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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:30 PM Original message |
Ever have a family member who drives you crazy? |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. You have no idea |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. There is one family member... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Drinking does NOT help |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It's better than the alternative... |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. lol |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. au contraire! Drinking helps a lot. Dulls the pain and allows you |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I guess that would work in a normal "family" |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. A normal family? Definition of a dysfunctional family; |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. +1 nt |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
54. +1 Some families, well into their cups, raise hell faster than a suicide bomber with dysentry. nt |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Yeah but that can be fun. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. My father.. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. He probably will! LOL |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, the older I get, the better I was |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You probably aren't as old as I |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Yours too huh? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. Oh trust me, I've been around the block a few times. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. My sister. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Any pearls of wisdom... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Let's put it this way, |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Mi madre. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It's the worst... the Bush-loving, Palin-adoring... |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
70. for those about to rock |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. How much time do you have? |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Ha! |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Fine...taking into consideration how massive my family is, I'll ask you again...how much time |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Write them down |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I can do that n/t |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. I hate the holidays. So stressful. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. One year we should just put a "closed for business" sign on the door & leave! |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Great idea! I long for the day when someone else takes over. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yes. So many, in fact, that the only solution was to BE the crazy relative |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Hmm.... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm on my own this year *sigh*, so I really should do Thanksgiving for my mother... |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Grrr. Those are the most evil kind of people... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Thank you. He really is incorrigible. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Does he work or ever have to be out of the house? |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It's her house, but she lets him run the show. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #49 |
62. I feel for you. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Thank you for both the sympathy and the advice. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:53 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. No problem, I use to be a great listener... |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Hey, if that doggie is your baby, you will get through it. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Yes, that's my pup, Jack, and he does keep me sane... |
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snailly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. I kill them every two years |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. I'm not sure I want to know any more |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. I am the person who drives people crazy. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. And you are aware of this? |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. No longer really have holidays. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. What you said makes a lot of sense |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. I have a relative who condemns the Tea Partyers. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Wow... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. most of 'em |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. How'd you manage that? |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I started announcing it as I was cooking x-mas dinner last year |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. Take a walk after dinner |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Don't do weed ... |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. My buddy fries the turkey(s) |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. My obese racist freeper sister in Colorado Springs |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. How awful |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
47. Only one and she is toxic poison |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
60. +100 |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. Only two in-laws |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. A friend said that were yearly fistfights at the Thanksgiving dinner table |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
56. Yep. But, overall, I have come to terms with my family |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
57. My wife is my only family member who DOESN"T drive me crazy. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
61. My mom |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
66. Hmmm. I only get to pick one? |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
67. Just about every last one of them |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
68. Don't even get me started... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
69. I *am* the family member which drives me crazy. (nt) |
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