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Have your siblings changed over the years or stayed the same?


Posted: Jan 12, 2010

Or do you find that you have changed?  Do you get along with them or have anything in common with them?

 

After a recent death in the family I just talked to my sister.  Her comments were almost, not cruel, but just not caring.  She says it was probably an inconvenience to my aunt that my cousin died.  Granted cus' and mom have not had a very close relationship over the years, but I would never doubt the love a mother has for her children (I'm not a mother) no matter what they have done.  I don't say anything to sis, because if I did it would get back (sis is like that -you tell her to keep something in confidence and she thinks its funny to go tell that person you just talked about what you just said).  I've kind of lost touch (emotional feelings) with her over the years.  I just don't know what happened to her (or is it me that changed?).  She has no sympathy for people in our own family, yet the people in her church (she joined a mormon church about 5 or 6 years ago), she'll be crying a flood of tears whenever something tragic hits their life.  She knows every intimate detail of all their bipolar lives (sis tells me they are all bipolar, not me), and she gets very emotional when telling me something horrible has happened to them.  Sis has a good heart, would do whatever she could for you and she and her husband have always been that way, but her emotions are just missing.  After talking with my aunt and hearing how upset she was and between her crying and me crying it was a hard conversation.  Aunt told me not to say anything to sis and now I know why.  Just hurts to know the same girl I grew up with, shared a bedroom with, lied in the snow making snow angels, lying under the weeping willow tree in the summer making pictures with the clouds and telling each other secrets, following her around everywhere always looking up to her, is not the same person now that I knew then.

 

I was just wondering if others have siblings they have grown away from.

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Oh yes, and not for the better - RubySoho

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My siblings and I were the products of an abusive household (mom) and were so very close growing up and enduring that together. We stayed "thisclose" up until she hit a mid life crisis or something, left her husband of 20 years for an unemployed ex-con who was being accused of molesting his own daughter, and WOW has she ever changed.

Long gone are the hours-long talks we used to have, the Oscar Night parties we'd host for just a few friends, shopping, going to the movies, baking or cooking together, etc. She had a "new" family found in her new in-laws and her new sister-in-law quite promptly replaced my presence in her life.

I can no longer tell her anything personal because she will *OOPS* let it "slip" to someone/everyone. We no longer even have the most mundane things, such as movies, in common because if her new husband doesn't like something, she suddenly no longer likes it either.

It's exasperating and I do not have nearly the connection with her that we once shared. I don't care to relive our traumatic childhoods, yet it seems nowadays that's pretty much all we share as a common bond to discuss.

I don't know where MY sister went. This man's wife is NOT the girl/woman I grew up with and shared the most intimate details of our lives with.

I WANT MY SISTER BACK.

(Typing this makes me want to cry because I miss her.)

at some point her blinders may come off and she'll want you there. - bide your time and do your own thing for now. n/m

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n/m

Mary - Mona

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I have two sisters and three brothers. We are now all closing in on our 50s. I am in the middle. Only one brother lives out of town so we stay in close contact with each other. One brother and his two little daughters (wife left them) live with mom. This brother has health issues. Mom is in her mid 70s, healthy and has fully and willingly allowed the brother to come live with her, with the understanding that it is temporary.

Since we all want to help mom with this new situation, we come around often (taking the nieces to school, taking brother to doc appointments, helping with general home duties so mom doesn't get over loaded...) Cut to the chase, we see each other A LOT. Daily it seems.

We ALL have different perspectives on situations, different beliefs, different memories. It's kind of weird, kind of funny, kind of sad sometimes. We fight a lot. I don't know why this happens, it just does.

We don't stay mad for long, but it is very strange that we all think so differently and have such different lives since we all grew up together and were always so close. Guess it just happens.

siblings - old mt

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Mine could write a book on dysfunctional. At my Dad's funeral a big fight at the cemetary (sp) - then when my brother died we were sent notice via E-mail. I had to actually call the funeral homes in his county to get any info!

Somehow the older we get the harder it is to believe we came from the same uterus! Honey, U R not alone.

Even siblings grow apart. - Fingers

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Let's face it, everyone changes, even you. Life molds us. When we were in our 20s and 30s my brother, sister, and I were very close. We have always had our differences, but it never mattered. When people move in and out of jobs, marriages, relationships, and have children, it changes them. I don't like some of those changes myself but I guess they could say the same about me. You have to grow and change with people, even your own spouse, if that is possible, so you do not grow too far apart. My sister acts more like my mother every day, so much so that some days I can't stand talking to her. Other days, I just overlook it because she is still my sister.

We are not as close as we used to be because our lives have grown so much, but I still love them and the memories.

Yes, my sister changed and we have grown apart.... - blondie

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She didn't change for the worst really. She moved about an hour and a half away and lives in the city now and she has just changed. She is still a lovely person, but we rarely see each other and rarely talk on the phone. We still love each other dearly but we have I guess grown apart.

