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YOUR AUNTS AND UNCLES
My Aunty Ethel is brilliant. She always remembers birthdays, phones my Mum when she sees me in the newspapers, calls the kids if they have achieved something, buys brilliant presents for Christmas and birthdays and is the perfect hostess if you visit.
I wonder what she would say about her nephew, Michael. Probably that I never remember her birthday, hardly ever call, I am usually too busy to visit and in many ways could be a lot better. But that’s the beauty of an Aunty Ethel; she’s so forgiving.
Losing the connection
When we are younger these relatives are quite special; because they are ‘one step removed’ from close family they are an easier group to get on with. As an uncle myself I appreciate my relationship ...
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