family ignoring

Couldnt think of a better title, Ive got a cousin who is about a year younger than me and we have grown up together im now 19 he is 17 but ever since about age 15 we have sort of ignored each other. I think its cause he thinks hes cool with his mates etc and im not cool so we don't really get along anymore, he talks and laughs with my mum though. I don't think he dislikes me its just he doesnt know what to say. He does talk if I ask something lol its just we can be sat in the same room and not say a word as though we are shy and don't know each other. :confused:

Being opposite gender probably doesnt help I don't know.

Do a lot of people who have grown up together get like this or is it just me lol?

Reply 1

Zerforax

people grow apart *shrugs*

Reply 2

WokSz

Thing is my cousins and I have grown up thousands of miles apart (they live in India) and we're so close. I love talking to them. I think you two lack communication. Any relationship is empty without it.

Reply 3

Tarts_n_Vicars

Teenage years are funny things, I wouldn't be too worried right now. I have cousins I was mates with when I was a kid, who didn't speak to me the whole of my "teens" and now I'm in my twenties we get on ok. For some people being cool and hanging with the cool people is far more important than old friendships, luckily most grow out of it.

Reply 4

andy_c

I have the same problem with some of my cousins. I think it's a lack of communication problem... we don't hardly see each other any more, don't talk, etc, etc.

Reply 5

pumpkin7

hmm.. never had this problem. i only have one cousin, and we are both only children, so we are kind of like brother and sister. we can talk about anything, and i love the relationship we share :smile: