I Don't Family Well
I'm not close to my family, really, other than my mom. My girlfriend, however, is really close to her family. I found myself watching their interactions like a tourist hearing people speak a language I've heard of but don't understand. I know it's love, but it's so foreign to me. Currently, someone in her family is experiencing a medical emergency, and I'm frightened that I'm not fluent enough in this type of love to be of any help to her. This strange language they speak is delicate, intimate, and coveted ... but still so far away from my fingertips. I don't want to fail her when she needs me. She's the best thing I've ever seen ... these are all people that helped make her that way. Do they make books for this? Is being emotionally traumatized at a young age a learning disability? Is this a lost cause? Asking for a friend. It's me ... I'm that friend.