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RyanJ


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How close are you with your siblings?

I have 2 brothers and one sister and I get along with them all very well, but I am especially close to one of my brothers. When I was younger I wanted to be just like him, so I listed to the same music, watched the same movies and TV. Now we have very similar interest and get along great. We usually talk on the phone @ least once a day. We will call to tell something stupid that his girlfriend did or something he say on TV or what we are doing this weekend. We don't talk for any great length of time- sometimes it is only for about 60 seconds and then we are done. We hang out at least once a week . Every Sunday I go over to his house- usually our significant others come too. Sometimes we will make food and watch a movie, play a video game or board game or go out.

My whole family is very close. Both my parents’ sides of the family get together for the holidays and birthdays. My dad’s brother and his wife go I was just wondering how close it too close? My father’s brother and his wife fly down to Florida every year and stay with my mom’s sister and her husband. Everyone is just really close, but I have this one aunt that is kind of an outcast. She is just weird and is very jealous of me- I am not sure why, but she thinks EVERYONE in the family caters to me.

Anywho my aunt made a statement to my mother that she thought my brother and I were “too close” and that we spent too much time together. She didn’t go any farther than that because my mom stopped her – I think she was a little wigged out by the thought.

I don’t think we are too close and there is CERTAINLEY NOT anything weird going on (yuck- I didn’t even want to write that). I will admit that my brother can be a total dork. That last family gathering we had he actually pinned me down and farted on my head. Yes, my 28-year-old brother farted on his 23-year-old sister. It isn’t like we hold hands, cuddle or sleep in the same bed. I will admit that is extremely immature, but I don’t think it is dirty.

I think my aunt was just trying to cause trouble.

So how close it too close?

***This post probably should have gone in the "Dating and Relationship" section, but that just felt too wierd for.***

-- Edited by RyanJ at 20:04, 2005-05-18

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It's pretty clear to me that your aunt is the one with the problem, not you.  From what you've said, it sounds like you have an admirably close relationship with your brother that will serve you well as you get older.  Close families are the best!  Don't worry about jealous-aunt - it's probably just how she's dealing with not being close with anyone in the family herself.

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I totally agree with LMonet. Ignore the Aunt, she's jealous or bored........


 



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What a weird thing for your aunt to say! I am curious as to why she would say that and to your mother???  WTF?  I'm glad your mother cut her right off because that was not a conversation worth having.  Good for you having such a close relationship with your brother!  I think it is a great thing.  I would let her comment slide this one time, but if she says it again, I would confront her and ask her exactly what she meant by it.

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I defintely don't think you're too close w/your brother.  I have a brother that's 4 years older than me and him and I are very close as well.  I don't think there's anything wrong w/that at all...I think it's a great thing when a brother and sister get along so well.  Just ignore your aunt!

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I think you hinted that the Aunt is your mom's sister, right?  She probably disapproves of the closeness simply because she doesn't have it herself with her siblings.  It was a weird thing to say and might have been jealousy, but also could have just been her way of saying that she thinks you and your brother act immature.  Sounds like a snob, basically.  I am kind of a behavior-snob sometimes too, I would probably make a comment to my own sister if my adult niece and nephew were tumbling around and farting on one's head, but hopefully she didn't mean to be so rude.


That said, I think it is wonderful that you and your brother are close.  This is a good thing for families and for your future family.


Example of me being a behavior-snob:  My friends laughed at me for being so disgusted at them years ago because they started a mini food fight at an after hours restaurant at 2:00 AM....I was mortified and kept trying to get them to calm down.  I think they called me "corn cob" for a while.  Heh.



-- Edited by lorelei at 11:47, 2005-05-19

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