Are you the first person to start contact or a conversation to other family members?

[Newsh]

Like immediate or close relatives and distant relatives or relatives that live out of state. Are you usually the first person to always message them whether on Facebook or email or calling them, etc. Do they return the favor, by contacting you out of the blue to say hi or ask how things are going, or do u always feel like you have to start the conversation every time? I think it should be a 2-way street!

[Gummy Roach]

No. Usually they are the ones who initiate contact.

[K8]

With my two sisters (we are all in our forties) they only call when they want something. So yes, with them it used to be all effort on my part.

I have distanced myself from them, especially in the last 5 years, as they have become rather unpleasant. I no longer call them or take their calls. I will email with them as this allows me to see what they want first - no blind sides.

The rest of the family it is a 2-way street.