Are you close to your family?

yes, i am close with my family, I have 2 siblings, my twin sister and my younger brother, we spent every christmas together, I alwaya thanking God for giving me a family like mine, They are my treasures in this world. We shared everything, and i love seeing my parents that are still together and happy still with each other after so so many years of marriage.

I used to be always close to my brother. He is my first and best friend actually. So I used to share everything with him and obey only him. Lol. Other than that, I was not very close with my parents and my elder sister. When I was doing my 10th grade, my sister got married and when a baby was born to her, she was at home with us. So I got close to my sister only after she had a baby. Hehe. I never share anything with her or anyone else. I used to tell everything only to my brother. Whatever problem it might be. I never share with them. I considered my friends to be important when I was a teenager. Only now I realize that family is much more than that and I am now too close with my family.

I am blessed to have always had a close relationship with my family. I would not have survived much grief and sadness without them. They are my rock.

My parents are both deceased as are my husband's parents. I have 2 brothers who live in other states that I talk to on the phone 3 or 4 times a year. All my husband's siblings are deceased, but he has a niece and a distant cousin that he talks to every week to 10 days. We have 2 children and 5 grandchildren. None of them live nearby. As a rule, we talk to our daughter almost daily, except when she is working, which is 4 or 5 days a month. Our son calls weekly and sometimes sends an e-mail between phone calls. All our grandchildren are still living at home, but I doubt that we'll hear from them much once they move out. I'm glad that we have a digital phone with unlimited long distance. At the present time, we are pretty close to our children, but I don't feel all that close to my brothers. My husband talks on the phone to what family he has left, but he tells them that he will never return to his home town, even just for a visit.

yeah i am very close to my brother and father because they are my idol who teach me to live my life in well manner and even they teach me how to interact with people and they are the one who saved my life when my life was in danger condition so i think they are my role model and i think i am doing my best to retain my position in their mind instead of being a bad child i am living well not even wasting my single minute in being bad ..all my time i am praising my idol because they are my soul where i could harvest

I know what you mean about the holidays always making you consider your relationship with you family. I have never really been close to my family, except my sister, but ever since I left my good for nothing husband and moved away from them we have never been further apart. My sister won't speak to me and has not spoken to me in over a year. I miss her like crazy.

I don't have a close relationship with my dad's side of the family because they ruined my trust and to me they are not family. But I do have a close relationship with my mom. But I have a better relationship with my in-laws than I do with anyone in my family. My in-laws treat me more like family than my dad's side of my family.

Not really, I doesn't bother me though, I just go through life accepting it. I'm sure its hard for other people to understand. I'm an indentical twin and we used to be close but marriage and kids and stuff just gets in the way. I've always been somebody who is on the outside and called to do things that other people would decline.

I am kindly alone sometime ,I am the only child in my family ,my mom was working so far from my dady and I .so I wasn't that close to her .until now ,I still felt she couldn't understand me totally and she doesn't know me .I used to close to my dad ,but since I grow up ,we don't that close too .now I am working far from them alone ,I felt lonely .

Me and my family are very far apart. Everybody but me is in Germany. Me and my mom are very close as far as we can be for being so far apart. We talk once a week. Me and my dad are not quite as close but i love him just the same. We talk on Holidays, Birthdays and mainly just that. He will be here in April.

I think I am..at least to my mom & my younger brother... I don't stay with my family all thru the year because of the nature of work i do,but I talk to my family whenever i get some time. I think its really essential for every human to have a good bond with his/her family as that ensures a proper emotional support at the time of a break down & helps to grow as a better social being... Merry Christmas mylotter

Yeah I am close to my mum and dad, and I feel really lucky that I am able to have a close relationship with them. I trust both of them more than I trust any other person that I know and they are incredibly special to me.

Yes! In fact I am very close to my primary family.By that I mean my Mother, Father, Brother and Sister. The closeness and well-knit nature of our family has been cause of lot of bad blood between me and my secondary family, that is my wife and children. I use the words primary and secondary to bring in the time element in my relation and encounter with them. Another reason why I call my mome of birth as primary is my nature was molded there, while living with them. Ours was a very spiritual atmosphere at home whence our family members derived different levels of succor. It is not that there is no spiritual connections mine with my secondary family. Thare are. But the spirituality of my original home is steeped in reverence for the elders, whereas, my current(secondary) family's spirituality perhaps is loving but not particularly reverential.

Yes, I have very close relationship with my family and it is very important in life. My mom is now old and she shares her feelings with me on phone as I am married and stay far from her. I understand your feelings and I am sure you must be missing this joy in life. I don't know what exactly is the reason behind you not having a close relationship with your family. But I am sure that it is better late than never. You can take a step forward and I am sure you will be welcomed by your family members. Life is too short for differences and it is meant to enjoy it along with family and friends. So forget everything and move forward with love for younger ones and respect for your elders. Wish you all the best and Merry Christmas.

You can say that.I am a family man.All my close relatives count on me and come to me on needs.I love to be a person to be loved by all.

Yes, I have a close relationship with a really close relationship with one of my sisters. She also posts on here. I live far away from everyone. It is hard to keepa close relationship. I don't know why but it is. One doesn't have a phone, another does but never retunrs my calls. Not sure why.

[i]Hello JenInTN, Yes, we always tried to see each other during the holidays. Even though we have some differences, we tried not to affect our family relationship. I think there are friction in all families, we just need to be more understanding and open minded about it because we are all family. It helps to keep our pride a bit down when we are with our family. Regards. [/i]

both my parents passed away this year but i was not close to them. i akso lost my only aunt who i use to be close to before her mind got bad,, don;t have much family left. thank god for my children , their wives & my wonderful grandchildren.

Yes we have a close relationship within the family. My sibblings have moved out and started their own family and i am still at home with dad, mum passed away last year. We make sure we have lunch together at home atleast once a month and we call each other everyday. I have blessed to have such great family and i love them.

I can say I have a close relationship with my family. Although my siblings aren't living in our house right now, we make sure that we still communicate through telephone and internet. This will create an awareness on what has been going on with our lives. This is just one of the signs of closeness within my family. I'm truly blessed having them as my greatest companions.