My uncle and aunt came visiting again to Melbourne. They invited me for dinner and specially requested for my german boyfriend to come along. I definitely saw this coming and I was just nervous. I imagine 7 of them versus 2 of us. It's like meeting the judge and jury for a court case except we didn't commit a crime, that's for sure.
I had confidence that Stefan could handle the pressure because he is just too in socialising and interacting with people. It's just me.. thinking too much as usual and doubting.
Luckily, everything was opposite as I feared. My family were friendly and outgoing and both party were clicking along. We had Peking Duck for dinner at Blackburn, good food, good wine, good chat, good laughter. What more can I ask. With my parents far away from me, my uncle, aunts and cousins are definitely my closest relative. For the first time after so many months, I felt like a real family gathering again, this time with one special person I would like to share with.
After dinner, we headed home to Richmond, my old place. We had some relaxing and spent some quality time as family with the cousins and their boyfriends and mine as well.
Stefan learnt some mahjong skills from my aunt and picked up really quick and I guess he had some beginniners luck and even won a few rounds.
Overall the night was wonderful, there was no need of "nervous" feeling at the first point. Definitely a night to remember :)
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