I live with small family, there are my father, mother, second sister, and me. But once a year I will meet my mother's family in her hometown at Kediri and Munjungan, also I will visit Jogja my older sister's family especially my lovely niece to get in touch on holiday. I live together with my little family even though I want to live separately like before when I went to college. But I am glad, I did not do that. Living with my parents make our relationship get closer than before. But if you ask, who do I get on best within my family, I will say my older sister. I respect her so much, maybe it is because she is smart, good at public speaking, and the one that makes me want to have a big dream about continuing my study.
Currently, I am happy with our family's situation. We are becoming closer than before, always talking about what we are concerned about, sometimes discuss about problems, and even sharing neighbor's stories. That makes me realize that I have already grown up. Generally, I do not think the Indonesian family such as a type of intimate family. What I know, we are friendly but not a type of close to our family.
Different from western countries' families that always say "I love you" every day to each other. In my opinion, Asian families type such as cruel and cold. Before I got more intimate than before with my family, I always avoid them when they ask my days and my problems, if I answer their question, especially from my parents, one thing that surely I could get is their nags. The worst scenario I have to avoid is because I will cry after their nags. I will get hurt, even though they just want to give me the best thing they have, experiences, and want to give me some advice. But they will always compare me to someone else and bring up my mistakes to justify their nags.
I ever wrote a caption on social media, asking is there anyone that hates to talk their problem to their parents because they do not want to get nags from them. And their responses are amazing, around 80 people liked my caption, and some people wrote they prefer to talk to therapist than their family. I am a little bit agree with their comment because I know what that means, but there is no perfect family in this world. If I am asked, which family is the best for me, I will answer my current family. I love to spend my time with my friends, but staying at home with family is the best thing I ever had.