Nature of family

The human condition is an odd one at best. They say you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. I've spent most of my waking time with my friends and colleagues over the past year, and we've all grown close enough to consider each other family. This, I assure you, is not just my opinion (and before anyone starts leaping to conclusions, it doesn't mean I love my birth family any less. Yes, you know who you are). It's a strange feeling. To think that in the grand scheme of things we haven't known each other that long, and for me to get close to anyone at all is quite a new experience, but it's there. When the whole second family's together, there's a noticeable bond, even casual viewers of the phenomenon will tell you this (well they've told me).

This is the main reason I'm so unhappy that the old campaign we all worked on shut down. It was the birthplace of this family, and I really don't want it to be it's resting ground. However, for the moment it seems that the family is staying together despite the change and the bonds don't seem stretched with distance. That being said though, I do miss them already. Just the simple fact of seeing someone everyday and suddenly not, it's hard to handle.

This leads me to question things once again. You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family? I don't think I really did choose this family. Sure there are people who have been consciously excluded, which does give strength to the choice idea. But, it's not as if we made a list, or chose everyone who would be included. That being said however, I couldn't have picked them better if I tried :)


Oh, and if anyone thinks they can even attempt to draw up a family tree, I'd like to see who's placed where haha (but don't put it on here of course, we don't want people thinking we're invading their privacy....again :P Just email it or whatever).