[relationships, family] Idle ponderings
Jul. 7th, 2004 11:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wispfoxWas just struck by some very amusing thoughts.
If anyone had tried to tell me last year at this time that I'd be partners with someone in Australia this time this year, I'd probably have been torn between laughing at them and complete and total bafflement.
I'm trying to imagine any of my family members' reactions to this fact. They tend to have enough trouble with comprehending me being poly and bi. Actually, I don't think I _can_ confuse them any more, even if I tried, so perhaps this wouldn't be _that_ strange. I mean, my sisters know I went to the West coast in March partly to see![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
australian_joe (I think? I'm not actually sure they know that...), and I do remember the reaction feeling mostly like something along the lines of 'Oh, it's [wispfox] again, I'm not going to try to understand how she works her relationships'. Hey, at least they don't try to argue with me anymore, and are willing to just accept things for the way they are!
Interestingly, even thoughladytabitha and I were only at my oldest sister's place for an evening (for sleep, since she lives close to the airport we were using) before taking that flight, my sister had wondered if ladytabitha were involved in some way more than simply friends. Which amuses me, because ladytabitha and I hadn't been doing _anything_ even remotely obvious.
I _know_ my brothers (except my oldest one) have completely given up on understanding what I do, relationship-wise. My sisters at least try, probably because they are who I am closest to of my family (which isn't really that close at all, compared to many of my friends).
I don't tend to tell my parents such things, really. I'm actually not entirely sure if I ever told my dad that I'm bi and poly, although I think he knows based on his complete lack of reaction when I say things that assume the knowledge. My mom, on the other hand, is one who (along with my oldest brother) would probably _be_ bi and poly had their lives worked out differently. I'm just the one who was always driven to be fully who I can be, so I'm the most obviously unusual.
*shakes head* My family life and my life in every other way are _so_ different. It's no wonder I rarely visit; I completely don't feel like I fit in. Hey, at least I'm no longer not visiting because I'm avoiding my family, right? Indeed, I actually see my oldest sister (and brother-in-law and neice) fairly regularly, lately.
If anyone had tried to tell me last year at this time that I'd be partners with someone in Australia this time this year, I'd probably have been torn between laughing at them and complete and total bafflement.
I'm trying to imagine any of my family members' reactions to this fact. They tend to have enough trouble with comprehending me being poly and bi. Actually, I don't think I _can_ confuse them any more, even if I tried, so perhaps this wouldn't be _that_ strange. I mean, my sisters know I went to the West coast in March partly to see
australian_joe (I think? I'm not actually sure they know that...), and I do remember the reaction feeling mostly like something along the lines of 'Oh, it's [wispfox] again, I'm not going to try to understand how she works her relationships'. Hey, at least they don't try to argue with me anymore, and are willing to just accept things for the way they are!Interestingly, even though
ladytabitha and I were only at my oldest sister's place for an evening (for sleep, since she lives close to the airport we were using) before taking that flight, my sister had wondered if ladytabitha were involved in some way more than simply friends. Which amuses me, because ladytabitha and I hadn't been doing _anything_ even remotely obvious.I _know_ my brothers (except my oldest one) have completely given up on understanding what I do, relationship-wise. My sisters at least try, probably because they are who I am closest to of my family (which isn't really that close at all, compared to many of my friends).
I don't tend to tell my parents such things, really. I'm actually not entirely sure if I ever told my dad that I'm bi and poly, although I think he knows based on his complete lack of reaction when I say things that assume the knowledge. My mom, on the other hand, is one who (along with my oldest brother) would probably _be_ bi and poly had their lives worked out differently. I'm just the one who was always driven to be fully who I can be, so I'm the most obviously unusual.
*shakes head* My family life and my life in every other way are _so_ different. It's no wonder I rarely visit; I completely don't feel like I fit in. Hey, at least I'm no longer not visiting because I'm avoiding my family, right? Indeed, I actually see my oldest sister (and brother-in-law and neice) fairly regularly, lately.
