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“The Worst 45 Seconds Of My Life”: 30 Family Functions Gone Terribly Wrong
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Ah, family. Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em! I look forward to seeing my relatives all year long, but when I finally do, I am reminded to be careful to avoid certain hot topics and be on my best behavior. We have a wonderful time catching up, playing games and sharing funny stories. But one controversial comment can make the rest of the day extremely uncomfortable.
Regardless of how deeply you love your relatives, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a family function quickly go south. Redditors have recently been sharing stories of the most inappropriate and uncomfortable moments that they’ve witnessed at family gatherings, so we’ve gathered the most painful stories below. We sincerely hope that these tales don’t remind you of your own relatives, but if they do, you can rest assured knowing that you’re not alone. And keep reading to find a conversation with Modern Therapy's clinician, Adnan Kastrat, LAC!
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#1
My dad brought threw an impromptu birthday party for himself while my mom was overseas (his birthday not until the following month) so he could introduce his affair partner to his family behind my mom's back. The thing about the AP was she had "disappeared" in order to avoid a subpoena. My dad had told investigators when they were looking for her that he had no idea where she was and then brought her to this function two days later.
My dad thought his family would welcome the AP which would force my mom to accept her as a part of our family. Apparently he wanted a whole sister wife scenario.
For some reason, he didn't think my uncle - a working police detective - would rat him and his affair partner out to law enforcement lol.
The spaghetti was good, though. .
Pandroid Rebellion 1 year ago
Narcissistic behavior is fun. They decide it will be so AND SO IT WILL BE even if it absolutely will not be.
Full of Giggles 1 year ago
And then there’s my ex-husband’s family who embraced his AP and agreed not to tell me or his grandmother. When Grams found out, she cut her entire family from her will and made me the sole heir to her estate.
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#2
My sister mixed alcohol and "prescription" medication as the matron of honor at a cousin's wedding. She got black out drunk, gave lap dances during the reception, instigated a fight with her husband in the parking lot almost costing him his high security government job because He was arrested, not her, even though she was drunk as hell. The final act was passing out on my Aunt's white couch and pissing herself while wearing a maroon dress thus staining said white couch pink.
She didn't quit drinking after this.
I have been no contact for 19 years for this among many other egregious behaviors over the course of 3 decades.
Oh and if my sister recognizes this story or someone in my extended family, Hello. Also try to deny this happened. I believe it was all recorded in full color on a camcorder.
#3
My Grandma faked a heart attack at my 7th birthday party. She claimed she had like a year or less to live and had been faking that she had cancer.
Parents take her to the hospital, all the tests they do for a heart attack come back fine. My Mom orders some other tests as well to see what’s really up.
Turned out she was completely fine and wasn’t going to die, she just made it up to try and get money from my parents. Haven’t seen her since then either.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Wow, why would you do that at any kids birthday party especially your grandkid.
Thee8thsense 1 year ago
As the wife of a pancreatic cancer survivor, I believe people who lie about having cancer should be slapped hard enough to send them into the next century. Failing that, maybe they should receive the punishment of some chemo.
Andrew Arons 1 year ago
I only fake heart attacks so I don't have to go to kids' birthday parties.
Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago
My younger sister (NC for over 20 years) claimed she had some disease and needed a kidney. Since we share a blood type she asked my Mom to ask me if I would get tested. I laughed and asked her (Mom) if she really believed this bullsh*t, because I certainly didn't, and even IF sis needed a kidney, I sure as hell wouldn't give her one of mine. Miracle of miracles! Two months later her mystery disease had disappeared. Uh huh. That's just one of MANY reasons I don't have any contact with her. She is a f*cking whack job.
To learn more about family functions and why they're so often filled with drama, we reached out to Modern Therapy's clinician, Adnan Kastrat, LAC. Adnan was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and first address what the importance of family gatherings are.
"Family functions can have a tremendous positive impact on our well-being and can naturally help strengthen bonds between family members when events go well, particularly when family is meaningful for someone," he shared. "Every family has their own culture, set of values, traditions and overall heritage. These factors can be very beneficial in helping establish a sense of identity and belonging."
