Hiya, lovely peeps.

Let me set the scene.

My mother, Ma, has three siblings. Relevant to today’s story are her two brothers. Her older brother, Uncle 1, and her younger brother, Uncle 2, live in the same building, on two different stories. Uncle 2 lives with their mother, Nani, downstairs, and Uncle 1 lives with his wife and daughter, Cousin, upstairs. The two stories are two separate households - legally, financially and family-wise.

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