people vs. family

ben

Why is it that sometimes you treat other people better than your own family? Try to look at these instances:

When your friend calls you can put up even an hour or two but when your mother calls, it seems like the phone is a fiery coal that burns your ears.

When your friend asks for some financial help it is a little easier to give than to your cousin or a distant relative.

When you hold parties you cook so much for other people but when it is a family gathering you even cut the budget for the food to be served.

When you treat your friends, sky is the limit, but when you treat your family, you do a lopsided grin when someone orders an expensive meal.

When someone tells you to spend on a trip in a far away place it is easy to say 'yes' but when a member of your family asks you to go with him, it seems difficult  for you to respond.

There are other things more than these. Do you take your family for granted or you just find home in others?