I can’t cope

Can only hope @Captain24 but hope feels a long way away at the moment

Just finished dinner here @tyme had chicken on a roll.

Sounds yum @Bow . I might go to the shops tonight to buy some roast chicken 🙂

Just had Thai takeaway at my parents. @tyme @Bow . I left when my brother rang.

Thai takeaway sounds good @Captain24 . I haven't had thai in ages! I really don't even know what it tastes like. I was daring enough to want to try it on Wed, but my sister ended up saying she doesn't like thai. So we has aussie fried chicken lol.

So you have a brother? Any other siblings? Is your brother living near you?

Love Thai!! @tyme Dad is pretty picky and he chose it. Fried chicken is good!

Yes I have a brother. He is the golden child. He is 2 years younger than me. He lives on the coast 4 hrs away. We are close in the way that we are there for each other when needed but other than that we don’t talk very often. He is very much like mum, so talking to him at the moment is not a really good idea.

Makes sense @Captain24 .

I don't talk much with my family either. Not even my parents. Maybe 2 a year I speak to them? Not because I don't care, but I really don't have anything to say. And like you say, when we need each other, we are there for each other, but other than that, do not really speak....

weird eh?

I was the 'weird' child in my family. Just very different to my siblings.

Sometimes it would be good to rarely speak to my mum @tyme. Instead I’m in contact almost daily!

Until I got this job and built a house I was the disappointment. Now mum tells everyone about it except me. She constantly criticises me when talking to me. I long for that mother daughter relationship where they are best friends but I lucked out in that.

It’s ok to be different! I am a little different.

@Captain24 , and I used to hate my sister. We are chalk and cheese. Can barely say I kind word to each other, yet I know deep down we are very close and would die for each other...

So maybe any friction with your mum is a sign of 'love'? In an unusual way?

How I see it is if someone isn't really close to you, they are kind to you when they see you. However, is 'true' love the type that is strengthened by adversity? I really don't know... but interesting.

Do you get along with you brother?

They always say when things are bad you take it out on those closest to you. So maybe that is love? I have never heard the words ‘I love you’ from them. So I just don’t know.

If my brother and I are in the same room for more than an hr we are at each other. I find him very arrogant, selfish and a know it all, but then maybe that’s just a reflection of me. The only thing is I try harder to be a much nicer person. It then makes me wonder if maybe I am a bad person too.