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The kind of relationship I have with my family

7 Apr 2024, 01:33 Publicly Viewable

The social networks that I am going reflect on is kinship relationship where I had an access to a free VIP  ticket to a event because my aunt have access to cultural capital because of qualification  and skills she has in marketing which  led her to be marketing manager at ZigZag cafe . Which then means that my aunt have access to economic capital and I have access to social capital because I know someone at higher level that  has allowed me to access something that I would not have access to because the ticket are very expensive especially the VIP one's.

 

In my domestic household there is generalised reciprocity because my mother has done lot of things for me , my aunt and my little sister that we cannot keep track of and also us doing  things  for her which are impossible  to  be countered.  My mother posses  economic capital bacause she has access to money since she is working and that she owns a property that we reside in and also she posses  cultural capital beacause she has skills and knowledge that  enable her  to take care of us by buying us things , cooking for us and cleaning after  us and  in return  especially me and my aunt babysitting my little sister and running errands for her  is a form of generalized reciprocity because it how we were taught  from a younger age that we must look after one another  without expecting things back and without complaint. The things we do for each other me and my aunt are a lot and it very much hard to count and we do things that we do not expect things back and we do not care about the value whether they  cost so much money or not , for example about a month ago my aunt bought me KFC for my birthday and for her birthday day before yesterday I bought fries and bread with coldrink,  these things have different values and this is another example of generalised reprocity.

 

In my domestic household we are obligated to care for one another and my obligation with my family is for a very long period of time from since I was born and still continuing until I die. I cannot remove myself from this kind of relationship because we are blood related and it is a norm and belief that we care for our families until we die 

Through the the care and the things we do for one another there is belonging involved because I have sense of belonging in the relationship I have with my aunt that she will always do things for me as much I will always do things for her regardless of  value of the things . And also I have sense of belonging in my family especially my mother because I am certain that she always have my back and she will be always be right by my side regardless of what I do .