You always here the expression 'you can't choose your family', and they would be absolutely right. Biologically, we are bound to those who bring us into the world, for better or for worse. Except there are no vows, no choice to be made, no first meeting jitters or comfortable rut three years later. You're born, you're there, you're stuck.
That's probably why I find the bonds of biologically unrelated families so attractive. It's a chosen family, people you have chosen to open yourself up to. For better or for worse comes with a question mark instead of a period, and while there are still arguments and rough patches, there is very little you can't work out.
I'm not saying this can't occur in biological families, but as I'm sure everyone has experienced at one point or another, sometimes you're just different. The plus-side is that there will always be somewhere where you fit just right, you just have to go looking for it.
Apologies for the cheesy business, there's just a lot going on upstairs.
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