Maybe every other month? Like other PP, my brother seems to be in a relationship where he is controlled by his wife or using her as an excuse- not sure which. When we do talk, it’s pretty tense for me because he’s prickly and looks for “safe” people in his life who he can accuse of saying the wrong thing (actually just any innocuous comment) so he be mad at them.

Brothers are tricky. I always wanted a sister instead but I know that’s no guarantee of closeness.

Text every few weeks. We live about 600 miles apart and see each other a few times a year when I visit my family. He lives very close to my parents. He has a wonderful wife and a busy job. My 20-something kids text him multiple times a week.

phone--never. Every single one of us hates talking on the phone.
Text--couple times a year for two of them, maybe once a year for another and never for the last one.

Rarely, thought if I need something he answers immediately and actually gives pretty good advice. He communicates regularly (weekly or more often) with my husband. I communicate with my sisters every other day or so.

Anonymous wrote:I have a wonderful brother. We were extremely close ever since our parents were gone a lot (affairs) and divorced when we were teens.

My brother’s marital counselor, a somewhat famous pastor, told them that his wife is his “key” and that we had to go through her to get to him. So I have to text her and hope she shows him. All visits are arranged through her and last time she scheduled my visit when he was out of town. They say they don’t have time off to visit us, but travel with SIL’s extended family.

I’ve given up on having a relationship.

Sorry. This is a real loss for you.

Two brothers. I talk to one every day. The three of us group text a few times a day.

oldest brother - text and/or call weekly. lives out west. 3 years older than me.
older brother - text on birthdays, his and mine, so twice a year. lives on opposite coast. 1.5 years older than me.
younger brother - haven't communicated with him in about 8 years. lives out west. 1.5 years younger than me.
youngest brother - text probably monthly on average, arrange to visit about 4 times a year, he's local. 3.5 years younger than me.

I text with mine many times a week. We talk only when we have something to talk about. or the texting taxes me.

My brother and I get along very well but don't talk/text very often - maybe once per month? He did come to visit me for a few days in the summer, and we talk or see each other on birthdays, holidays, etc. But he's not much of a texter (he doesn't have a smartphone!) nor a phone talker.

My brother lives in our home country and in the same city as my parents. We do short video calls with all the kids once a week. We usually don’t talk much outside of that. My brother has a nice Instagram for a hobby we’ve shared since childhood so we also communicate there. I chat with my SIL more often for parenting advice.

Two younger brothers, much closer to one than the other. He and I text a couple times a week, get together every other month or so. No phone calls unless it's a family emergency.

Brother #2 and I are in touch less frequently but try to get together a few times a year.

We're both in our early thirties without kids--he recently moved across the country and now we live in the same city and see each other way more often. We live 5 min away from each other and text throughout the week (sometimes every day sometimes less depending on what's going on). We often give each other rides to the airport, drop off little things for the other. I probably see him 1-2 times a week if neither of us is traveling.

When he lived on the opposite coast, we'd text in waves sometimes a few times a week sometimes less and talk on the phone maybe once a month? We have similar interests and like similar tv shows + sports teams so we talk about that kind of stuff.

Anonymous wrote:Text maybe 1-2 days a week, depending. May be more if one of us see something that reminds us of a tv show or something like that.

Phone? Almost never except he will call me occasionally for advice- cooking or household repairs related usually. He’s five years younger than me.

I think we are close but not exceptionally so.

Identical answer here. We speak on the phone infrequently, but text a few times a week. We text more now that he’s divorced. I think he gets lonely when it is a custody off-week.

A few times per year at most. We are 50 and 48 with school age kids. Our families see each other at thanksgiving and maybe once during the summer but we don’t talk much outside of that. I text my SIL occasionally.

Anonymous wrote:Text a few times a week, probably call once a week.

Similar. We text a bunch of times a week, call maybe twice a month. We're on each other's social media pretty often, too. My brother is great - I feel very lucky to have a good relationship with him and especially with his kids.