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[quote=Anonymous]I find this post confusing, TBH, and it seems OP isn’t coming back...

So the brother lives 1.5 hours away from where the sister/family and mother live...and he invites them to visit  a few times a year. Sometimes the mom/grandma is invited and sometimes not? I find that odd. Wouldn’t a family gathering pretty much always include her? If I were OP I’d generally assume so, and if not, I’d surely ask why. It’s close family.

OP doesn’t say anything about herself doing the inviting (or her mother either). Are they ever hosting or inviting? And does brother say no?! She doesn’t mention anything about that. Holidays spent together?!

With that distance I’d tend to assume they’d all see other every few months or more, with all parties doing the inviting sometimes.

The post makes OP sounds like she and her mom just wait for brother to do the inviting. If he is inviting the family a few times a year that isn’t exactly “cutting off his mother”.

Without more info it is impossible to say, and all families are different. I see no indication that the brother is cutting off his mom and treating her like crap based on the information provided. She doesn’t say anything about the brother declining multiple invites- just that he doesn’t invite often enough for her liking. It takes all parties to maintain a relationship and do the hosting/inviting. [/quote]

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