Submitted by Witty-Grocery-3092 t3_11dtrzl in relationship_advice
I have a sibling that I share one parent with. I did not really see them that much growing up because they lived maybe two hours away, but I did spend quite a bit of time around them. I grew up seeing them every other wee-end. Within the past few years I have realized that my sibling is closer to their cousins that are on our non shared parents side than with my family and I.
I feel like they are the siblings and I am the cousin.
At an event recently for my sibling, my sibling whom I never see probably more than once or twice a year (despite being a few hours away) seated all their cousins close to them and placed my siblings and non shared parent at a far away table with a bunch of strangers. It made me feel kind of weird. They also hardly spoke to me.
My sibling recently announced they are expecting and I have this looming doubt that I will even be in this child’s life as it will likely center around the cousins whom they all see each other very frequently.
I have even thought why should I bother putting anything into a relationship with this baby as it likely will have zero relationship with me and will see it’s cousins as it’s aunts and uncles.
Tldr: my half sibling seems more focused on their relationships with their cousins than their actual siblings.
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