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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my sibling and spouse are like this too...always "too busy." I took their statement at face value for years, until we moved to the area and they discovered social media. Now I know they are "too busy" socializing with their friends and we are rarely included--to the point that one of their friends will ask me, on the twice or so a year we see them, "why weren't you at your siblings party?" Um, we weren't invited?

It makes me sad, but I am in the process of making peace with the situation myself. I've been the family outs for a while, as my family goes between making someone a golden child to blacksheep and then reversing.

Still love my sibling, but we have different personalities and different priorities. The big happy family is not going to happen for me, and I've been in therapy dealing with that and other issues, and trying to be grateful and happy for what I do have. [/quote]

THANK YOU! This sounds like us. We are invited to parties, though, so that's good. I know now that "busy" means "we don't want to spend time with you." It used to REALLY bother me, but after last weekend I am almost at peace with it. We are so fortunate to have incredible friends and more. [/quote]

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