I mentally understand the no siblings part of it, but it's hard for me to wrap my head around having no cousins or aunts/uncles.
This isn't that atypical here in America though. My sister and I were the only grandchildren on both sides and my parents were 1 of 3. Their siblings never had children. Now that my sister has passed, I'm the only grandchild and my daughter has no aunt. My BIL has separated himself from his family and his son was 17 when my daughter was born. They've met twice and she's 6.
Friends are the same. They may be 1 of 2, but if they only have 1 kid, then there's a good likelihood of just 1-2 cousins.
@@@ about family/cousins:
Yep. It is weird for me to think about, but probably won't be that strange a couple generations from now. DH and are both 1 of 2 kids. DH's brother does not ever intend to marry or have kids (we'll see if he sticks with that, as he's only 28) and my sister wants kids but is not in any sort of relationship at the moment. If my kids have cousins, it will probably be 2 or so at most, while I have 12 and DH has 6. We are creating this world all on our own. DH and I both refer to our close friends as "aunts" and "uncles" for our kids and if those friends have kids, we refer to them as "cousins."
That reminded me.. the uncle that went to prison had a relationship with a woman but it's unsure if her child is my uncle's or another guy's. It's the family "secret" that it's probably my uncle's kid. Also found out while a different uncle was drunk. Lol.
Wait, we aren't related, are we??
Is your fuck-up uncle about to probably go to prison soon? 😉