The Annoying Relative

Welcome to another wonderful time in my blog. It's a new dawn and a new week, friends. I sincerely bring Sunday greetings to everyone here. Relatives are part of us no matter how we want to view them, especially for those of us from culturally laden regions where communal integration is active.

Like the proverbial saying, no single person trains a child. A child learns from different people as they climb the ladder of life stages. So are relatives who visit us, or we would rather visit them under different circumstances. No one would want to inconvenience the other unnecessarily if there were no underlying circumstances.

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Do you see it as a burden or an added advantage when your relatives visit you?

Ordinarily, this should be seen as an added advantage, but there are cases of abuse if not well-intended. I see this as an added advantage. Having my relatives around is a special time to show them love with treatment that makes them feel valued. This is because they do not always come or stay with me forever. Therefore, i tend to fend for them most specially.

Is there a relative you find to be very annoying that you detest his or her presence in your house?

I can't remember having any of my relatives within this category, however, I do have a friend who exemplifies such a threat. In his own case, he would always want to ask for support from me at a particular time, and with a sarcastic statement. Each time I remember this statement, it reinstates my rejections towards him.

I wonder why this relative would say, "I know you must have received your monthly salary." Please, I need some cash. This is a friend of the same age group, so one would wonder why there is a dependence and feeling of entitlement. Why not mutual? This made me detest anything from him, and I believed he noticed that and kept a distance at those immature moments.

Share your experience with this relative of yours

This person mentioned above forgot so quickly that he had mentioned to me on different occasions how he uses funds for his luxury and wasteful activities. Making his friends notice his social and influential lifestyle activities with these available funds. Since I cannot be found within this wasteful lifestyle, I doubted how my little funds would support such an activity.

Each time he mentions his quest to have a little support, I quickly remind myself that I cannot be found in this mess anymore. I may have been used before now, but not anymore. At a later time, I felt uncomfortable with his actions, but gradually, maturity is catching up with him, and change is imminent.

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Is it possible for one's relatives to divide one's home? Explain

Oh yes! Absolutely possible. There's no limitation on what divides a home or who exactly. Human comes with diverse characters and forms capable of dividing a home. This is a situation where spouses at home now have divergent views and disagreement about the activities of this relative there.

Divergence and disagreement may be from continued financial support, distrust from potential gender abuses, bad influence on younger ones from continued stay in the house, etc. Therefore, dividing a home is a possibility without doubt if it is not addressed earlier.

In summary, the presence of relatives in our homes shouldn't bring sadness but rather feelings of excitement, and parents have a bigger role to play in this to prevent any possible abuses and pandemonium.

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