Not Just An Uncle
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Not Just An Uncle

My uncle is the greatest person I know, he gives me the best advice, and always has my back no matter what happens.

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Not Just An Uncle
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Having a built in best friend growing up is one of the greatest things. Most people have an older brother or sister, I have an uncle who's my age. We're a year a part, and closer than we'll ever be. He's always been my right-hand guy, and my best friend. We grew up together and have always had the best relationship. As we got older he became more of a brother than an uncle but is just as protective as any kind of family member can be. It can be weird introducing him to my friends, especially when we were younger, but now he's known as "The Uncle" to all my friends and an uncle to all.

We fight like siblings, we are so much more alike than I'd like to admit at times but that's why we're so close. I would be completely lost without him in my life. We've grown up being uncle and niece and see nothing wrong with it. He's just 22 years old and a senior in college, while I'm 21 and a junior in college. It's like having a built in best friend in my family during vacations. He is the person that I turn to for everything, from when I'm bored to having major life crisis's.

Having a young uncle is great and all but having to explain it to people is the most difficult thing. It usually starts off with us introducing the other and people starring at us in disbelief then proceeding to laughing saying "oh you're kidding, so funny!" And we always look at each other like really is there ever going to be a time that someone doesn't think we're joking. I promise you having an uncle close to the same age as you can happen, and everyone gets lost. My favorite part is when I'm talking about him and I always have to say, "my uncle, he's 22" and then Igo on with my story. If I don't explain his age first all our stories sound weird and not very believable.

My uncle is the greatest person I know, he gives me the best advice, and always has my back no matter what happens. He will tell me the truth whether I want to hear it or not and will let me have my crazy moments when needed. We have the best memories, they all start and end with Disney because we're absolute obsessed and have been since we were little kids. My favorite memories are going to Disney with him, and how the times have changed from when we were little to now.

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