I am very close to my family. I love my wife dearly, my two boys love me to death, and my little girl is my princess. My relatives are usually closer than I want them to be. I need them in my life, but they are always up in my business. I try to talk to them, they act like they understand but still get up in my business. It is really unreal how oblivious to the fact that I would like them to call before just showing up, I have made it painfully obvious.
Yes and no. I consider my fiance my family already, and we are incredibly close. I'm closer to his parents than mine. My parents and I are not close whatsoever, and never have been. I don't foresee that happening anytime soon. I am very close to my father's side of the family, which is so great because I never knew my dad. My step-dad's family is pretty frequently in our lives, but I'm not personally close to them. My mom's side of the family is completely messed up, and I'm not really too close any of them.
I hate not being close to my immediate family because I value family so much. I have my church family, and we are all so close, so it sort of compensates for the lack of family ties I have at home.
I come from a nuclear family. I always thought I was close to my family growing up. When I hit my teens I realised I hardly ever sat down and chatted with my parents. While I was in my room studying or practising piano my brother and parents would spend lots of time chatting and enjoying each other's company. It wasn't until my brother moved overseas that I began to have the same closeness that he did with my own parents. We do lots of things together. We all travel overseas together and have holidays together. So now I can say that we are very close indeed.
My husband and I make up my immediate family now and we are definitely close..lots of Quality time spent together, even if it has been a busy week.