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Family Relationships And The Ties That Bind
By Joachim Strauss
Family relationships can be helpful in times of crisis,
when you need support to overcome social
pressures.
You may be coming to the end of a relationship and
you need a shoulder to cry on. Quite often, a sister,
a brother or a cousin can be your real friend or soul
mate, who will lend you support and help with calming
the transition period. To help you start looking for
another partner.
Your family members are people you grew up with and
you know each other inside out. You know how each other
hurts and what not to say in order to avoid any
conflict.
Real Friends Outside Your Family
There are times when talking to family members about
personal issues is rather difficult. This is the time
when you need friends outside family relationships.
I have found my best real friends and soul mates are
people outside my direct family.
These are people who I only meet socially and are not
part of my everyday life. That is, they are not my current
partner, or work in the same office. This means when
I meet them, we do not have any problems talking openly
about any issue or topic we wish to raise or review.
My real friends and soul mates, understand anything
I say is always with an absence of malice. This is not
the case with family relationships.
Strained Family Relationships
I don’t know what happened, but many of the family
relationships that I used to rely on seem to be strained
or non-existent. It’s nothing I have done, but it is
something going on with the older generation in my
family.
My grandparents are baffled at the interaction between
their children, and they don’t understand why they go
so long without speaking to each other.
This is especially sad since they literally live next
door to each other. I hope it’s not genetic, because
I really love my brothers. Perhaps when we get older
we’ll be bitter and petty too.
Live Next Door
My mom has two sisters and one brother. She lives next
door to her youngest sister, and next to her is their
brother. The other sister lives a mile away, and seems
to be more agreeable.
Perhaps it is best for family relationships if people
are not right next to each other, I don’t really know.
What I do know is that they barely speak, and they always
seem to have some really good reason for why this is.
Of course, their really good reason sounds like a bunch
of petty bickering to me, and I just want to stay out
of it.
Strained Family Relationships
I enjoy my aunts and uncles just fine, but I can’t
stand to be around them when family relationships are
strained. Christmas was horrible, as there seemed to
be some nasty double meaning to everything anyone said,
if you could get them in the same room at all.
I don’t know what happened. I used to love my family
and all of the people in it. I still love them, but
I do not like how they handle their family relationships.
It’s absurd to me that they would fight over one tiny
thing for years as if it were the end of the world.
Avoid Most Family Functions
Now, I just avoid most family functions. I have noticed
that my grandparents do this too. They don’t want any
part of the bickering either. They just go see everyone
individually, and that has become my custom as
well.
It’s really sad when the “kids” of the family seem
to know more about family relationships than the people
that supposedly showed them what family relationships
are all about.
Perhaps they will mellow in old age, but for some reason,
I can’t see it happening. Until then, it’s just not
worth the aggravation to even try.
I have looked at family relationships among my friends
and they don't seem to be as volatile as among our family.
They don't seem to hold grudges or make any threats
against other family members.
Real Friends And Soul Mates
I have discussed this among my real friends and a couple
of my soul mates. They say their family are their solid
rock when everything around them seems to flounder,
their family and their real friends are always there
to lend support.
There is always an elderly relative who is rather frail
and we always gather around lending our family support.
It is at these times, that we forget all the bickering
and grudges and show the love for our family and show
support by attending to our sick relatives.
In a time of crisis, you know when your family relationships
are rock solid.
About the Author:
Joachim Strauss is an author of relationships, dating, romance and travel articles including
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Adult Relationships,
Relationships Advice,
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Keep a lookout as more articles are added from this author on this website in the near future.
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