How often do you see your extended family?

I have never had family as I was not raised by parents. Although my mother lives in the same City and State I have not seen her in 21 years. Sort of a pattern in my family as I really do not know any extended family members. But one thing for sure I have raised my children to love themselves enough and me so that when they continue their family traits they will have extended families. Glad to see you do have extended family you do get to see from time to time.

I don't see them often at all since, every single one of them are in different countries. The last time I saw my cousins and aunts were about 6 years ago.. I don't know when I'll see them next.

My husband's relatives are all near me...though i don't have mother and father in law.....other relatives like sister in law and other relatives live nearby...and we meet almost at all the festivals (and there are so many festivals in India) only I miss my mother's side relatives as they are far away...my father and mother are not alive...i meet my sisters about once a year...all of them are busy in their own lives...so we meet occasionally...

My mom's family is spread all over the place, South Carolina, New York, southern California and Washington. My dad's family is mostly in California. My Dad is in Nevada, my next younger brother in Washington, my sister is here, my youngest brother is in southern California. My husband's family is in southern California, Arizona and Germany. So we are all spread too far apart and don't see each other often enough.

Thank God for e-mail and the cell phone, without thoses I don't know how often we would keep in tough with our grown children and their families. I remember when we all wrote letters and I think I wrote only one or two a year to my Grandparents, what a shame, how I wish I could speak to them now.

Well, I don't see my father's extended family often. We're just not that close. With the internet my sister has gotten closer to some of the family. We may see most of my mother's family once a year. She has one brother a lot of the family doesn't talk to much. One of her sisters lives only an hour and a half away. My dad was in the Army when I was growing up, so we never really lived close to any of their extended families. My boyfriend never sees his extended family. I don't know much about them.

My parents and parents-in-law are staying in another city, about 3 hour drive from my house, my husband and I usually travel back to our home town once a month. Sometimes, my parents will come here to visit us, as my sister is also working in the same city as I. As for my relatives, I don't see them often, maybe once or twice in a year, during the Chinese New Year, when we go and visit the relatives. Except for some of my mother's sisters, my aunties, as we always visit each other, especially when my parents are here. It's really good to have good family bonding. ^_^

hi dorannmwin I guess this is what you get for living a long life as my hubbydied in 1991, my little daughter farhter back than that so really I have my son who sees me every week, and some cousins too far away to' visit with except by email, I have a ton of hatley in laws but they a re all in w ashington state so myson is really all my family except fpr Kari Clark whom I have never met but sends me emails every once in a while. Perhaps that is why I am not as gung ho on being here in Gold Crest instead of again living with my son, but the thing is w e have no home yet and he is again out of work except for one one day a week. I do rely heavily on him and my best friend Nelda for what family I have. lol I should have some 'richey cousins too probably in Missouri and Jennings co Indiana.

Well when I married my husband in my early 20's I moved from the U.K. to where one of my I am now and sometimes in the early years I went for years without seeing my family. This was hard especially during pregnancies. I had the MIL from hell too.Of course things changed and then someone from my family came on a yearly basis and we went there too. I did miss especially the sister above me as we were and still are very close. But then we now BB each other and talk at least twice a week. It was hard though at times. If |I hadn't have been happily married with a terrific husband then I would not have stayed

Hi doranwmin I became very emotional when we speak of family simply because my family is not that really bonded.You won't believe me but it's true.With my 25 years of existence,i haven't experience any family reunion.It is not a habit in our family.I envious family who are having family reunion, that is why i set a mylot reunion,so that before i get old i have experience a reunion.We are five in the family,but the five of us has different houses.My two younger brothers and my mother live in the province.My brother and sister leave in different cities and I also live in the different city.There is a point that i celebrate the Christmas alone,which is really so sad.Our father left us when i was second year high school.We do not know where is he right now.So we are all craving for a love of a father.I envious father and son everytime I saw them together and very sweet.With the brothers and sisters of my mom,we are not close to them.most of the time,there is crab mentally.so we just ignore them.i am doing evrything to help out my mom in her daily needs.thanks for sharing this discussion.happy mylotting!

Relatives on my mother's side live in the same area, so we all see each other on a semi-regular basis. That and we get to plan trips together and go and eat fast food after church. We do have relatives abroad on the same side of the family and we see each a few of them once a year. This year, cousins that we haven't seen in about 7 or so years will be with us for Christmas. Sometimes, my mother, her sisters and their cousins get together and we get to hang out with second degree cousins. My father's side of the family is pretty spread out. I have an uncle in New Jersey, another one in Nevada, and about 9 more uncles elsewhere. We hardly meet up as they are hard to get a hold of in one schedule.

My husband, me and our baby lives with my mom, my 2 sisters and my nephew. My other siblings are scattered all over the planet. We see them occasionally because all are pretty busy with work and stuff. That's why when there's an occasion, our house is jampacked, kids running everywhere, everyone's talking and all! It's always a reunion! and I am really excited with this upcoming Christmas and New Year because we will be able to spend time with my family again. :)

Me and most of my relatives live in the same city, so i dont have problems seeing them. Some others though, like my grandparents, are a bit difficult to visit, since they live on the other side of the country.

I'm proud to say that our family ties is very closed with each other. Every occasions we usually have a reunion and its nice to see and bond with them and hang out with them. One of my aunt always treat us when she got her salary and my sister also treat us to watch movies and it's a great time to be with them every weekend.. Have time to bond with your extended family and hang out with them it's a great pleasure and that time you will know them better.

My in-laws live about 7 miles away from us and my parents live about 20 minutes away. We all don't visit very often though....everyone is so busy with their everyday lives, I guess. The cousins etc we see even less...a few are close, but most have moved away. Mt sister in law is coming home for Christmas this year, as she ddin't make it home last year. She lives about 12 hours away. Families are growing farther and farther apart it seems with work, life and everything that goes with it. Sad really.

Dorann- My mother hasn't seen me in two year, her choice. My father hasn't seen me since I was married to my first husband, his choice. My inlaws haven't stopped by to visit in two years, their choice. I think we're in this life too short but everyone has their own journey to go on, and we cannot always control the circumstances. It's nice that you are able to see your family so often as generational relationships are very good for children. Namaste-Anora

I used to see them all the time, however I moved out of the area, and now I am lucky if I see some of the family once every few years. My husband's family all lives out West. I am lucky that my parents are down here, otherwise we would have no family at all. I do get a bit depressed around the holidays as I am so used to see my entire family..cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. all around the holidays. Lately it is just the 7 of us and it is a lot quieter than I remember.

A few years ago, I decided to move here where we are now. I quit my job where I was close to family and move half way around the world where I didn't know anybody. Except for an acquaintance who met us at the airport and drove us to our apartment, we were in a place of strangers. So, I don't see any families.