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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I left my home country my brother was still single. In the 5 years I've been gone a lot has changed... I got married, had 1 child and have another one due at any minute.

He started dating a girl, married her shortly after and now they're TTC. I've met her only once and it was during a trip back home. We spent the day together and besides my brother's biggest efforts she barely showed any interest in my children (or me). We spent the day at my grandma's house and all she did was sit there. Everybody was so excited, talking and laughing but she was just absent.

I'm fairly active on FB as is my brother and SIL. I "like" and comment on their pics all the time and my brother does the same for me but she bluntly ignores any of my moves. She has tons of pics cuddling with her nephews and nieces, she gives them gifts all the times and makes such a big deal of every little milestones and I can't help but feel jealous. She just posted a video of her youngest nephew taking his first steps. It's so beautiful to watch her dedication to those kids, [b]I only wish she treated us the same way[/b] :(

What can I do to get her closer? [/quote]

But, it is probably true that you do not treat her the same way that the parents of these kids treat her simply by the fact that you are far away. She could make more of an effort, but her behavior isn't out of line so you really shouldn't say anything about it.  Maybe next time you are home, you could make the effort to take her out, just the two of you, so that you can get to know each other a little better. [/quote]

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