Re-watching all seasons of Gilmore Girls, and I just started it today.
& how J named my family, I think it fits.
Even during just the first 5 episodes of season 1 alone, I feel my heart wrench and soar all at once.
Me being Lorelai, my relationship with my sister as Rory - her, being my life source, and how close we are and how we live. Not as close as how they are, but close enough, and how Lorelai is afraid of Rory leaving and changing, and moving away from her life? I feel that, I know how it feels. The fear of losing her and not having her with you, by your side.

& I look at Lorelai's relationship with Emily, and how we call my mum Emiily - their shouts and fights and outbursts, total complete mirror of how my mum and I are. & Emily says to Richard 'She's right, I don't know my daughter at all.' and I begin to tear because I'm sure my mother has said that at some point in time. Emily and Richard attacking Lorelai at Friday dinners (my family does weekly Friday dinners too, coincidentally) and how when Emily, Richard and Rory walk away together, Lorelai is left alone, sitting on a couch, feeling alone and left out. I feel exactly that way, I feel like I could lose her to them, and yet all at once I wish they'd love me as much too and that I'd had the chance to bond with them.

This show, it just stirs up so much of these emotions I have towards my family, and yet it does make me happy, does make me laugh.
I can never get sick of it, despite knowing the underlying meanings and similarities it has. (:
 
& then somehow, I know, deep down, that you will always love a Rory and never a Lorelai.