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In the past years, I have rarely talked about my family unless it is something funny or good. I have in my “rebellious teenage years” talked about them in an unjust way that made my parents upset so I’d rather not repeat it again. However, I want to break that one rule just now because I think this is way too much and any, err observation and suggestion is much appreciated.

I have a cousin who is younger than me and who is getting the hang of blogging. It’s good and all, she even sends me her updates on my yahoo mail, because then, we will know what’s happening to her and her family even though we’re both busy with our own lives. But the thing that got me is that fact the she seems to have an affluent life in her blog which is very different from what I know about what’s happening to them. Don’t mistake me, they’re not poor but they’re not wealthy either.

The first thing I read on her blog was that we celebrated the Chinese New Year together in Manila with our grandfather, father side, who died when my father was still in grade six so it puzzled me if she was talking about our family. Then I saw my name, Achie Mae and my other cousin who technically is not her cousin, Achie Tin, my father, Tito Mon.

She said that we knows how to speak Chinese, errr… I only know how to speak the very basics and the numbers and my name, of course! She said I got P15,000 for that event (Chinese New Year) when I haven’t even held more than P6,000 in one go! So I was puzzled on what happened and if it really is our family she’s describing so I asked my mother, “Ma, is my cousin’s father Chinese as well?” She said no, so that means it’s us, right? But how to explain that?

Then I saw another post of hers saying she treated her mother for her birthday at a local restaurant, then to karaoke, then to spa and here’s another, with us! But we have never even seen them for quite a while. She said she treated my sister at SM Megamall and my brother for his birthday which we know never ever happened unless my brother and sister have an alter ego who came with her.

I told this to my father because even though I am amused by her wild imagination, I am quite scared by it as well. In my teenage years, yes, I have written things offensive for my parents but I have never, even once told something that never really happened. It would’ve been OK if she told something that was half true, but to say an out and out lie and she even had the guts to send it to my mail. I think this can lead to something serious. And she’s 19 years old already.

I know she has to “fit in” with her wealthy friends but I think this is way too much! All of us know she haven’t treated her parents very well in these past years but oh well. It’s just… weird, to be in a blog entry that never happened. And you know it, and then to question yourself if you really know what’s happening in your everyday life because her account vastly differs from yours.

When I first told it to my father we laughed and he said that she might be crazy but I know deep in his heart he is also bothered by what I told him, if not for my cousin, for my aunt and uncle who we know have never seen it.

I would’ve told her to stop making stories up but I know it will only be accepted by deaf ears, plus I don’t think she respect me that much, I don’t know. The only person in the family who everyone respects is my father, and I get the feeling that he is getting tired of telling them what they did wrong only to see them get worse… I may be wrong though, I do hope so.