Last weekend, my friend’s father died of advanced cancer. It was a strong shock for my friend because his father was just 56 years old. What he regrets most is that he is always busy with work and has little time to stay with his father. Thinking of myself, I also have less time to stay with my family. Looking at my friend, I think I should spare more time to stay with them. Anyway, parents are the closest people for children. I do not want to have many regrets as my friend. Guys, how much time do you spend stating with your family together?
Not enough, by virtue of my dad always being AS busy as I am, and my family being spread around the world. My Dad, Mom, Older sister and youngest brother live 360km (by road) from me. We see each other 3-5 times a year. My middle Brother stays in Germany and has very limited leave by virtue of being in the air force. I see him once for a few days every 18 months or so. And on Skype every 3 weeks. My younger sister stays in Germany as well, but is likely moving to either Iceland or Canada in the next year. I see her VERY little. Once every few months on Skype and once in 2-3 years in real life.
Having had my relationship end suddenly earlier in the year, I'm now living with my parents again so get to see a lot of them. Dad is a sales rep who travels so sometimes he's away for a week but its very rare I don't get to see him for a whole week. My sister pops up every Sunday for lunch. Main one in my life I don't get to see enough of is my daughter as she lives with my ex - I get to see her 3-4 times a week which I know is a lot more than some fathers get but going from living with them to 3-4 times a week has still been very hard for me.
I haven't seen them in 3 months but when I live home I see my parents daily and we always take at least an hour a night eating dinner so we do get to talk a lot. I see my sister about once a week but my brother shows up about only once a month
Erm, my dad lives in America and mother lives in Egypt... sooo.... Not a great deal. We have been a long distance family since I can remember and the ties to my mother and father are thin at best. Last saw my fater Christmas 2010 for oh 2 hours. Last saw my mother about 6 months ago. I get on with my father, though my mother is another story all together.
I see my parents daily, but thats only during dinner lol I am now working nights so I sleep a lot and am always on my computer.
I still live with my close family, some of them live 15 km's away, but they are busy as me so I get to see them maybe two times a year, my grandmother who is quite frail and now 80 years old I see maybe once every 40 days. Also, I have some family in bum-feck Jutland and I get to seem them once a year or so.
that's a sad story to hear. thanks for heads up, OP. usually once a month. but I've just blown them off this month, and may even reduce the week long xmas down to one day due to a holiday in the planning. I'll have to re-consider my plans....... it's hard! 150 miles to my parents, 70 miles to my girlfriend, they are in different directions.
I haven't seenmy family for just short of a month, and before that it was 2 months and before that it was three. Since moving away and some 160 miles distance it is a bi odd as I used to live with them, so I retty much saw them every day. Going back to the homeland next week with Donna, so will be seeing them then on my birthday.
I see my parents and little sister at least once a month, sometimes twice, most of the time I manage to catch my big sister and her husband when I do, otherwise I don't see them for a few months on the trot. I'm not at a point in my life, nor do I live in a nice enough house, where I want to host my family coming to see me! Though, my mum had a knee replacement on monday, so at the moment I am going to see her every day in hospital!
Probably not enough if I'm honest. That said though I'm not someone who needs to be around family a lot, I'm perfectly content knowing they're somewhere in the world alive and well and can reach me if they need to. I find I prefer the company of friends who I really do have to see regularly, those bonds are based on things much deeper than within a family unit (not including twins, I understand they are closer than any other kinships).
Sorry to say I don't see my family loads, although I do see my dad weekly he never actually raised me so we're developing that relationship, for about 2 years I've had an on off argument with my mom draging my brother and sister in damaging those relationships, despite fixing those my mom refuses to apologies for her actions (she also "missed" my 29 and 30th birthday) I do spend alot of time with the fiancees family, they've welcomed me in amazingly, just wish had same with my family, I see my sister more now as she lives round corner from my work and my brother works in same building (and his mrs does). With all the family dramas I've found myself liking the situation now as it's less hectic, it's a sorry thing to state this but thats life
My father left my mother, sister and me for another woman when I was thirteen, I didn't like him much so it was no big deal for me but harder for my mother, when I was nineteen my mother died suddenly of Lobar pneumonia, she was only forty four and I feel that I did not get to know her that well as I left home at seventeen doing a motor vehicle technicians apprenticeship and only went home to give her some money once a week and never stayed long and she was working a lot so often not at home. I never really had the opportunity to spend that much time with my parents but I don't feel any guilt about it as some people might as the circumstances were beyond my control, that doesn't mean to say that I would have got to know my mother better if she had not died but the opportunity would have least have been there, my father is still alive but I know all I want to know about him and have no wish to spend any more time with him It's easy to take people for granted especially parents but life can change forever in a heartbeat and there is nothing you can do about it so you need to make the effort if you feel you want to know more about parents and relatives, as someone said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes"
I have lost both of my Nans, one was due to smoking/ drink and the other was cancer. I always regret not spending more time with them, It was partly down to the fact my parents split up when I was 7 and so I only ever saw my Dads parents once in a blue moon, It wasn't until after Nan died that I realised just how much I had missed from not seeing them more often but I will always remember the times I did spend with them. I see my immediate family at least once a week, I try and do things with my Dad every weekend etc, my uncles, aunties and granddad on my Dads side I see 3-4 times a year although I would like it to be more often. The uncles, aunties and granddad on my mums side don't really get along and so we don't really have family get togethers, which is stupid really seeing as we all live in the same area. I've been tempted to try and get them together a few times but I know it'll be a waste of time and will just cause more arguments
Very little. Workaholic parents with a regular school schedule means that there reallly isn't much time. That and the fact that I'm rather...well inward most of the time anyways.
