I e-mailed my brother last week and told him I will ill with the cold/flu. He replied by just saying to give him alot of notice so that we can get together sometime soon.

My brother has never been the warm and fuzzy type like I am. I guess I was expecting to much from him to send me an e-mail to ask how I am doing and is there anything I need? He hasn't e-mailed me once!

I am going to let him be the one to initate any further communication between us. I am not putting myself out anymore for him or for other people who just "play nice" with me and want a superficial relationship with me. I want an authentic relationhip with my brother based on mutual trust, honesty, respect, caring,...list goes on!