Visit to a relative’s house

I like company of my relatives a bit more than that of my friends (sorry). I know it sounds crazy because we live in a world where relatives are characterised as having a typical gossip monger type of personality, cursing your every move and always being a little too nosey. But I think they are the ones who are your “First Best Friends”(mainly cousins). They tell you your childhood habits ( I used to play GTA Vice City) and the peculiar experiences they had with your parents. I personally love hearing those. For instance, my Bua (paternal aunt) told me a story wherein while returning from a temple at night she heard a sound of an anklet coming from her bag. I think she said she was crossing Paonta Sahib road. She was scared but yeah, like in every other movie the sound stopped after a while. I know it sounds a little off the track but the way she narrates the whole “horror story” is very amusing to me. While I appreciate the company of my friends, I think there goes a lot of steps for a friend company that are significantly absent in a relative company. First you have to socialise, then you have to find a suitable mutually acceptable topic to talk about and finally play a pick and choose game and voila! you know you will not sit alone the next day of school, which to me is very consuming and time taking effort. I know that having friends is important for overall development but your relatives are the ones who actually watch you grow and always come back after a fight while friends sometimes don’t. Your relatives are your buddies despite being a little crack.