Hmmm. Never really thought about it. - Vikefan

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I only have one sister and she's exactly 2 years and 2 weeks older than me. She was a terrible tattle tale and still can't keep her mouth shut to save her life. We love each other dearly and talk to and visit each other but we're not nearly as close as we'd both like. My issue is that I'd love to be able to share more with her but since she's such a blabber mouth, I don't feel we have as much to discuss. Long story, but we didn't have the best childhood. I know a lot of people who had it way worse, but our mother was hooked on barbs and benzos and spent a lot of her days in bed. She drank a fair amount but loved the pills more. Our father is a very loving man but a very bad control freak. If he could live my life, his, my sister's and my mom's, he'd live all four of them for us, just to make sure nothing bad ever happens. I'm not the type of person to blame anything on my childhood whether it was good, mediocre or terrible. I'm only stating what I can now see as an adult and what I do as an adult is 100% my responsibility.

I had an awful time with dating because Mom was so drugged, she couldn't work, Dad was working a lot of overtime for more money and when he was home, even though we were relatively little, she needed the help and attention more than we did because she was so dysfunctional, so we were often left out. I'm surprised we didn't grow up closer. However, two of the best days of my life were when she asked me to be the Godmother of her son, then eight years later asked me to be the Godmother to her daughter. I love those 2 kids dearly. My nephew, whose diaper I changed, is at Ohio State studying engineering on a full scholarship. I can say she has turned out to be a great mother. Those kids (Patrick turned 20 on Christmas and Taylor just turned 12 last October) both always get straight A's. I'm not saying this to be biased and you'll see that in a second here - Patrick was as close to a perfect child as anyone will ever see, always well behaved, perfect grades, etc. I joked with her that she should stop while she was ahead because no mother lucks out twice like that. Sure enough, Taylor came along eight years and raised Cain during her toddler years and still tests Kim at times. But Kim is so patient and attentive with her kids. I was never able to have kids but if I did, I'd want to be at least half the mother that she is to hers. I have never seen her lose her temper with them (I'm sure she has, it just probably doesn't happen often).

We strongly disagree on politics, so we never discuss that. She's really into Nascar, it puts me to sleep. We both really used to be into NFL football but she got away from that for a long time, until her son starting watching. Now, we share that interest again but she follows the Browns along with her son, whereas I've been with my Vikes forever and then some.

She's had weight issues most of her life and I've been skinny as a rail and would have to have half of her chest. LOL. But a couple of years ago, after being really at a bad, unhealthy weight, she became determined and strictly thru diet and exercise alone, she has lost so much weight. Every time I see her, she just looks better and better. To me, I don't care who is overweight, thin, their skin color or whatever. I only worried about her health.

I do want to build a closer relationship with her in the future. And I really lucked out with my in-laws too. My FIL was a really nice man. He died 4 years ago at 82. My MIL is now 82 and a real sweetheart. My SIL, well, I can't think of one person on the face of this earth that I would replace her with. She is all heart and I love her dearly.

Kim and I differ a lot emotionally, too. She holds things in and knowing her, she probably hasn't cried in years (probably went she dropped Patrick off at Ohio State last year and prior to that, probably not for a decade or so. I wear my heart on my sleeve, if you haven't guessed that about me already and I will let it out when I need to, but unlike when I was little and cried whenever, I now wait until I'm alone, maybe out walking the dogs after dark, to have a really good cry, and I dry up before I go back into the house.

We both ended up with disorders because of our childhoods - Kim with her eating - she did a lot of comfort eating, which lead to her weight problem, I became an alcoholic at a pretty young age (I became sober at 33) and I am glad I sobered up so young and that Kim is doing very well too at her age. Neither of us blames our parents for our past problems but we understand why these kinds of things happened.

Oh, she went to college, and I didn't. I ended up making more money. Go figure.

I'd say we have both changed, but for the better, after we both went thru some pretty bad times in our early adulthoods. I know I am darned far from perfect and still have a long way to go but as long as I progress, that's all that matters and I know that's how my sister feels too. We are both close to our parents. Our mom is sober for the most part now, though now and again she still takes too many Valium or pain pills but she managed to straighten up her life. And my dad has mellowed from a man who had to constantly tend to his wife when he was home, had to worry about her all day at work, and was constantly trying to please his kids at the same time (oh, but he could dole out the punishment when we were bad, and it was severe) because he knew he could not possibly give us the attention we needed and still take care of Mom.

Life happens. There is no point living in the past. My parents asked me the other day how I felt about turning 43. I said I don't care what the number is, as long as I don't feel like I've wasted my life. This is a new decade and I am going to make a serious attempt to see my sister more, try to share a little more (nothing really personal) and see if I can trust her at all. She is truly a good person and I'm proud to call her my sister. I'm proud my mom has come as far as she has too (though for some strange reason, every so many months, she goes thru these spells of sending my sister and me hate E-mail, slamming us for things we did when we were 5 years old. Go figure). Any my Dad is a good man too. I'm a lucky person. Dysfunctional childhood or not, I have a great husband, I have a job, our 2 pug babies, a house, a good sister and both my parents are still living. And I woke up this morning.

Have a great evening, all!

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