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The new company I’m at now sent me an email from an email address that was HR@companyName.careers saying I was accepted for the position. They gave me paperwork to fill out and sign to accept the position
I fill out the paperwork and send it back to them and it goes through… then a few days later I go back to the email to say something else and I get this…?
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I used to fight with my brother a lot, eventually it worked itself out, it'll be fine in the long run as long as you don't give up on each other. Work on healthy communication if you want it to get better faster.
Feel like this might just be how most brother relationships are. All my Female friends are very close with their sisters and they talk all the time and like hanging out regularly. I feel for brothers the relationship is either apathetic or adversarial. With a couple rare brothers that are best friends. Not sure why this is just my expierence
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Kind of feel you but there are lots that are close or at least can have good conversations without conflict. Maybe not as much one on one but when they are home together they connect somewhat. Idk it’s confusing and a bit exhausting for both of us to have a volatile relationship somewhat over the past few years. Think we both care what the other thinks of us. Maybe for him it causes no stress but for me it does a little
It can be tough with sibling relationships. My sister and I are going through something sort of similar, we hated each other throughout middle and high school, and then she left and went to college and I barely talked to her except on holidays. Although we live thousands of miles apart, she wants a relationship with me and man it’s hard to be open to when my image of her is still the self centered, super volatile and angry person she was back in high school. Idk it’s a work in progress 🤷🏻♂️
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Part of it may be related to expectations. There’s nothing that says siblings have to be friends — especially if the relationship isn’t particularly healthy. It’s important to have boundaries, clear communication, and be willing to limit the space you hold for the other person if it’s a constant source of negativity and friction.
I know for me: My sister was the favorite and I’m more so the black sheep. She doesn’t find any backlash or ridicule in the family for anything. So everyone else thought and opinions of me, bleeds over into our relationship. We are close but I think it’s forced, I’m a crunch someone she see leans on heavily when she has no one else. I feel like we are sisters but we’re not sisters. We clash allllll the time. She’s very critical, know it at all, and hits below the belt. I would rather us not talk unless it’s important. I don’t get the want for a sibling people have. We’re two years apart and I grew up very lonely with no emotional support. Even when people tell me how great their relationship with their sibling is, I dont feel jealous.
Exactly!!!! I’ve told her time and time again. Don’t say things you don’t want repeated. If she said something about me and someone else tells me.. she’s mad. I’m not a family person at all. I’m not sure when the trauma will end or stop for me. If someone arounds me purposely tries to do something to get under my skin that relationship is done over. She said that about me too, says I hold a grudge. She will say whatever hurtful nasty thing then within a day, she’s alright. I cant handle it. I need space and time from mental abuse, I wasnt allowed to have that space growing up.
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Cont: a friendship still isn’t there. I have to reach out always to hangout and it’s kind of a chore for him and I guess for me as well to meet up. He makes excuses and i sometimes think “do I even want to see him”. Yeah I love him and care about him and I’m a family person. Now I’ve let go of the grudges insults fights etc so no beef but still don’t know if I genuinely wanna hangout or am doing it to “be close to my brother” and keep family close so his kids and mine one day will be close. My dads younger bro talks to my dad less and less and lives away from family so us and his daughters have no relationship and it is kind of awkward when we see them. Grandparents like us way more. Heheh
I just don’t want to force a relationship and maybe just seeing each other every 4-6 weeks is better than trying to do like every other week. We care about each other but doesn’t seem to be enough of a friendship even tho we have some things in common