Posted by rskontos on November 30, 2008, at 21:45:19
In reply to Re: Family -- and Defending Boundaries, posted by llurpsienoodle on November 30, 2008, at 19:14:20
>>My personal insanity came in the form of visiting my family for a 3 day reunion. oh joy. The best part was when the boys played frisbee and my older bro took one to his eye socket and got a nice shiner. There was all the hubbub as my mom got out her ancient nursing texts and proceeded to do a painful 45 minute diagnostic interview while the other brother shone a penlight in older brother's pupil. Meanwhile dad is shouting anxiously "what's going on? Jesus f*kin Chr*st I can't see a Godda**d thing" and stomping his cane on the floor. The rest of us are using our digital cameras to capture the moment and then dad gets even more angry and starts shouting at us for being disruptive.>>
>>Perhaps another wonderful moment came when my dad bugged the hostess at least 2 dozen times over the course of the day to put a sturdy table in his bedroom, next to the bed. Why? so that he could put his pee filled urinal jugs somewhere in the middle of the night. (horror).
anyhoo, the meal itself went off without a hitch. No drama, foodwise, or behaviorwise. I suppose that's progress over the food fight 2 years ago?>>>
OH my god, Ll you got me going again after I read Seldom's story.
So now after reading everyone's "stories" (nightmares or comedies) I think we need to publish a book on Thanksgiving's/Holidays with the families.
Because if they crack me up, I am sure America could use a laugh. Maybe we are ok, and the rest of the family are the f*ck*d up ones!
So what do we think, a book is in order?
We could publish the stories and then offer survival tactics.
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