My Spy Family

Everyone has a little quirk somewhere in the family. An uncle who's irritating, a negligent cousin or a loud aunt. My family is no different. There's a lot to go around since my Dad DOES have 7 brothers and 1 sister. Most of them are these orthodox families with tarditional values and then there are some slightly 'liberitatrian' families. But they all have one thing in common; a passion for secrecy. I admit that just because we're family, you don't need to tell everyone exactly what you're doing but I think we'd like to know if we invite you to a party and you tell us you're in Amsterdam! The problem's become so acute that one of my uncles is always a question mark. We can never tell exactly where he'll be the next day so we actually have to tell him a week in advance and keep reminding him everyday to make sure he actually turns up and has no excuse to, for lack of a better word, 'bunk' the celebrations. And then there's my aunt. She is like the epitome of secrecy. Till now, she's conducted both my cousins' thread-ceremony at the crack of dawn and informed us within the hour to come collect the......alright I'm not too familiar with what it's to be called, so lets just say the stuff they give after such a ceremony. We actually fear she'll even marry them off without telling us and call us out of the blue to come attend the reception. Now, I'm one for family unity so I do wish my family wasn't divided into groups the way it is, but I guess that isn't for me to decide or even change. They're family and they have their reasons. All I can say is, I hope to God I don't wake up to realise my parents and I are in Kanyakumari on vacation while I was sleeping.........

Çiao!