"When you've known someone you're not blood-related to long enough, a sense of closeness inevitably develops, even (and especially) if you wouldn't be friends in any other context. I'd never have met John if he hadn't married my sister. We have almost nothing in common: He's the most millennial to have ever millennial-ed; I'm a chronically online Gen Zer. But we still have a great time together when traveling, be it over empanadas or a late-night debrief."
"When I visit him and Amanda at their house in New Jersey, he makes sure our wine glasses are always full, plays a movie he doesn't mind us talking over, and puts their baby to bed so we can have one-on-one sister time. Similarly, on trips, he'll start our bar tab and sometimes turn in before us so we can giggle together before going to sleep."
A beachside vacation in Luquillo features simple, generous gestures from a brother-in-law who shares street-vendor empanadas. The brother-in-law sustains attentiveness at home by keeping wine glasses filled, selecting movies that permit conversation, and putting the baby to bed to enable sister bonding. On trips he often opens the bar tab and sometimes turns in early so the sisters can stay up giggling. A long acquaintance between non-blood relatives fostered closeness despite few shared interests, bridging generational differences between a millennial and a Gen Zer during travel and late-night debriefs.
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