I only have 1 brother. We were close as kids. Once I grew up & left home & he left home & got married, we no longer had that much in common. He’s a VERY private person who NEVER welcomes visitors. He despises phone calls, so if I want to contact him, it MUST be by text. He now has Leukemia & his wife of 30 years decided she didn’t love him & couldn’t live with him anymore. Then when she went to move out, she had to face the reality that she couldn’t afford to support herself on her teacher’s salary, so she refused to move out. Now she lives on the 1st floor & he lives on the 2nd floor & they avoid each other as much as possible. He doesn’t want to discuss it & that’s fine with me. We text about once every 3 weeks & he usually waits about 2 days to respond. I’ve just learned to NOT be overly concerned when I don’t hear from him as it usually means that he’s just in a bad mood & it won’t be a very polite convo anyway. Often I wait for him to contact me because that makes it “his” idea & he can live with that.
I also have 1 cousin who was an only child & all her family has passed. She lives in Texas, so we seldom see each other. We do text almost weekly. It’s always nice to hear from her!!!
Lastly is my BFF who was the closest that I ever had to a sister!!! She’s about 18 months younger than me & I was there the day she was born. We talk a minimum of once a week & text several days a week. We also go out to lunch about once every 2 weeks or so.