Saturday, August 10, 2013
The Meaning of Family
I have been going to this college for six years now I am in my final semester. I moved out of a family members house for the summer to basically get away from said family member so I could retain my sanity. Now I have been put into a position where I am required to move back into this house with the my uncle Hogurt I already feel like he & other members of my extended family are judging me by staying at this house. It has a stipulation that once the fall semester is over I move out permanently. I have agreed to this. I plan to be done & put this awful half a decade behind me. College has made me not only jade against the idea of system of higher education but also of idea of family. I have lived with my extended family for six years now & the whole situation feels similar to that of when my family lived in Utah. Out there we were viewed as outsiders because we were not L.D.S. I am under the impression that I have already been weighed, measured & been found wanting by my extended family that I feel they just want to be rid of me; well let me tell you the feeling is mutual. Some of my family members have more class & tact then others & it shows in the way they interact with me while others are just downright rude. I look around some of their homes & I don't see any pictures of my immediate family. Which leads me to believe that it is not just me but my entire immediate family that my extended family has a problem with. This experience has made me realize that the only thing I have in common with my extended family is a shared last name & I intend to keep it that way come the new year.
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