Advice from Amy Dickinson.
Periodically, I publish “updates” to previous questions and answers published in this space. The following was published in 2018. The update follows the original Q&A. I grew up with two siblings — a brother and a sister. My brother, his wife and three children lived near our parents. My family and I lived some distance away. We maintained contact through holiday cards and drop-by visits. Everything was cordial, if not particularly close.
Strangely, last week I learned that my SIL and her daughter had relocated again, six months ago. They are now living within 10 minutes’ drive from my house. I guess the previous relocation and marriage didn’t work out. Were you ever a teenager? Would you have initiated contact with your aunt and uncle if there had been sporadic contact in the years after a parent’s death — and then no contact for at least a year?
Things are largely unchanged. After your advice basically chastising me, I did try for a time. My efforts were never reciprocated or apparently appreciated.
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