My aunts

Ok, now to get into the way my grandfather affected my family

Let's start with my aunts (in descending order of age):

1. The oldest, I admit, I don't know much about. She's always been away from the "hub" of my family. But I can see how her parents affected her. She raised her daughters with the lightest touch possible. She basically waited on them hand and foot for their entire childhoods. It shows. None of them seem to have much clue what to do in life. Two of them got pregnant in high school. As for my aunt, she has always been heavily involved in church activities for as long as I've known her.
2. The second oldest is my mom. She'll get her own post later.
3. This aunt also took a hands off approach to parenting. It also shows. Her oldest daughter married a French guy and flew off to live with him there. She's not really on speaking terms with my aunt. Her second oldest daughter, after a period in which she got on the bad side of the local law enforcement, got knocked up in high school. (I've always been close to this particular cousin, so don't think I'm passing judgement, I'm just stating facts.) The youngest daughter barely finished high school, and at the second she turned 18, ran away from home to live with a friend. She's got issues too. She's also a lesbian. (Something my highly religious family frowns upon, but wouldn't dare say to her face.) At any given moment, she might be on her way to jail. As for my aunt, she's constantly medicated and I can't help but feel pity for her. All of her children ran off the second they could.
4. The youngest of my aunts has the exact opposite parenting style to the two aunts I've already described. She keeps a tight leash on her daughters at all times. This has had mixed results. Her oldest daughter (you should've figured out by now that I don't have many male cousins) is currently attending a community college. She's a stuck up brat. She's my cousin, I love her, and I will fight for her, but she is a brat. Once again, facts is facts. She has rebelled a little by trying to be a wannabe popular girl, but with her personality, she doesn't really have any close friends. The youngest seems to be on the same road, although she's a lot more conservative and prissy.

So those are my aunts and their families. My uncles will be covered in the next post.