What family members of yours dont get on?

[Spinneret]

My two uncles by some distance

 

[TippyThomas]

I'm the only one left so I have no choice but to get along with me.

 

[mjkacmom]

None, we come from extremely functional families. Parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins all seem to get along fine.

 

[Praying Colonel]

I had an aunt who basically disowned or alienated every relative, including my father who was her only surviving sibling and her 2 children. Her obituary quoted her as saying she was happy to get the last word. I thought it was very sad.

 

[Clifton Tesh]

I'm the only one left so I have no choice but to get along with me.

That is not true.

I don't get along with myself quite often

 

[tvguy]

Get along with all of them that I have met.

 

[CynBeth]

I barely have any relatives left most of them were older. My DH’s family does not like that I am a different religion so I do not have much of a relationship with them. It is important to him that we go to the family dinner on certain holidays and sometimes celebrations so I go for him but have no contact with them outside of those events. He does call his mom who has been the worst offender every now and then to check up on her and sometimes has to go over to help with things and since she has had a few surgeries for different things this year goes over more often. He is the sibling that lives closer as 2 are out of state and the other is further away in our state plus he has health issues and does not work. He talks to his brothers on the phone once in a while the one we see at the events and the other rarely attends. His sister comes into town maybe once or twice a year but does not like us so we don’t see her unless it happens to be around holiday time which it hardly ever is and they only talk on the phone to discuss things concerning their mother.

 

[SC Minnie]

My nephew is at odds with my mother (his grandmother) and hasn't spoken to her in 2 years and has blocked her from his social media so she can't see anything about his kids. I've heard both sides of the conflict it started over as well as from others that were actually there. Nephew is in the wrong. Nephew is also an ordained minister and works for a church. He should know better.

 

[tazdev3225]

Just my one brother. He basically disowned the entire family about 15 years ago over his warped sense of reality. I will say family gatherings are much quieter without him there and arguing over everything anybody else had an opinion on. One of the best arguments was with my daughter who watched a classmate get almost killed in school. It made the local news and of course his opinion on what happened was the only correct opinion, telling my daughter she was completely wrong. She was right there and was traumatized by it as the classmate was a friend. My sticking up for her made me a bully in his opinion.

 

[rangerxenos]

I don't get along well with my only sibling, haven't in a long time. She moved out to Texas 7 or 8 years ago, and while I miss my only nephew, I'm glad she and her husband are out there now and I don't have to deal with them for family functions. She's one of those holier than thou people who thinks she knows better than the rest of us.

 

[CynBeth]

Just my one brother. He basically disowned the entire family about 15 years ago over his warped sense of reality. I will say family gatherings are much quieter without him there and arguing over everything anybody else had an opinion on. One of the best arguments was with my daughter who watched a classmate get almost killed in school. It made the local news and of course his opinion on what happened was the only correct opinion, telling my daughter she was completely wrong. She was right there and was traumatized by it as the classmate was a friend. My sticking up for her made me a bully in his opinion.

That sounds a lot like cousins we have not had contact with in years. After we lost my Dad unexpectedly when I was a teenager they started inviting us over for certain holidays. It was miserable. The father and son who is a year younger than me were know it alls no matter what we said we were always wrong. Once I met DH he was included as well. Some memorable were where they told him he has wrong info about his Crohn’s Disease which he had since he was a kid and also his religion he is of a different faith. Luckily after maybe 8 years when I had reached my limit and told DM I could not spend these holidays with them anymore and she was trying to think of a tactful way to do this other relatives who they are closer to started inviting them. I was so glad.