Let me introduce you to people who have been a part of my life and (may) have a part to play in the person I am today. In order of their appearance in my life, meet..
Aaron & Kate - my parents
They're a mix of contradictions, both of them. Fairly liberal, but traditional in their views at times. My dad has been working abroad for as long as I can remember. So my sister and I were raised by our mother who has pretty much single-handedly influenced our way of living and thinking. My parents made some bad financial decisions because of which we haven't had the most luxurious life. But as they say, ignorance is bliss - we never knew what we were missing out on, as we never had it. With what they had, they tried to give us the everything that they could, sometimes even sacrificing their own wishes.
I (used to) get along pretty well with my father. But of late, things have been a little weird. Maybe because I've grown up and he still knows the teenager that I was because unfortunately he wasn't been able to watch me grow up into a woman - (he visits us once or twice a year for a few weeks to a month.)
As a child, I remember being scared of my mother because she was (and she still is) a disciplinarian. Over the years she has let go some of her traditional views and has become more liberal which has let us breathe a little. But then we still have our issues. It's mostly because her life revolves around my father, and he's not here much. She doesn't socialise which is why she doesn't have any friends. She misses my father so much that his not being here with her always has caused her to become very irritable and short-tempered; which is primarily the reason that she and I have major conflicts (more on this in the posts.) We have our friendly moments, but then I always have to be on guard because she loses her cool at the most unimaginable things; and the way I talk, there's more than a good chance that I could set her off at least three times each day.
Natalie - my sister
She might be the only relative who knows me as well as I do. But it doesn't mean that she gets me. She knows what I feel, why I react the way I do, but she doesn't understand my reasoning behind it. She's like my best friend. But sometimes she gets on my nerves! She just gets so difficult to handle at times; with all her ego and stubbornness that I'd rather not be around her, or better yet, not have her around me. But I guess sisters are that way. Things will be better when we're both married and living apart and we don't get to see each other every day. I'll probably miss her then. Right now, I could live without her! :P
Alice - my first best friend
...and she was a disaster to say the least. I don't remember meeting her. I've known her as long as I can remember... since I was three maybe. She was the only friend I had and I assumed she was my best friend. As far as I knew then, I was the only friend she had, so there was no second-guessing the best friend status. As of today, we are in touch through facebook, we wish each other on birthdays, holidays. But that is the extent of it.
Sanford - the Love of my Life
I met him when I was just nine and something inside me told me that he was the one. Unfortunately for me, I couldn't be with him until thirteen years later.
Heather - Alice's best friend (third grade onwards)
...whose existence was revealed to me (rather rubbed in my face as Alice's best friend since the third grade) in the fifth grade. It was as if she was invisible for two years and suddenly, she lost her cloak.
Katherine - foe turned friend turned foe
I've already mentioned her. But for the sake of this post and for the record I would like to state that if it wasn't for her, I would've never met my best friends, EVER! As for her, a few lines won't do justice. Click on the label 'Katherine' and you'll get all that you need to know. We were friends for eight solid years (most of which comprised of her getting her way, and a lot of apologies from me for nothing) before she did one thing that I couldn't tolerate anymore and ended our friendship without a second thought. Since then, I have had time to have second thoughts, but I haven't felt otherwise.
Joan - someone I can blindly trust
Oh! I'm not sure what I would do without her. She has been there with me through these past eight years or so during my worst times and I love her for that! She's my hero - well, apart from Sanford, of course.
Naomi - you meet some people for a reason
...who taught me to be polite, brought the change in my nature and attitude and then forgot about me.
The others - friends for life
These are the people who I've known since forever and have been my closest friends for the past eight years.
Adam - who's madly in love with Joan
Alex - the simpleton of the group
Jason - the tech freak
Oswald - my first guy best friend
Vincent - the cool dude
Matt - Joan's cousin, the new addition to our goup
Adam - who's madly in love with Joan
Alex - the simpleton of the group
Jason - the tech freak
Oswald - my first guy best friend
Vincent - the cool dude
Matt - Joan's cousin, the new addition to our goup
Orson - my first boyfriend
...who taught me what it is to care for someone, until he hurt me himself.
Greg - my first rebound
I really don't know what I was thinking!
Kayla - there'll be a series of posts about her.
one of my first few friends when I moved to a new place.
Patricia - sometimes first impressions are correct
...who was my first best friend in this new town, until she found someone else she could be best friends with.
Marissa - the shy, introvert type.
...not the best at staying in touch. But it beats the bitchier kind hands down!
Pamela - we could've been great friends.
...if only she wasn't so hypocritical in the beginning, and if only she had been a little bit more understanding later on.
Travis - another crush
...who fought with me the first few months after we met and went on to become one of my closest friends.
Nathan - I wish I had never gotten into this one
...but I really thought he was the one - at least as long as I was with him.
Harry - who I almost married.
Again! What was I thinking???
Vernon - the one who was obsessed with me.
rebounds can be the worst, especially when you're not so into it, but the other person is obsessed with you!
rebounds can be the worst, especially when you're not so into it, but the other person is obsessed with you!
