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Posts tagged Favouritism
My favourite, your favourite
Feb 9th
Been thinking a bit about favourites, specifically those relating to the parent-child relationship. Parents get a pretty hard deal having to always confirm that “I don’t have any favourites, I love you all equally”.
Why shouldn’t they have favourites is my question? I mean we all have favourites regarding almost anything and everything, right? A favourite cat, a favourite music genre, a favourite food, a favourite colleague, a favourite friend and definitely a favourite extended family member….so why not a favourite kid?
Why do we assume or even expect that the laws of society and human dynamics don’t apply when we talk about kids and their relationships to their parents?
I am not saying that it makes being the less favourite any easier. All I am saying is that it is what it is and it is what makes us human, we have a tendency to like and dislike.
Anyways, my brain fart for the day 
Family
May 28th
This past weekend I spend some time with my wife’s side of the family in Pietermaritzburg. Let’s just call a spade a spade and say that we don’t particularly like each other…In fact, that is quite an understatement. You see, my wife and I and in fact, her side of the family, are seen as the dark horses, the unequally yoked part of the egg, the thorn amongst the roses…
My wife and her sister get along very nicely when they are sperated by the 600 or so kilometres between joburg and maritzburg. Consequently, I do not get along too well with her or her husband. The thing is, that we couldn’t be more different really. They are the uber rich, private bording school, learn to horseride and play golf types whereas my wife and I are from humble beginnings, have huge opinions that we don’t mind sharing and throw caution to the wind on most matters in life.
They think we are stupid and childish and we think they are pompass, anally retentive old prudes.
I guess the challenging thing about family get togethers is actually getting the family together really…not physically, but rather in terms of communicating constructively where jelousy, favouritism and differences don’t feature.
Never really seen it with my wife and her sister but I am sure it happens successfully for other families…
Not really any point to this post, just thinking out load Pietermaritzburg is a pretty place though!
