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.