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I told him we get along just fine but he still finds it odd. I see nothing wrong with it. You can not be close to your family and still get along. Does anyone else get along with your family just fine despite not being close with them? To some people, it may seem odd but it's just how it is. I actually feel closer to friends than I do with family. Does anyone find it weird that a family would not be close to each other, yet still get along just fine? Just wondered about this. I think it's possible, but maybe not for everyone.
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My family is the same way; we are NOT close at all (my siblings and I). The only time my sister and I argue is when we trigger each other. Otherwise, I am estranged from my brother (no interest in reconciliation with him) and my sister and I are not emotionally close but tolerate each other because she has three children who love me and vice versa.
I think it's the norm for most people to feel closer to their friends than to their family. In fact, more people consider their friends "family" than their blood relatives.
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In fact, I sometimes wonder if people who are going on social media telling people how close knit they are with their families are putting on a show and aren't as close as they say. Like, people who say their parents are their best friends or other similar stuff, it makes me think that is more for show since parents are not friends, they are what the name implies, parents. Same for siblings. Sometimes I think people exaggerate how close knit they are with families. I could be wrong though. What do you guys think? Anyone not close with their families, yet still get along? Just wondered.
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Social media is the last place you should trust where people's "posts" of living family photos etc. is concerned. It's social media after all. People use social media to perpetuate mythos about themselves and their lives to the public, which no one ever did before the Internet. I think it's a reflection of how we use technology to promote or, as you point out, exaggerate, the truth. Why? For acceptance maybe.
I don't get along with my sister but I do love her children.