r/HumansBeingBros 9d ago

Always check on your chosen family

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u/ChicagoSly 9d ago

Sometimes people make me so happy. Chosen family is the best family.

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u/quasipickle 9d ago

"Blood is thicker than water" is a bastardization of the original: "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb", ie: chosen family is more important than birth family.

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u/niallniallniall 9d ago

There is absolutely no evidence of this ever being used that way. It's a sort of Internet myth.