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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One sibling, 2 years apart.  Not close as kids or now.  Sibling has some  mental / emotional regulation issues that are very difficult for me to be around.  I put up with a tense phone call once every couple of months, and one "pretend everything is great" meeting at our parent's house every couple of years.  We mostly keep in touch through emails with the whole family about superficial stuff, I avoid 1:1 contact as much as possible. I dread having to work together on aging parent issues.[/quote]

Forgot to address the rest of question ... Sibling aside, I had a very happy childhood.  Parents were (and are) great, except for having their heads in the sand on sibling's issues.[/quote]

+1. This is me. I’m pretty estranged from my younger sister for the same reason and the same way. Except childhood wasn’t great…father vasilating between being disengaged and verbally abusive. Ive long worked thru issues with my parents and they are pretty present in our lives even though (or because) we live a plane ride away.

I myself have two teens, older girl and younger boy and they benefit from being raised in a low conflict home by parents who enjoy getting to know them as individuals, not extensions of ourselves. They get along pretty well. I have hopes for them to have a good relationship in their future. I really do. [/quote]

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