One of the things I've noticed since starting the whole school run
thing every day is that so many people are related to each other.
Is it just me
that finds this weird?
My eldest son has a 'buddy', which is a boy in year 5 I believe, who
comes over to reception occasionally. To be honest I couldn’t tell you exactly
what the buddy's role is, but it’s something along the lines of providing the
reception class with older children who can show them around the school, help
them, be someone they can go to with issues like bullying, help them with their
learning, etc etc.
Anyhoo, on the way to and from school, we quite often have a
child walk past us whispering to his mum that my son is his
cousin/brother/friends cousin’s buddy. This happens so often, and by so many
different children I’m beginning to be a bit freaked out. I'm just waiting for one
of them to say it’s his uncle brother’s stepson’s buddy...which could totally
happen in this town.
Having thought about it, I know why it freaks me out. My family is
spread out all over the UK & I only have a few family members in this town.
Everyone in my family either went to Uni or joined the forces, met someone and
moved elsewhere. Only a few didn’t. I have
further opinions on this but they are just plain bitchy and ill-informed so I shall
jolly well keep them to myself.
What about you? Do you find your relatives are flung far and wide? Do you live in the town you were born and bred in?
What about you? Do you find your relatives are flung far and wide? Do you live in the town you were born and bred in?
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