Attempting To Reach Out

Attempting to reach out to ones siblings from a parents next or previous marriage is really really scary. You might not know what to expect or what they're like. Have no fear. The worse they'll do is not speak to you. The important thing to remember is that the problems between the parents is as is. It does not mean the children have to feud over who's right and who's not. Get to know each other if you can and see how much you have in common or surprise each other with who looks like others in the family. A lot of fun can come of this situation. There is no need for it to get ugly. If it does, try again in 6 months to 1-10 years.

I am making this post as a personal one because I am going through this right now. Tonight as a matter of fact. I have twin brothers (I will not name them without their permission), who actually seem to have some of the same interests that I do and am waiting for a response from one of them who I share quite a bit with right down to the interest in blades as it seems.

What's the worse they are going to tell me? "Stop talking to me." / "F*** off!" / "Um... Hi?"/ etc. and so on and so forth. I've never met them and if I don't have any further contact with them, I'll try again at a later date when they've matured. They're about 10 years between us. I sigh in anticipation and absolute fear of what the outcome could absolutely be.

On an even personal level: my father has no idea I've gotten married 3 yrs ago this spring and had a child at the end of 2011 summer. I took a huge leap from holding this in and curiosity won in the end. I'm about to be faced eventually (if someone replies) with... I have no idea. The only one who's met them is my brother who died when the boys were little.