As above ladybella! The most important thing is to keep talking. My parents treated myself and my brother totally equally but unbeknown to any of us he and his wife (who don’t have children) harboured a huge resentment against myself and my cousin (who do).
When the plans for my mum’s 80th birthday were changed slightly - at her request - my brother and his wife behaved disgracefully. Brother nearly hit my dad and sister in law hurled verbal abuse at my mum. If seems that they thought the celebration had been changed to suit myself and my cousin. It hadn’t... if mum wanted to abseil down Blackpool Tower stark naked it would still have been up to her ?
Upshot is that they have seen my brother once in 14 years. He sends birthday etc cards which my dad filches out of the post and puts in the bin. I believe that whilst there’s life there’s hope but it’s looking a little bleak. Surely if he had communicated with us we could have understood how they felt and my mother would not be heartbroken?
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