I'm still Learning here

As many of you know i have become very close to certain family from my local church to the point of which i literally concider the parents my brother and sisters, and the children my nieces and nephews. Friends are the family you choose right? Over the past months sinces i have been deployed myself and my brother and sister have discussed what exactly my role is in the childrens lives. Well to make a long story short an uncle is exactly what i am minus the small little thing of blood relation. Well i love every minute of it!! I have never felt this attatched to anyone.

This relationship was put to a whole new test yesturday. Both of the eldest children are currently semi-grounded. One can't hold his tounge and the other well she just has some time restrictions cause she will sit infront of the computer all day now that her mother has let her join those of us in the realm of facebook. So anyway i call my sister last night and i get you won't believe what the kids did last night. So apparently their parents had called it an early night and the kids decided to stay up til about midnight. Without asking their parents about it first. So my brother walks down stairs and finds his 2 eldest children still awake playing video games. Naturally they both got scolded, but not so hot decisions seems to becoming a reoccuring theme here lately.

Now here is where my conflict comes into play. THe part of me that is young (i am 22 and single here cut me a break) was like and big deal, but the uncle part of me which is becoming stronger and stronger everyday says what in the world were they thinking, they know better. A really wierd train of thought for me. So then i got on the phone with them and did something i never thought i would do. I scolded them and threatened to take something away that they are very much looking forward to doing once i get back if they didn't sraighten up.

What i wanna know is where the heck did that come from? This whole responsible adult thing is really wierd for me. although i am picking up on it pretty well.

So what do ya'll think? Should becoming a responsible adult seem this strange to me?