#4
This didn't happen to me, but I watched it happen and it was awful. My cousin was pregnant from a guy who she had only been dating for a few months, but he was a good guy. On Christmas Eve she invited him to our family gathering and when we were exchanging presents he grabbed a small box from the tree and was 2 seconds from getting down on one knee when *that uncle* jokingly says, "god I hope you're not proposing!" Everyone laughs and this poor guy is in a half bent knee/half standing pose and just looks up at *that uncle* and slowly powers through it and slowly gets down on one knee and proceeds to ask her if she'll marry him. She said yes and they're engaged but it was one of the worst 45 seconds of my life.
Harry Whole 1 year ago
That dude is an absolute beast for powering through that. Alot of Uncles messing up things for ppl
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
There's one in every family. Take your pick, when it comes to a*****e uncles: total loser, can't get a date, never married, divorced. All or any combination of those, and maybe even more that I haven't listed, like maybe on the Pedophile Registry, freshly out of prison---again, freshly out of rehab---again, recently discovered living in a homeless shelter---again. Total loser with a big mouth that should be duct taped shut. Permanently.
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Rachel Walker 1 year ago
I feel like the only proper response is, "God, of course not! We haven't even been on a single date!"
Jenny Lind 1 year ago
I have an aunt that ruined pregnancy announcements by asking "what? are you pregnant?" Not once, not twice but to many to count 😬
#5
I have always had trouble getting along with my uncle and my autistic cousin (his nephew). At my grandpa's funeral, being a Jewish funeral, the closest male relatives are asked to come forward to dig up some dirt and place it on top of the coffin. Then they ask anyone else if they'd like to do the same. I just happened to be in front of my uncle at that time, and he barked under his breath for me to "MOVE!" I replied, "MOVE PLEASE!" while he grunted and rolled his eyes at me while forcibly pushing me out the way.
Back at my Nanna's for lunch afterwards, I just happened to be in front of him again in the narrow hallway leading to the kitchen and he decided I wasn't moving fast enough for his liking and starting barking at me again to, "MOVE....MOOOVE!" but much louder this time. I turned around at yelled at him that he's been giving me mixed messages about whether he cared about me my whole life, and to pick a f*****g lane! Naturally, my extended family members who I don't get to see that often all heard it. His girlfriend was on my side at least.
My Mum also argued with my cousin until they were both blue in the face over certain religious requirements of the Chevra Kadisha as they're an Orthodox organisation (that deal with the deceased and funerals) and my cousin is Reform. She ended up screaming at him, and my extended family members heard that, too.
A few months later, there was an event at his girlfriend's shop, and we argued again, and he told me I was lucky not to be thrown on top of the coffin!
More months later, at Seder (first night Passover), that same Uncle's poured the leftover oil from the pulled lamb he made down my Nanny's sink in her brand new apartment and blocked it! Then he accidentally swung round a wine bottle and broke a glass full of red wine all over the tablecloth. He also argued with my mother and Nanna. I was just glad not to be his target this time. Needless to say, my Nanna has now retired from hosting Seders!
How anyone can read this and think Jews could possibly agree with each other long enough to execute giant, worldwide conspiracy theories is bloody laughable really! Just attend one shabbat dinner and get back to me! As we say, if 2 Jews are sitting around the table, they'll be 3 opinions!
Sue User 1 year ago
Its the same with government. Spend any time at Department of Motor Vehickes, the Verterans Admin, Dept of Health and Human Resources or any other Agency/ Dept and you know the vouldnt fake the moon landing.
Mark Kelly 1 year ago
Yeah, I can't believe people think the Donald Trump shooting is a conspiracy
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ucp 1 year ago
I’m reminded of something I heard a Rabbi say on the radio the other day: if you have two Jews, you’ll have three opinions. The Jewish wisdom of sacred argument.
Dorothy Reiser 1 year ago
My brother, who lives in Israel, told me that if it weren't for Israel being surrounded by enemies, Israelis would be fighting each other.
Jessica Shookhoff 1 year ago
Lmao! Yup! Still waiting for my 'Jew Card' so I can access the trillions of dollars we're hoarding in thousands of offshore accounts. Maybe we'll run into each other at the next New World Order meeting...
Leah Isenbert 1 year ago
Do conspiracy theorists actually understand the level of complexity and complicity that any level of government or agency has to have to concoct any type of conspiracy
Roberta Surprenant 1 year ago
Should have continued hosting Seder, just cut down on the guest list.
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
I have a Jewish friend and she is indeed one of the most hard-headed, argumentative people I know!
