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Dad is having an affair in Taiwan. I can tell from mom's agitation that she's seen enough small signs to discover the truth. Stories upon stories of unhappy events keep shoving their behind into my ear. I do not wish to hear those tales but that is what I have to do and the only thing I can do. It seems that I've become the ear of the familly who just listens.

I cannot take any side because I love them equally. Call it love if you will,it is as much as my cultural programming allows me to love them. If you ask me more in detail, I can only say I have never felt familly love like those depicted on TV. My dad never hugged me and I always know that there's no one in the audience seat cheering for me when I scored that perfect winning goal. What I feel for them is a mere wishing for their well being.