The internet is flooded with articles to work upon your relationships with your partner or kids but seldom we find any article to value other relations too. Often we in the rush of our lives take our mothers, fathers, uncle, and aunt for granted and never work towards building a strong relation with them. A partner is the utmost important but others have their own role to play. Some relative that may not even have met you for years can be such a pillar in your bad times that you can’t even imagine. So value them and love everyone near your life.

The write doesn’t recommend just going gaga over them or spending all your time in relatives only but it does advocate trying sending some quality time with them and valuing the importance of each.

• Do keep in touch, always try and wish them on their birthdays and anniversaries. This simple gesture keeps you both close and also in synch with them
• Try discussing general topics with them to relate, staying mum and not talking and just saying hello is not the trick. 
• Try take advice of the elders, experience comes only with age and nothing can beat that. Bookish knowledge or one gained from an article may be useful but an adult close to you will surely sort things much better. For instance during pregnancy and thereafter there is no book that can help you understand each and every aspect related. But an experienced individual will sure advice accordingly, sometimes even a tiny piece of information can be helpful to you. Just like your parents who helped you in your childhood with common ailments with their love and homely measures.
• In case you get to know of any mishap or a jubilant scenario related to your relatives then do ask or call them.
• Whenever you meet up in social gatherings do take some time out to at least say hello and a bye to all known.     
• Socialise for your own self. Mankind is a race that flourishes together; isolation is not a term for a healthy environment rather social inhibition falls under the tag of psychological issues. A healthy environment is chirpy, elated with known people all around. 
• Listen to them, as you need their support they need yours. Always even if you are interested or not do give them a listening ear, it will assure that you care, ignoring can be practiced but would never be considered a nice deed to practice.
• Talk and let your stress just strike off. Even some may get solutions too for example a friend familiar with some quick meal can help you a lot with your demanding cooking time.

Try cultivating a healthy aura around you and never weaving the hatred anywhere. It may be you are happy with your partner and kids but you need the society too. Never let them interfere but keep them at a distance where they support and don’t have the facility to intrude. Privacy is you’re right but socialising and a friendly atmosphere is your necessity.