#6
My BIL went around telling everyone my sisters make up and dress made her look like a Las Vegas W**re… at our other sisters wedding. This was before she had to go and stand up in front of a 100 people… she had normal make up and a normal bridesmaid dress. So, not only was her husband embarrassing her to everyone (including strangers) she was genuinely embarrassed to stand up there because she thought she looked so awful. Didn’t matter what we told her, either.
F’in Douche.
GK 1 year ago
Sadly, OP said they're still together. "my husband told me after the ceremony that he was berating her via text prior to it starting. How did he know that, you might ask…. he was friggin using voice to text for all the guests sitting around him to hear!"
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Damned_Cat 1 year ago
Me neither, but I'll bet they don't wear normal makeup and bridesmaid dresses
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Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 1 year ago
Some people just deserve to be punched in the throat. Not advocating doing it. But they sure deserve it.
Stella Goldfish 1 year ago
That's just sad. BIL was a jerk . Hopefully he has become enlightened or he is no longer around.
"Family will typically be an easily accessible support system that may offer advice with personal issues or even just be a comfortable safe environment to fall back on during difficult times," Adnan continued. "Family functions are an excellent way of strengthening this relationship and helping one feel that they are not alone in facing the challenges of life."
#7
My alcoholic uncle got so drunk at his own daughter's wedding that he [peed] on the wedding cake in front of half the wedding party.
"He quit drinking after that.
DC 1 year ago
But, is that real? Or, are more rock bottoms hit because people believe in that being a necessity in order to quit?
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Historyharlot93 1 year ago
This is why I had a dry wedding. My parents were alcoholic and I didn’t want their drama. Really nice people sober, but mean drunks.
rorschach-penguin 1 year ago
Hardcore alcoholics would just sneak liquor in in their pockets or purse.
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#8
My grandmother tried to shoot herself in the front yard because my mother wouldn't let me and my siblings (6, 4 and 2) ride sitting on the back hood of my uncle's classic convertible during their neighborhood Fourth of July parade. She was angry that no one would be able to see our outfits if we were seated inside the car and while trying to shoot herself accidentally grazed my grandpa in the process. Good times.
roddy 1 year ago
This is the problem of having guns too readily available to people with no sense of proportion. The kind who will shoot a server because they think they didn't get enough french fries, or some other perceived slight. I honestly don't know how people can feel comfortable in this sort of society, never knowing if the person you just bumped into is carrying and is having a bad day.
Shaunn Munn 1 year ago
I lost a school pal who sat on a friend's car's hood. All the friend did was let up on the brake and rebrake immediately. Just that tiny bit of motion caused my pal to fall off the hood, crack his skull, and go into a morbid coma, dying a couple of days later. A lesson for all of us. I miss you, Tim. Grandma ought to be ashamed of herself!
Pandroid Rebellion 1 year ago
Your grandmother tried to shoot herself because she is a whackadoo.
Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 1 year ago
And some people are still dumb enough to say America doesn't have a gun problem.
Tom De Paul 7 months ago (edited)
Sorry. This is not a gun problem. It's a grandma is crazy and should have gotten help by now problem.
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#9
Boy, do I have a good one.
So, waaay back in the day, my aunt went to university with a nice boy who was studying medicine, while she was studying accounting.
20 years later, and he became our family doctor. He's the GP for me, my brother, my parents, my aunt, my cousins...and we're close friends with his family, his son, his wider relations, and their friends. One big happy family-and-friends group.
So, a few years ago, before COVID (I think 2016, 2017?) our doc invites us out to his 60th birthday. All his family was there - cousins, cousins-in-law, nephews, nieces, family friends (including all of us) etc etc. He'd booked out an entire Italian restaurant to celebrate his birthday.
We're sitting down, we're talking, we're eating. The restaurant is divided into two halves - the "adults area" with all our parents, and the "kids area" with me, my doctor's son, his cousins, and all our mutual friends. Everything is totally fine and normal...
...and then my friend's aunt, my doctor's cousin-in-law, comes running over to tell my friend's cousin that something's happened, and come at once.
My friend's cousin's father has passed out. Fainted dead away, slumped in his seat and fell off the chair onto the floor, like something out of a slapstick comedy film.
So the birthday boy - our doctor - hurries over to help his cousin, who's now out-cold on the floor.
He calls his son over - my friend - who is also a doctor - to help him.
He tells our friend - another doctor - to call an ambulance.
While our friend's calling an ambulance, his mother - ANOTHER DOCTOR - comes over to check the man's vitals while he's out on the floor.
My friend's cousin calls over her boyfriend, who's a pharmacist.
