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[quote=Anonymous]My BIL is 11 years younger than my H. I met my H in college, when BIL was around 7-8. And they have always been close. I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that their parents, even though divorced, encouraged communication and relationships even after my H left for college. There were always calls, emails, visits on a regular basis. I remember my MIL would come to town for a conference and bring BIL, and he would stay with us when he was around 9-10. We would have such a good time! Even today, my H is in his mid-40s and BIL is mid-30s, they still text daily and play computer games together online. The added bonus was when we had a baby, I had no experience with babies, but my H jumped right in because he took care of BIL when he was a baby.

As a parent in this situation, I would just encourage the relationship because it's probably easy to have the two kids not have a lot in common and go separate ways...like I said, my ILs really went out of their way to make sure the brothers talked and spent time together.[/quote]

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