Are you close to your family?

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In my case, not really but it's no great hardship.

I love them but can't spend time with them.

I'm not close to my mother at all, but I'm close to some of my other relatives.

Yes.

Usually this is even a good thing.

I am.

No, and I have no regrets.

No, but I'm trying to change that. It's not easy.

Not since a child.

Yes, Geographically.

Given that all of my family are dead this would be difficult.

Ed Almos
Last of the Tribe

I'm very close to my family, my mother and brother especially.

No. I prefer not to see them at all.

so so

I love my family, but I'm only really close to my mum. I love my dad and my siblings (although my relationship with my younger brother has been strained from time to time), but my mum is the only member of my family I've really felt totally comfortable around.

I choose perfer not to answer, not cause that is how i feel, but because their was no better option for what my situation is.

I am close to my parents, but not to anybody else, and i wish that was not the case. I wish i could be close to all of my family, but indeed, I feel I was the black sheep of the family, and its a big family, met much of my family in the past and i was always was the one who got in trouble and everyone would find out, and I was the one with my... well... it was obvious i was different, and had issues, tho they i dont think for the most part know why exactly when I was little. But I wish that my whole family lived closer by, and that if that had been the case and both sets of grandparents were still alive so they could keep the family together, we would be much closer.

Also me and my sis and only sibling had a weird relationship, heh, and i fear she hated me growing up because i was akward, sometimes mean and probably annoying to be around

I cant spend time with mine either, but I have to pretend to love them sometimes. However I always do what I can to avoid them.

Well, here's how I see it:

Everyone else in my house is really raucous watching TV while I'm trying to have some quiet in my room.

My parents are very condescending and quick to point out when I'm wrong. They also badger me to talk about my personal life, even though it's my personal life.

My brother is rude and mean to me, constantly putting me down when I make mistakes or when I express interest in something that he thinks is "ret*d" or "gay". He purposefully insults me at any opportunity, just to get a rise out of me.

My aunts, uncles, and cousins aren't that hard on me, although they can seem a bit condescending if I say anything out of line with what they're expecting from me. In general, most of them are fairly loud, and I don't connect with a lot of them.

They're all too overwhelming for me.


The family member I have the most in common with is my grandmother. We both have similar attitudes and can talk for a long time. When I visit, we usually talk about how we don't "get" the rest of our family, watch TV, and eat lots of snacks (like ice cream, graham crackers and peanut butter, or sandwiches we find in the refrigerator).