trying to find a loving type definition of "family" rather than an anthropological one

[bythepowerofgreyskull]

If anyone has something that may sum up the supportive loving bond you get from a family that would be brilliant..

off to keep hunting on Google but thought you lovely ladies may be able to help

hmmmm

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sorry forgot my name then!!!

it's something i'm still thinking about tho

may be blathering but perhaps it's not the typical image that many of us have; i.e., the "nuclear family" of mom, dad, 2.4 children ... but who we choose to have as very close friends / family members that helps define us as people, that's not really helping either is it lol

this may not be what your after but i always say you have relatives, family and friends..........a lot of my relatives are emotionally distant and the last people i turn to for support, i also have people i call my family which includes some of my relatives but mostly very close friends who i can talk to anything about and always rely on whether i need small help or big help, and then there are my friends who are people i socialise with or have common ground to talk about but am not particularly close to.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
-- Ogden Nash

thanks folks... any more?

I like Justin's Something Special definition: your family are the special people who care about you etc
Hopefully someone will be along to get that right and correct me! hth

trying to get something nice together to put in a card for someone who is not family by blood but more family to me than alot of people who are blood relatives.
I am not good with words though.

Family know exactly who you are; they've seen you at your best and at your worst and they still love you for it. They're the first people you want to tell when something good happens and the first people you turn to when in pain. You want them to be proud of you, and they are whatever. They can live on the other side of the world or at the end of your street and you feel equally as close to them. They are irreplaceable. Sorry, I'm getting myself a bit worked up now thinking about my bro who lives abroad.

Friends are the family that you choose for yourself

Perfect ..
thanks Starshiptrooper - can I steal that?

Of course!

I know it will be well received at the end