The whole trip sucked. Coming down there and revisiting with family after a 2 year hiatus reminded me why it took me so many years to lose my virginity. I listened to my grandmother and mom rant and rave how fat and ugly i had gotten in the last 2 years (205lbs in single digit bf.. probably 9-10%). For some reason i didn't think telling them it was test bloat would help my cause. I then had to eat dinner at my grandmothers while my aunt brings her tumor ridden dog that is on the verge of dying, yet the insist on keeping it alive like Terry Shiavo with steroids and multiple surgeries. It was totally blind and as i watched it stumble around the room and my Mom cutting the tukery i slowly lost my appetite. My autistic second cousin was running around telling everyone the TV would be working properly in a few minutes and my whole right wing conservative side of the family ranted about the Rapture and how they were all stocking up canned foods for the event. Me and my dad ate in disgust in a private room away from the rest of the family. I hate these family get togethers. Why do we have them
Mostly alcoholics in my family(Irish and Swedish heavy drinkers) so the Thanksgiving turkey usually burns in the oven. One year two of the fireman actually stayed for dinner to insure that the fire was completely out and would not be 'rekindled' by the burnt kitchen's inebriated inhabitants.Nowadays when the cousins all gather for holiday activities no one drinks too much and some of us claim that none of us are alcoholics because alcoholism skips generations, but proceeds on to the next. Any agreements with that?As sons and daughters of extreme alcoholics we have some unbelievable stories to tell, some funny but most very fook'd up, so we laff and cry a lot when we gather together over the holidays and talk story of holidays gone by and our drunken relatives when they gather together to celebrate the art of excessive drinking.We miss them though.Any alcoholics in this GetBig gang?
why do some of you guys hate your family?are they just annoying or are they really bad people?E
I'm all about my immediate family (mother,father, sister, brother, nephew) but as far as my cousins, aunts, and uncles, I see them at christmas once a year usually, and thats enough for me.
Meh but everyones either a sisters brothers son, etc, you may not like them but your all connected, some might say that's what family is but I digress
it's not that I don't like them. but these days its hard to get everyone together all the time. I guess I would probably feel dfferently if I saw them more often, but it is what it is.
Damn man. My family is supportive as shit. Maybe it is you?
The last thing my wife and I want to do is spend hours on some meal to feed and entertain relatives we barely know.
Lord...thats some funny shit
My dad with his usual hangover said, "Don't worry about it! It's a train wreck set!" And I was the only kid on the block that had one.
So you get all butt hurt if your family says a quick prayer at a family dinner get over yourself who cares. I would kick your ass out of my house if I was your family.
and who says the modern family is in decline?
Yes. Howard is widely known for the disrespectful ways he treats his family members. I should endeavour to repeatedly make threads about his incivilities.
can you imagine a day when it's a burden because your kids and their families want to come to your house for T-Giving or holidays? Sad really.
Well considering it was OUR HOUSE as in my dads, my moms, and mine and the fact that guests that were INVITED initiated a prayer without consent is rude. So no... if anything the guest should have their ass kicked out of the house. I think you would be a little butt hurt yourself if you had someone conduct some mumba jumba ceremony at your dinner table because of their "beliefs".
Use that prayer time to scope out the table, so by the time they are raising their heads, you are already asking to be passed the plate you want to start with.
If only there was a positive family board I could post on...
