Many people say that your spouse and kids are your family now. So, does that mean your parents and siblings aren’t?
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Your parents and siblings are still your family. However, you husband and children become the immediate family and your main focus. Yet you are still a daugther/son to your parents and a sister/brother to your sibliings. The roles you are just have expanded as you become a spouse and a parent yourself and even an aunt/uncle as your sibling have children themselves.
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taking care of a family is a full time job in itself.  a marriage is  an equal partnership.  If both people work then both split the household responsibility.  Either way both partners should have a say in the money. Your full time job is your family. if you were working outside of the home he would need to help you with the household stuff.  Equal partnership.
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We get wrapped up in our little world of taking care of our family's..\n\nMaybe since you notice this you can talk to your brothers and sisters before you drift to far apart.
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Religion isn't what comes between family members. Family members come between family members, while using all types of reasons and behaviors for doing so.... it could be politics or money or control or whatever...\n\nIt isn't about the subject at hand, it's about how we decide to relate to one another. It's about how we decide to respond to another, how we decide to treat the other person.\n\nIt is also about how we decide to be treated by our family members and how well we communicate such.
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are you planning on living with your family for the rest of this life?
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Nope. It's no longer important especially if you already have your own family.
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I (a man) have one full sibling (a brother) and my wife has a sister. We had a boy for our first kid in November. So, it happens. Good luck.
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extended family:  People that you consider your family that are not your mother, father, child, sibling.  Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends are all extended family.
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life is not a choice like that. but..................definitly A....we have been through a lot of rough times but having a family is worth it.  BUT understand if you cannot have a family that does NOT lessen your world.\n\nGot interrupted...People tend to make too much of having other people in their life...easy for me cause I have a husband and two children but I DO NOT believe that a spouse (male or female) is what makes you who you are.....People that make a difference do in in all different aspects of life... My opinion...
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I think technology is keeping families in touch information wise but we are not (IN TOUCH).  We no longer sit down to dinner with the family anymore now we don't even have to go thru the task of talking on the phone or writing a letter. When was the last time you sat around and just relaxed with family and friends and connected on a personal level?\n\n We are connected but in NO WAY are we IN TOUCH.
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I think its a different love as someone else said. The love for your kids is totally different than the love you have for you spouse...or at least it should be.
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How about I give you an example: I refer to my mom's best friend as "Mom" as well as my own mother. Her kids are like my sisters and brothers. Even though we aren't biologically family, we treat eachother like family in all aspects (including the fighting!). We spend holidays together, etc. Also, my pets are my children. Pure and simple. I made my own family in a manner of speaking. :) Family is more than jsut a genetic relationship, it is a type of interaction.
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Depending on the situation. When my parents are older I feel they should be the responsibilty of me and my siblings. The way I see it, they spent quite a few years looking after us, so we should do the same for them.
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Statistics have shown that families that spend quality time together have a better chance at raising children to be confident, responsible and successful adults.  They learn they are valued and loved and feel secure in their environment.  Spending quality time together no matter what relationship you're in opens the communication gap that can be hard to breach.  The more time you spend together  the more comfortable you feel with one another and are more likely to turn to them in a time of conflict or just for some advise.  So yes it is very important to spend time with my family. It  is extremely important for each one of us!
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I have a Husband who is in the Air Foce and is deployed right now. I also have a brother in law who is Deployed. I have Alot of friends in the military as well that are deployed. My cousin too. My whole family has in ome point been military.
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no, not all of them. at least two are married with children.
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No we all don't do that anymore, but it would be nice if we all did. I think that is why so many people divorce because we don;t do things as a family anymore................