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He is closer to his family... Family is important and I think I'm closer to my family too but I don't see anything wrong with that. There are things you confide in your family more than your partner sometimes and I understand that.
We are very much closer to each other than to our families. However, we do love spending time with her family more than mine.
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She is closer to me and I am the same. We both have a distance with our families that is not uncomfortable, but out of history prefer to keep them at an arms length. The focus is us and hopefully in the future we can enjoy closer ties with each of our families while never loosing that focus on us.
Absolutely. After all it says in the Bible in Ephesians that a man will leave his mother and father and they will become one flesh. That is always the priority, the couple and the relationship. Even kids are secondary to the couple.
Female, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 03, 2012
Female, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 03, 2012
wow. I totally agree with that. I miss bible study. Maybe we can go to one soon.
Male, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 03, 2012
Male, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 03, 2012
Maybe we can do that ourselves? I am not quite ready for a big group of that setting yet but happy to do something together. I miss that too but still working through some of those scars too.
Female, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 03, 2012
Female, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 03, 2012
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He's physically closer to his family because they're in the UK and I'm still in Canada. But emotionally I think we're both closer to each other than to our family.
James is much closer to me then to his family. I feel the same about me but due to my family living close, they are a very present influence in my life......HOWEVER, my loyalties reside with James Christopher and always will!
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Closer to me. Mainly because our lifestyles and philosophy of living is closer then the one his parents have, I suppose. He is quite close to his brother thought, as far as I understand male friendships and closeness ;-)
We both aren't very close to our families. She trys at her own demise to be closer to hers at times, and I'm always there to pick her up when they let her down.
Yea
I'm not sure, but we should definitely have a long, boring argument about it.
He is definitely closer to his family more but I respect that because they are important to him and he is important to me.
Im closer to caitlyn :) shes my world!
Have to say it is equal. It's been a blessing!
I think we are both on the same page for this one. We are very close to one another, much moreso than our family. I am very close to my kids but my partner, my lover is truly my best friend and I have never experienced this type of relationship in my lifetime. I love that we are closer because my ex husband was much closer to his family than to me and I never felt like a priority. That is not the case with Mark. :)
I agree totally.
Male, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 03, 2012
Male, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 03, 2012
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