Friday, August 12, 2005

I'm co-dependent!

This dude I’ve been dating for the past several months tells me the other day that I am co-dependent because I’m 22 yrs old and I still live at home. For some odd reason it seems to irk a lot of people that I enjoy living at home. It’s always the ones that come from "dysfunctional" families. I have a great relationship with my parents and can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather be. So the dude continued his rant about me being co-dependent. And I just felt so sorry for him. By my family's standards he doesn’t come from a close family at all. At best they would be described as functional dysfunctional he was pushed out the nest, in my family you leave when you're old enough to retire…lol Months go by and he doesn’t see his mom same with his dad.

When I’m not home I’m constantly on the phone with my mom checking in or telling her about something I just saw or a funny incident that just happened to me. I can't even imagine not seeing her everyday.

He couldn’t understand how I being Puerto Rican could have an Egyptian aunt and uncle. I explained to him that they’ve been friends with my parents for over 15 yrs and have known me almost all my life and as such we consider each other family. He didn’t wanna hear it he said that us Puerto Ricans have that habit of adopting family. Yeah he’s right maybe it’s the Taino in us… lol But none the less I don’t love my Egyptian family any less than I love my “blood” family. He cant understand this. I feel sorry for him perhaps one day when he has a family of his own he’ll be able to know where I’m coming from.

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