Oh and it's weird to me that m&g already have 8 cousins, with one on the way, and Jake's youngest brother doesn't have kids yet. My sister will prob have 1-3 kids.
Post by blueballoon on May 24, 2013 5:20:25 GMT -5
How many first cousins do you have? 5 How many on mom's side? 2 dad's side? 3 Are you close with them now? No Were you close when you were kids? No, and 3 out of the 5 are under 10 years old, so I barely know them.
Mom's side: 27 first cousins, 10 second. Dad's side: 3 first cousins, don't know about second.
I was close with my Mom's side growing up, since most of us lived within blocks of each other (my Mom is one of twelve and only two moved out of the same neighborhood as my Grandmom/their Mom). I am still close with my cousins today, just not the same ones as when I was little, with the exception of two who always have been like a brother and sister to me - two and four years younger.
I don't know my cousins on my Dad's side and don't care to; I only know they are fifteen plus years older than me.
5 on Mom's side 4 on Dad's side 4 on Stepmom's side 12? on Stepdad's side
I probably see the 4 on Stepmom's side most often since that family is super event driven and more local. I was very close to my own first cousins up to about the age of 14 as we had a couple of shared family cottages. We also all belonged to the same figure skating and hockey clubs in our hometown. Everyone is an adult now or pretty close so we have all drifted off into our own social circles. We get along great when we do get together.
9 on mom's side (I had one more who passed away as a child). We were very close growing up and I'm still pretty close with one who is very close to my age and doesn't live too far away.
4 on dad's side who I have only met a handful of times, but I did reconnect with one recently and have been keeping in touch.
I talk to some of my cousins on facebook and I get along with them at get togethers, but we aren't close. I am older than most of my cousins. I was really close with one of my cousins on my dad's side as a kid, but now he is super conservative and annoying on FB.
I LOVE a few of my cousins on my mom's side, but they are 6+ years younger, so I think I come across as a creeper when I try to hang out with them instead of the 'grown ups' lol
Post by lightbulbsun on May 24, 2013 6:45:28 GMT -5
Mom: 0 Dad: 4
I'm not really close to any of them. Three of them grew up on the other side of the country, and the other is a 6 hour drive and I would only see him once or twice a year.
I have 2 first cousins on my mom's side. Me and the youngest girl are close in age, so our moms attempted to get us to be friends. But we're just really different, so it's more being polite
My dad was an only child, so none on his side. But my paternal grandfather was one of 10 kids, so my dad's cousins are numerous and super close. Many of them, my second and third cousins, I am really close with.
It's a stark contrast from H's family. He has like 15 first cousins
I've never been close to the cousins on Dad's side, to the point I'm not totally sure we'd recognize each other randomly walking down the street. I'm closer to the cousins on mom's side, as a whole, but there are 3 in particular I'm really close to.