WHO TO CALL FAMILY

Dear Stranger,

Have you ever wondered about relationships? Okay so for example, a woman who is engaged is called a fiancée, one who is married is a wife, and one whose husband dies is a widow. Have you ever wondered what one whose fiancé dies is called? See! I thought so! Nothing!! Why is there no name in the English Language for that? I have no idea where this is coming from. Oh! Wait a minute! I do!!

What is the deal with undisclosed relationship ties? What do you call your brother-in-law's wife? Or your sister-in-law's husband? What about you mother-in-law's brother-in-law? Is your father-in-law's brother and uncle-in-law? Gosh! If only relationships were specified! The same can be said of informal relationships.

 

Are you allowed to call a friend who has been best buds with you for how-so-ever years a sister? Or does your best friend who you will practically cut off a hand for qualify as a candidate for sisterhood? The lines that describe and define relationships are very faint and not easily understood.

How are you supposed to react when people take advantage of your friendship with them just because of your huge heart? Surely, friendship is also a kind of relationship right? Is the relationship worth it when the people you call family can’t give anything up for you? Is it really? I leave that to you for an answer stranger.

Introducing Myself....

Dear Stranger,

I am going to start by introducing myself. I am a troubled young adult who has a lot on my mind. You will find out a lot about me through subsequent letters from me.

I am tempted to start writing to you because there is no one to share my thoughts with. No one I can count on to listen and advice.... I would like a friend I could pour all my troubles, worries and curiosities to. Someone who would listen for once, to everything I have to say. That is not too much to ask or is it? 

I like to talk.....a lot! And I wonder about a lot too. I would just like to put it out there so that I do not occupy my mind with things past but rather think about a lot more. I like having someone there to listen. I like to be the one being listened to and being helped for once! I like just knowing that there is someone there....someone I could turn to without worrying and wondering if my best interest come first! 

I like being the center of attention once in a while and feeling important and loved all the time. I like not feeling used by others for whatever reason. Can I expect that from you? I know a lot of people come to you to listen. But I need to talk..... I need to write..... I need to write to you Stranger.