Family are who you want to be with. They don't have to be blood related. Blood relations, what do you owe them if they are impolite and insulting???? As for siblings, I have 1 sister only. She is a bitch. I would never ever have her as a friend, so why would I visit her....I don't....don't care to be around negativity and evilness, she is a bad vibe person and that is not who I am, have never been. My son got married in October, she was invited but never showed up, never replied by RSVP, never called him. Why did she not go? She did not want to share the love of two people because she divorced 5 years ago. I have washed my hands of her, that was the final straw of her always being a Bitch to people. My mother lives in my house and asked me last night why I don't visit my sister, I plainly told her because I don't like her.
We owe our happiness to our-self. We do what is good for us, not what is only good for others. Poison is contagious, so I stay away from people are just that....period...family or not....
Don't wear yourself out with shallowness, be yourself, you're a great person Noodle-Doo, stay true and stay happy.....peace