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Is your family a close knit group, or scattered to the four winds?

Posted - June 22, 2017

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  • 5614
    Scattered but close. Technology makes it possible.
      June 22, 2017 5:58 AM MDT
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  • Yep. I have one sister who lives out of state, We talk and text a lot. The rest of my siblings live pretty close. We are all still close even if we don't see each other everyday. 
      June 23, 2017 2:50 AM MDT
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  • Most all of my family has passed away but my kids are sure scattered yo the winds! Daughter in Washington state and my two sons live in Wyoming. My brother went M.I.A. after the "Tet" offensive and my sister passed away in the 80's from complications from Lupus. Have one cousin left in Texas but we don't get along too well.
      June 22, 2017 6:11 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    WOW that has some interesting history there, Rooster. 

      June 22, 2017 8:59 AM MDT
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  • Sorry to hear this. I have a pretty big family with siblings and cousins, and quite a few of us stay in touch on a regular basis. 
      June 23, 2017 2:51 AM MDT
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  • 16199
    Family can be close knit emotionally regardless of physical distance. My family is scattered to the four winds but we're close despite that.
      June 22, 2017 6:43 AM MDT
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  • Awesome. I only have one sibling who lives out of state. 
      June 23, 2017 2:52 AM MDT
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  • 44175
    For the most part, scattered hither and yon. but I have a sister that still lives in town and my daughter lives about 20 miles away. My son and his family live in Everett WA and another sister lives in Hawaii.
      June 22, 2017 7:14 AM MDT
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  • Sounds like a little of both.
      June 23, 2017 2:55 AM MDT
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  • 5808
    only family I have 
    is a Spiritual Family...We are one.
      June 22, 2017 8:34 AM MDT
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  • Yes we are. :)
      June 23, 2017 3:04 AM MDT
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  • My immediate family is fairly close, since it's just me and my parents. The rest of my family is divided mainly between California and Japan. 
      June 22, 2017 8:53 AM MDT
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  • Do you get to see your family in Japan often? I would love to visit there one day. It's on my bucket list. 
      June 23, 2017 2:56 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    My daughter is my family.   The rest?  I would not give two nickels for and would not even acknowledge if they walked by me on the street.

    Everyone who was close to me has died and everyone that is not close,  is alive.    I have a lot of friends.  That saying you can pick your friends but not your relatives?   I learned that years ago.
      June 22, 2017 9:02 AM MDT
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  • 3375
    I know the feeling Shar.  Pretty much my story too.
      June 22, 2017 9:53 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    I'm so sorry, Pea that you share in this one.  You don't deserve it either.
      June 23, 2017 8:22 AM MDT
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  • 3375
    It's pretty painful.  I kinda figure the family dysfunction got passed down and some didn't learn a better way.  


      June 23, 2017 9:22 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    I know that is the case for me as well.  (shaking head sadly)
      June 23, 2017 9:25 AM MDT
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  • 3375
    It's an ambiguous grief.  There is no proper way to mourn the loss that is always with you.  
      June 23, 2017 9:30 AM MDT
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  • I come from a pretty big family and we are still close. I have a few cousins I wouldn't give a plug nickle for though. 
      June 23, 2017 2:58 AM MDT
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  • 3375
    Sadly no.  Both my parents are deceased and my siblings are not part of my life with the exception of my brother who I will have some phone conversations with.  I am close to his live in girlfriend who has been his long time companion for years.  

    I am close to my adult kids and fond of my step kids, but we don't live very close to each other.  I do have a ton of cousins, aunts, and uncles that live in Canada, but distance keeps them from being a part of my physical world.  Facebook is my main source of connection to them.

    If I could change one thing about my life, it would be to have more happy family around me.  I admire those that have that.  
      June 22, 2017 9:51 AM MDT
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  • My dad died last year, but we were never close. My mom is getting too difficult to be around, or even talk to. I have 3 sisters and one brother, they all live pretty close with the exception of one sister who lives out of state. 
      June 23, 2017 3:00 AM MDT
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  • 1128
    My immediate family are pretty close.  Our daughters and their children do things together. My family of nieces, nephews and cousins keep in contact with one another, but most of them live in different states. 
      June 22, 2017 11:20 AM MDT
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  • My immediate family is just me and my daughter, and she's away right now. I have sisters and a brother and we are all still pretty close. 
      June 23, 2017 3:03 AM MDT
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