Family

[mistysakura]

I have a mum and a dad, who are both divorced

Naw, your mom's divorced and your dad isn't

Anyway, my parents are still together. It's their twenty-fifth anniversary this month, which is exciting. I'm an only child. My dad lives in Hong Kong, while my mum and I live in Australia. I was born in Hong Kong, and we all lived there until I was twelve, when my mum and I moved to Australia so I could get a better education (plus most of my mum's family is in Australia anyway). I go back and visit him once or twice a year. It's not as hard as it sounds, which is a bit sad; my dad and I get along just fine (in fact, I don't remember the last time we argued), but perhaps that's not a good thing, because the reason we don't argue is that we're too bloody distant. We're both prickly people. So yeah, it's easier than it sounds.

I have nine cousins on my dad's side and four on my mum's. On my dad's side, they're all older than me by at least twelve years, so we're not that close. On my mum's side, they're my age, but strangely enough, we're not close either. We used to be when we were kids, but then we got self-conscious under the watchful eyes of our respective parents... But things are getting better lately.