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[quote=Anonymous]OP, how old are her kids? Are they old enough to talk on the phone with your kids so the cousins can have a relationship? Old enough to do sleepovers at your house -- you can couch it as giving your sister and her husband a break/date night? (I LOVE it when my SIL or inlaws take my older kid. It's fun for him and a wonderful break for us, even if we still have the little one. It's amazing how easy one kid is when you're used to having two.)

If you and she don't get along it's not that surprising (though still sad) that she doesn't want to hang out. But I'm surprised she wouldn't want to foster the cousin relationship.

My sister and I have kids close in age and we used to talk about taking family vacations, but over the years I've realized that's not going to happen although I see pictures of her vacationing with her friends and their families. If I had to guess I'd say it's my brother in law; I've always thought he doesn't like our whole family (me, parents, grandparents, etc) although he is polite when we get together. He's not my favorite person either. But regardless, my sister and I make sure the kids have a chance for brief FaceTime calls (all the kids are under 6) every couple of weeks and meet at least three times a year at my parents' house. We try to coordinate visits as much as possible so the cousins can have a chance to get to know each other. We live 8 hours away from each other; if we lived a half hour away like you do, I am sure I would have my niece and nephew over frequently and vice versa, even if they didn't necessarily come that often as a family due to my BIL.[/quote]

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