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Dad’s Sister
Written by Sophie on Wednesday, July 22, 2009
My Dad’s family isn’t really one worth noting. His natural parents were drunks and druggies who didn’t want him apparently and his adoptive family get along as well as a lion and a hyena would. They do what they have to to survive but in no way do they make any moves to make anyone else in the family feel loved. A family reunion was cancelled once because one night was adults only at a nice restaurant. The only person in Dad’s family worth noting is his sister, she and Dad are blood related and they were adopted together.
Until recently Dad’s Sister (I’ll call her Aunty Tina for now) lived up in Auckland, a six hour drive away. We only saw them once every three or four years and Aunty Tina has had more than her fair share of family problems among her immediate family. She is a qualified counsellor and she and her husband moved down to our city to get away from her eldest daughter and son in law (long story). They are really happy to be living in a city with family they know they can rely on…even if Mum is an over obsessive nag sometimes.
I went over to their house after church today to help them fix their laptop. The server settings were all completely wrong and it wasn’t letting them send anything. After a can of coke and a general lecture on the evils of microsoft we moved into the living room where somehow I started telling her about why I never want to go flatting with anyone ever again. I told her about the evil chinese landlady…the cause of my depression. It was a little challenging to talk to her, her husband is one of those childish kind who sits in the corner and interrupts us with funny little quips every few minutes. I’m really tempted to tell her about my BIID. Maybe she’ll be more understanding than Dad, she seems to be so far. She told me to come back and talk to her during the week when her husband wasn’t there to interrupt us and assured me anything I told her would be kept private between us but I’m not sure if I should be burdening her with my problems. It would be so nice to have an adult family member in my life who doesn’t want me to keep things inside just to keep them happy.
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