Relatives

"What is it about having shared genes and a shared past that makes us so sensitive to each other? That makes us take umbrage at things we ordinarily wouldn't? That makes us unable to forgive a deed that, if it had been committed by a friend, would have been easily forgotten?

Why do relatives have the power to provoke the best - and worst - in us? Why are our worst quarrels with our kin?

There are, of course, advantages to being close to your relatives, but my experience has been that the closer you are, the more likely things can go wrong." 


~ Sumiko Tan :)




* This post, and 99% of the noon posts, was written more than a year ago. Cheers! :)