Family Relationships and Interaction

*everybody is slapping her* Ouch! Sorry, sorry, sorry! I completed my profile on Sunday evening instead of Saturday evening-- ouch! Cut it out, please! I need to get on with the material. *everybody decides she was punished enough and stop slapping her* Thank you.

Alright, the first topic I will expound upon is "Family Relationships and Interaction." Please keep in mind that all this is coming from my own experience and observations. If you disagree with something written, please e-mail me, tell me what it is and why you feel it is wrong. Feedback is ALWAYS welcome.


What is family? Is it comprised of persons biologically related to us? Or is family made of those whom we love - biological or not? Some people believe it to be the former, others the latter, and some more who believe it to be both. I count myself in the last group.

Whether I like it or not, I am stuck with my (biological) family. I don't get along with them all the time... more like 50% of the time. *shrugs* I did not have the choice of who my parents and siblings would be. But I do have the choice of how I interact with them. I choose what I say or do not say to them, what I do or do not do -- even what I think or do not think of them.

I also make my friends my family. In more than a few ways, I am closer to them than my biological family members.

----------------to be continued tomorrow