Family

I must say, when I think about it I don't have much family. If you count the relatives I know that is a low number, but if you only count the ones I talk to & don't feel animosity towards, those can be counted on one hand (5, including my husband...6 if you count the baby).

I really don't know what "family" is supposed to mean. All I know is that it should would be nice for people to quit their selfish foolishness long enough to consider what they did/are doing to me & my feelings. Most of the time I just don't think about it, because it's too depressing. And not the type of depressing that's overly dramatic; it's the worse type, because it stems from purely the truth.
I am supposed to have 2 aunts, 1 uncle, &  4 cousins on one side (the other side doesn't register because of past actions). 1 aunt has never lived close, plus she's made too many people angry for them to talk to her. The other is too self-absorbed; I am too awesome & might overshadow parts of her life [oh no], therefore she would rather choose to ignore that I exist (instead I am usually seen as an extension of my mom). My mom thinks that this may also be due to to people feeling insecure & threatened because I apologetically know who I am. The uncle is an ass, to put it frankly. What else is there to say about that?  One cousin is the same age as my oldest niece, also the child of the aunt who acts like I don't exist as a separate entity. The other 3 I recently found on Facebook. I haven't seen them for over 11 years & know next to nothing about them, so we'll just have to see where it goes.

Now, for all the negativity & frustration brought about by just one side of my family there is, as always, a light shining through. My mom & I get along so well that most people feel it's unnatural. As much as I hate to admit it (mostly because it points out how well I don't get along with kids my age) she's my best friend [cue: aww]. I suppose that's something; most people feel the opposite (get along with family members but not parents).

And that's all I have to say about that...