CuntOMatic said:

This image caused me to have a seizure.

I will be seeing my Brother in 7 days time after 15 months on the other side of the world from him... words don't cover how much I miss him and am counting down the days

We had a family reuninon cruise to the Caribbean and it was the SHIT! I loved it! I almost didn't go because I was working on my first film and I didn't want to miss anything in pre-production but my family convinced me and I said "What the hell" and I went and had a great time!

Only if you are really drunk. Actually, I love and adore my family, especially the minnesota brood. My Prince family, on the other hand...what a bunch of freaks. hehe

I hate mine. I give it a shot every year, and it's always just a bunch of old people I don't even know.

I get lunch, and I'm outta there!

we have family get togethers twice a year. we all bring our kids, so there's two or three generations there. what happens is my parents generation talk in one room, our generation talk in another, and the kids go play. but.....
ive gotten to know my older cousins better, most of whom grew up with my grandmother. they know all the stories about the old country, and what life was like when the family first came to america in the 20's. my daughter saw cousin Chester in a wheelchair last year, and she went to talk to him and ask him how he was feeling. Later on, Chester (80 something, who died a couple of months after we saw him) told me that my daughter was just like her great grandmother, for whom we named her after. It's those kinds of interactions that make family get togethers worthwhile. Sure we have cousins who are nuts, or grumpy...but how else are you gonna learn how you got here?

luv4all7 said:

everyone's favortie part

ThreadBare said:

i agree

MickG said:

except when you're the one making the lunch

ThreadCula said:

are there any Douglas' in your family???

big nay on that one...
my dad's side of the family are into secresy, i don't know many people on his side, but they all seem to know who i am

my mom's side is a fucking circus, always hesaid shesaid bullshit...ALWAYS...and someone is always there to scream out about how much weight you've gained since the last time they saw u to everyone else...eventho the last time u saw them was BEFORE puberty
they're greedy and money hungry and there are only a few that i choose to keep in touch with, mainly the cousins and my gramma...that's it really..



my family is a giant seinfeld episode gone black.

ZombieKitten said:

I always assumed it was a unwritten rule that Family Reunions would be "Pot Luck" types with a little BBQ mixed in.

Nay to the Nth fuckin' degree.

Reasons:
--I hate "potluck" food. I grew up in the midwest so reunion food means lots of jello salad, and meat dishes. (I'm vegetarian.)

--I don't like being around kids or old people and reunions are chock full of those types. It's pure torture.

--I grew up on a farm and everyone in my family (immediate and extended) still lives within 45 miles of there. I live in New York. I have a master's degree in Contemporary Art History. Their concept of art is, well, I don't know what they think of art--I doubt they do. (Once I showed my Grandma a pic of Michaelangelo's David and she asked where his clothes were. ) Popular topics of conversation are: the weather, who is married to whom, & how the crops are lookin'

--I'm not married and don't have kids (and frankly don't plan to do either), which makes people think something is wrong with me.

I have absolutely nothing in common with most of my relatives and that just makes holidays & family get togethers incredibly uncomfortable for me, so I try to avoid them as much as possible.
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Here! Here!

I love, love, love my family!

We haven't had a family reunion in a few years, but I keep in touch with my immeidate and extended family (aunts, uncles, and first, second and third cousins) as much as I can. I have a really big family and I love the chaos and diversity it brings

applekisses said:

love them. really, really enjoyed the last one

Only time you will see people in my family get together is for a funeral, and even then they are throwing attitude around. My cousins and I get along real well, but our parents can't stand eachother.

yes, I love my family!

There aren't many left, and those that are, I enjoy every second of our time together.

Thanks to everyone who posted, I agree with a lot of what some of you posted about why you dislike family reunions, I feel the same way.

My dad's family has a reunion every year, so all of my relatives whom I only see once a year (if I'm lucky) can get together, get to know each other, blah, blah, blah. The problem is that these people, through no fault of their own are like strangers to me, honestly. Because I didn't have them in my life much because of the distance we all lived apart from each other when I was growing up, I really didn't get to know them that well. I mean, what the hell am I supposed to talk to them about, the weather? Plus I don't do well in large groups of people anyway, so I tend to kind of hang out with my mom the entire time (wimpy, I know, but that's how I am).

I have some people in my family with very strong personalities, who act like they know it all and want to run everything. Those kind of people turn me completely off, so I tend to stay away from them.

Then there's another group of people in my family, the super religious types, who all they do is talk about religion and act like they know more about it then the rest of us. Gimme a damn break, I guess they think we need to be "saved" or something (which is not true, because my entire family was raised Christian). The religious talks get under people's nerves. I remember the one reunion when the religiom bullshit was going on at my aunt's house. She came out of the house and into the yard, and boy was she ever ticked off, and rightfully so. It is wrong to try to force your religious beliefs down other people's throats and that is exactly what certain people in my family do, and that is a complete turn off as well.

I remember last year at the reunion, when we were trying to plan the details for this year's reunion. Everybody was talking all at once and arguing, wanting to have the floor and not let anyone else speak. It was like the damn Jerry Springer show, I swear.

So as you can see, I have many reasons for not being excited about these reunions. Every year I go, hoping it will get better, but it's just the same ole shit every damn year. If it weren't for my brothers, sisters-in-law and their kids living out of town and the reunion being one of the few chances that I get to see them, I would not even bother going to these stupid reunions. That sounds cold, I know, but it's the honest truth.

Family reunions suck.

Nay. When my immediate family always finds out about the family reunion they are hell bent on NOT going....then as the time gets closer and the weather gets warm then they want to consider it....

now when i make plans for myself in the summer they want me to change it just for them..i be like HELL NO thats not fair to me especially because ya'll can't make up your fuckin' minds....

then i have to hear all this shit from my mom and my grandparents about how family is important, yadda yadda yadda, so i finally decide to go for them...

then once we get to the damn shindig, they complain about how not everybody shows up to the fuckin' events...i'm like YEAH AND I SHOULD BE ONE OF THEM WHO SHOULDN'T BE HERE!!!

last year we stayed in a crappy hotel, the whole thing was unorganized...it was fuckin' waste...most of the people i was introduced to i never seen before in my life and the next time i see them they will say the same shit, "OH HAVEN'T MET YOU BEFORE" yes you did bitch!!!!

I've only been to one & I was really young so If my family had them more frequently I'd be down to go, but I really only keep in touch w/ my immediate family & a few cousins/aunts/uncles...

sag10 said:

when you're away from them you very quickly realise what you have