My brother and I are not close, but we are much friendlier than Mom and Aunt Ruth were.
Kathleen was asking me if she has cousins, and she does, but they are all at least 20 years older than she is.
I thought my siblings and I were close, but as time goes by, I see it was just a show. But that’s OK. I still love them.
Of course, my brother with dementia is exempted from caring in any meaningful manner.
My wife has lots more cousins than I do. SHe thinks it’s funny that she knows all their names and I’m not even sure if my one aunt had children.