This is a story that happened this year, and before you jump to conclusions, it doesn’t involve incest. I’ll get to it later, but bear with me for now.
I have a fairly large extended family. My dad comes from a family of 8 kids, and my mom from a family of 7. Our family reunions are loud, crowded, and definitely not the place for an introvert like myself. My mom’s side of the family is larger, and I usually spend family reunions doing my own thing and begrudgingly joining the family for dinners. The age disparity of my mom’s side of the family is all over the place, and I have a bunch of cousins who are preteens while others are fully grown adults in their mid to late 30’s. I happen to be 25, and there aren’t any cousins on my mom’s side around my age.