you grown apart as you've got older?
My brother and his wife moved to France about 3 years ago. They haven't been to visit us since (prior to that we lived about 200 miles apart but they didn't visit us for about 3 years, although we visited them about three or four times a year). We went over with DS a couple of years ago (he was 8 months at the time) but haven't been over since because we were hoping they might come over here and travelling with a toddler is such a headache. They have no kids, although SIL is now due in November. We now have a DD (3 months) and I did think we might try and go over early next year before I go back to work but a part of me feels a bit 'why do we have to make all the effort'. I dwell on the fact we hardly see one another: should I just accept that's how it is and stop thinking about it?
Similarly, DH's brother and his family live near his parents about 200 miles away. His parents have been to visit us three times in 10 years (two of those visits were for births of DS and DD). We see his brother and family every time we visit his parents (about 3 or 4 times a year but they rarely come to visit us. Now that we have DD we don't really have the room for them to stay over but there was no reason prior to that.
Just wondering if it's inevitable to lose touch in these circumstances. My mum rarely saw her brother after their parents died and my dad doesn't see his sister that much. They also live considerable distances apart.
Quite about drifting apart from my brother, especially as he is starting a family now.
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If you live a long way from your siblings....
kwaker5 · 12/08/2009 20:30
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