It’s one thing when our families used to live in Pakistan - siblings keep in touch, they don’t tend to move that far away from each other anyway.
What about in the States where it’s common to move for education and jobs - where a lot of young people aren’t living with their parents anymore.
I have been so out of touch with my sister, it’s like i have NO CLUE what’s going on in her life - I see her a few times a year when I visit the parents.
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jidhar dana pani, udhar ham hain. it would nice if one is close to siblings but you never know your job situation. it is quite common here in state to live at different places.
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if you both really wanted it, you would've kept in touch. its just that we stop giving a damn as we age.
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U cud email, FB, skype, telephone. There is no reason to be out of touch. I haven't seen my family for 3 yrs but I make it a point to call every1 once a week and if I can't I leave a MSG via all these avenues. It's difficult but for family you have to make the effort.
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There are so many ways to keep in touch. If you're too busy to do calls or dont like talking on the phone, you should try out WhatsApp or Viber, both have chat functions and are easy going.
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I was living in St. Louis and my sister was in Houston. I had to take a big cut in salary to move to Houston. I did and that was the best decision I ever made since our 3rd sibling joined us here as well and I have all my siblings in the same city.
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whataspp! that is the way I keep in touch with my sis... never thought we'd be so far away from one another... but with whatsapp it feels like she is right there.... kind of :)
we can give each other updates whenever and whereever... thats what i love about it. If she cant get in touch with mum and dad, she will message me to find out... updates on her kid.. updates on life... its all so good! we were never this in touch when we lived together or when we lived in the same city.... lol!
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My in laws have family in like 3 different states . . . and they do call their parents at least once a day if not more than just for 5 mins and update them how they all doing .
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If there's a solid relationship there distance shouldn't be a problem.
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Well, there's so manyyyyy modes of communication now PCG.
Yeah, it gets hard with work and such but if you don't try...it may become weird and awkward at one point and you never want things to get like that.
Anyway, try to start a conversation with her casually about something using text, WhatsApp, Facebook chat/message, email, skype, etc.
For me, I talk to one of my sisters every single day multiple times because of work, the third one I speak to about every other day and the youngest I see every day because she's still at home. Even if she isn't. a conversation at least once a week is a must.
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Then there are siblings who live continents apart. Now that's truly horrible. At least you get to see her every six months or so.
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^^^^ that is me :( scattered all over. Very heartbreaking but v try our best to keep in touch
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Me and my sis live in different countries 
We’re only a year apart and used to share a room until she got married and left me 
We keep in touch in any way we can. Skype at least once a week. Talk on the phone. Facebook .. viber any way we can .. cause we’re family!!!
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u have set me off too wendy. i miss my fam so much