TNT For Two

Seriously sick of all the name-dropping going on. I’m disappointed in much of my extended family and all of their ass-kissing. Yes, my first cousin was signed to an English Premier League football team. Yes, my family’s got every right to be happy about it. What sickens me though is that family members that he rarely interacts with all of a sudden are kissing ass as if they’ve cared for years when they clearly haven’t. All the “watch this name”, “watch this face”, “yep, that’s MY cousin” status updates are so fake. All the ones who are close to him (ie. his own parents, his own sister, myself, my sisters and my parents) haven’t gone out and publicly touted anything. All we did was sit down and talk with him. We wished him all the best PRIVATELY. We told him that we love him. We all cried together. We didn’t carry on with millions of photos. We didn’t post status updates full of name-dropping.

I’m very proud of him for getting this far. His journey’s just beginning. It’s just sickening to see all the fake people riding his coattails. Leave him be. Let him enjoy himself. I’m not angry. I’m just ashamed. I’m ashamed that members of my extended family can be such sycophants.

To my cousin, I say congratulations. Follow your dreams. The ball is on your pitch now. You’ve been like a brother to me and I’ll try be there for you when I can. I love you.