My family is actually nice.
I'm glad I was raised to be nice, warm, friendly, even though it made me a little out of touch with a lot of my peers.
This is one of those things where, when people are all like "oh nice is the bare minimum, nice isn't worth anything", and I feel like, OK, try living with all mean people all the time, and see how pleasant it is.
Mean is like the dark side in Star Wars - it looks powerful and flashy, but in time it will wear you down.
Anyway, sure, we've bumped heads and gotten on each other's nerves from time to time, but we've also laughed together, played games together, watched movies and TV together, gone on vacations together. We've appreciated a lot together, and I wish I appreciated that in the moment.
Then there are the good things about each individual person, that adds to the whole group.
Finally I have to give a special mention, to how we all bonded over our love for our family dog. He really brought us all together, not to mention made us laugh with the way he was.
Anyway this is a good question so I'll also bump it -
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