Growing up pangs

Childhood wouldnt be childhood without such characters and incidents..Im sure these span the length of childhood across the world...For while you are growing up, there will always be

One or two irritating cousins - I had a whole horde of them who would score better than me, were smarter than me, less clumsy, more neat, never dropped ice cream or dal onto their clothes, didn't hog too much, were always perfectly behaved and the best part is that they fell into the category of getting 80 + in maths..a subject which i sucked at. While I am grown up now..They're still there - Only difference is that now either they are married or earning better (no actually studying) and can cook perfect round theplas and rotis, can make a meal for 10 ppl during an emergency while my expertise only stretches to making tea, ice tea, pav bhaji and other such assorted items

Unknown aunts and uncles - These will be the ones whose names you NEVER remember , simply cos they are too old/ irritating/smelly/frankly mental. But they will be the ones with the most money/power/old age etc so that your parents have to behave properly which makes u also liable to behave properly with them. And there will always be 3 standard statements

- My god, she's so grown up!! (did you expect me to be stuck in a time warp lady)

- Hello (insert touching feet here) do you remember me? (Blank expression)

- And wat are you doing now? Studying ..Oh BMS/BMX/BMD ? What is that (Rucha gives a long explanation of what she's doing by the end of which the relative is drooling in his seat or tells you that u were better off doing a CA)

This list is incomplete..will add on to it ..Right now, this much is enough for my frustration to come down :)