This year, with much courage and of course, hesitation, I attended the annual CNY family gathering held at my parents' place.
It wasn't easy to face the crowded and prepare myself to answer any ridiculous questions that relatives would ask or comment. It wasn't any simpler bringing my husband for the first time to see the whole bunch of cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. I wasn't sure what gossips would fly behind our backs as well as what negative comments would be spread thereafter. But well, I guess there isn't any use hiding and I can't hide from them forever.
Relatives and cousins were 'surprised' and 'shocked' to see me at the gathering. Some even tried to ask silly questions like 'where have I been all these years' and 'what happened and why I had been missing'. I ended up replying that I had eloped with my husband.
Well, afterall, I wouldn't rate this experience a pleasant one but neither would I say it was horrid. It was better than I had expected it to be. I guess everyone in the family has accepted that my ex-husband is gone and Amelia had remarried to someone else whom she is happier with.
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