Lucy

I have a theory that if heartbroken once, a second relationship is destined to fail.  I've been developing this over the course of a few years from current and past experiences with my parents.  Mom left after my 3rd birthday or maybe forth, can't remember the date all that well but I remember some specific flashbacks.  After she bailed, she was M.I.A for a couple of years then tried to reestablish contact with her offspring.  Now, she claims it's because of the biological bond between mother and child however my theory is that it is in her interest of self-preservation.  I was watching the movie, Lucy, in which Morgan Freeman describes the path of a cell or organism, either they choose to reproduce if conditions are desirable or they choose self-preservation.  Effectively choosing immortality over passing on their genes.  Now, by nature, everyone has that natural instinct to survive yet it is the special ones that interpret this strangely.  But back to my mother's attempt at communicating; she left and ended up in Malaysia with her family and that is effectively where she decided to become very religious.  So from this data, I have two hypotheses as to why she reestablished comms: either it was religion compelling her to make her wrongdoings right so she can have "eternal life" or it was the instinct of self-preservation kicking in with some long-term planning.  Currently, my sister and I are on a path to making a decent and stable living and perhaps it is in her interest to try to mend that relationship so that we would eventually help her out later in her life.  But back to the main theory of second relationships not lasting.  From fighting parents on most nights over the course of the last few years and including data from the grandparental units, I think that the fear of the failing a relationship is ever so apparent which makes the divorcee more cautious and more likely to withhold themselves.

Now my dad and stepmom recently made their nuptials official, which I reckon my father has reservations about from visual cues at the impromptu ceremony.  Plenty of arguments have happened over the past 11 years yet one of the biggest may be occurring right now.  An argument I shall forever dub as the Quarantine Conundrum.  Because of the virus,  everyone coming back from overseas must self-isolate for 14 days in either their house, a hotel, or government-provided accommodation.  Due to Trump's ignorance of the problem and letting it get so bad, my sister is now going to arrive back from university on Monday.  She'd like to stay at home for her quarantine which raises a lot of concerns.  We'd all have to make huge concessions for her with her only argument being, "because it's my home". Really just being selfish and putting us all at risk when it can be easily avoided.  Now obviously, it would make a lot more sense to stay in a hotel yet for an unknown reason, my dad says she needs to stay at home. He claims it's cause the hotels are very expensive however this reason is ultimately made redundant by his recent purchases of large quantities of air-shipped meats from France and Japan.  Including the purchasing of a new wifi system, dining table chairs, two leather sofas, and ceiling lights for the dining room.  I'll add another post if something else comes up,