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>whenever I'm around extended family I'm pretty much on autopilot
>have scripted emotions and subjects to talk about, i.e. How's school going, how's the apartment holding up, etc.
>have a baby cousin, really shy and hasn't started speaking yet despite her age (3)
>always make sure to ask my uncle if she's speaking yet
>tfw social autopilot makes me ask that every year I see my uncle
>tfw my cousin is now in middle school on the honor roll
>tfw I literally talked to her every year at Christmas for the past 8 years
Seriously how fucking retarded does this make me? Even people with autism aren't this retarded
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The family unit is so loose in America now it seems like no one outside of your immediate family is anything more than a glorified acquaintance, at least if they're not geographically close.
I think most peoples' relationships with their extended family aren't much more than those canned responses and inane small talk.
"Look how tall you are now/How big you've gotten" etc
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