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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an only child and DH has a sibling who never got married. We have 2 kids. We went to a resort with just the 4 of us and I noticed a lot of families with extended families (adult siblings, lots of kids who were presumably cousins), I started feeling sad that my kids won’t have first cousins, and we’ll never get to experience these types of get togethers where our kids roam around with their cousins and it’s more than just DH and me.

Anyone felt like this before and how did you overcome this feeling?[/quote]

Find friends and make your own family.

I'm an only child because my only sibling died when my first child was born. My husband is estranged from his abusive family of origin. My dad died and my mom has severe dementia.

We travel with friends who are in similar situations, or who do things without their families. One year for Thanksgiving we went to a resort in the Bahamas with our friends and their children. The next year we went with just the four of us.

Of course I'd love to have a huge family where everyone gets along, but my best friend has parents who live in her city and two brothers who live in other states with their wives and children and they all get together quite a bit but there is also a fair amount of drama in dealing with everyone. They also have to do stuff like have kids sleep on floors and have entire families staying in a single kid's bedroom over holidays, which doesn't sound like a ton of fun to me. So both situations are a mixed bag. I think you make the best situation out of whatever you have. [/quote]

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