Don't get me wrong I have had an ok life. Me and my mum, dad,brother and sister moved to Belgium ,when i was like 1, because my dad got work there and it all seemed ok because as a child everything is good. Then my brother is 18 he moves out, never really got to get to know him as a person. Even now he seems like an uncle more than a brother. My dad stayed in Belgium for a while with us but then he had to start work in Latvia so he was jettin of there for month long times so I had not and still have not really gotten to know him. My sister well it's weird we getslong at times but then she can flick a switch and changes character and all of a sudden is really hateful towards me. I have started to get along with my mum but i still get the irritation from her that i used to get from her, as if it was just a clash of character. We just sometimes don't get along. I moved back home, Derry in the North of Ireland, secen years ago. Recently I have been seeing a lot more of my Dad and he has opened up a lot to me and i understand why he was so closed. He had grown up during the troubles in the North of Ireland and since I have moved back I have seen quite a bit as there still is a lot of trouble here. He has told me of his involvment and i feel i understand him a lot more but it doesn't explain why I feel so estranged from the rest of my family. Not really for advice, but to see if there are other people in a similar situatuation and how its affected them.
