2012-10-13, 12:07 AM
Wow so much.
Spoiler
Okay, so my cousin, who is my age, didn't go away on a soccer scholarship but stayed home and decided to go to a CC and figure things out. Probably her best choice. Come September I get a call, "guess who's pregnant", lo and behold she is pregnant with her boyfriend of 1+year, nice guy, but like wow okay. Learn that she had been hiding her pregnancy for over 6 months, not seeing any doctors, hiding her weight, no supplements, nothing. She just gave birth yesterday, on her due date, thank god because the stress from an unhealthy pregnancy produced deep vein thrombosis, putting her at risk for a stroke every moment she was carrying the child. I'm home this weekend and glad I can visit and meet my new cousin, but like this is a lot for me to process, she and I grew up and had the same expectations set out for us, and we've taken completely different tasks, it's going to be really hard to go see her. She also has yet to name her son, it's going on the third day, this worries me. Also, I was shocked to her that my brother has bought a ring and is planning on proposing. He didn't even bother telling anyone but my parents, neither me nor my eldest brother. He is proposing in about two weeks, this would be nice to know, but now there is going to be a new immediate member of my family, I love his soon-to-be fiancee and shes a sweetheart but wow marriage. Also, my mom brought up to me at dinner how my best friend who goes to the same uni as me, his mom is distraught that HE is gay, my mom consulted me about this and I know he isn't because I came out to him and we chatted and he is for sure straight, but I can't like tell my mom, no I know he isn't gay because this because I just can't come out yet. This is a lot to deal with because my mom was basically putting me in a corner at the restaurant basically telling me how parents should never question their kid's sexuality and just be loving and accepting regardless and then the conversation ended as soon as my dad sat down because that changes the atmosphere. This is going to be a long 4 days.