So we have four doctors and one pharmacist all administering CPR and whatnot, to this guy who's out cold on the floor, in the middle of a restaurant packed with friends and family.
The ambulance arrives, and they manage to stabilise him and revive him and get him into a wheelchair. I asked my friend's cousin's mother what happened, and she goes:
"Oh, he's an idiot! He took his medicine, and then chased it down with a glass of red! Idiot man!! I mean, you'd think he'd know better!!"
Yeah, you'd think so, wouldn't you? After all...
...the patient...wait for it...IS ALSO A F*****G DOCTOR!!
Yes, he got to hospital and recovered. He's fine now.
Christopher Walkies 1 year ago
Could anyone follow who anybody was in this story? My cousin's friend's doctor's uncle etc.
Dream 1 year ago
Nope. It was a silly long way to say "My friends and family full of doctors saw a guy pass out"
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
I've been to restaurants that need four doctors and a pharmacist on duty full time.
Tom De Paul 7 months ago
And of those belonging to the first monotheistic religion.
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David Farmer 3 months ago
No - this was NOT a "Good One" at all! Learn to condense irrelevant details... Actually, then earn what TL;DR means, and use it. With all these doctors, I bet your handwriting is as sucky as your story-telling...
Tom De Paul 7 months ago
I would say congratulations on a successful high-functioning family but . . . you know.
But unfortunately, family events don't always go according to plan. "The nature of a family function is typically meant to bring those we love closer together and create important memories with one another," Adnan noted. "This natural expectation can often create unnecessary pressure to behave or present ourselves a certain way without taking into account if anyone is having personal issues or even unresolved issues with certain family members."
#10
I remember when my brothers and cousins spent two summers building a viking ship and they took it out on a fjord when we had a family reunion function. Only my brothers and cousins went out on it and after being chased by the coast guard the ship eventually began leaking and it sank leaving them to be rescued by the coast guard. Luckily they only got slapped with a warning do not build another ship again.
Con O Cuinn 1 year ago
If they got chased, it worked for a while. Just build the next one better would be the lesson I took away from that
Sue User 1 year ago
Okay, i get why you shouldnt build a c**p boat ( because rescue) but if you built a góod onre, could you get it inspected, then use it? I know nothing about boats, obviously.
Karina 1 year ago
I think there is a "if it floats, its fine " policy here in Norway. They dont want you building it on the shore where you disturb people. And if it sinks, you have to pay to get it up and clean up. "We" are boat people first and foremost. On everything else, we are byrocrats, so you will actually have to get approval for a permanent hammoc in your car...
Load More Replies... Karina 1 year ago
Someone buildt a cool boat, the coast guard possebly talked to them, and it later sank. Leaving them to be rescued by said guards is a much better story than a "chase" sceene between a wooden rowboat and the multi-million dollar norwegian coast guard boats- who litteraly dont care unless you are sinking or burning.
Orange Panda 1 year ago
So, the Norwegian Coast Guard are the real vikings. :D
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10 years later: VIKING SHIP FOUND IN INCREDIBLY WELL-PRESERVED CONDITION! SCIENTISTS BAFFLED!
#11
Let me preface by saying, all these events happened at *the same Christmas party*.
Family friend in the military is relaxing by the fire drinking a beer, we’ll call him Shane. Family friend #2, we’ll call him Angus, came and sat by the fire to smoke some pot. Angus offers some of his pot to Shane, which Shane declines as he’s still active duty and gets randomly tested. Angus starts berating Shane and insists he must be a cop to act like that, and decided the best course of action would be to pick a fight with a f*****g 3 deployment combat vet. It ended about like you’d expect, with Angus flat on his a*s. Angus jumps up and screams he’s gonna come back and kill everyone and runs towards his car and leaves.
About 15 minutes after Angus left, my Aunt and Uncle started drunk arguing in the shop where the party was mainly taking place, and started throwing chairs and beer bottles at each other. I wasn’t around to see the resolution of that, but IIRC I was told someone told them to calm down or they’d call the cops and they both calmed down and left shortly after.
Then within about 10 minutes of that calming down, my dad’s cousin got drunk and started trying to beat the s**t out of her husband, and my dad had to tackle her and hold her down to wait for the cops. They came and tried to not take her to jail but she wouldn’t quit acting up so they ran her name and she had a bounced check, so off to jail she went.
THEN, maybe a half hour later, here comes Angus’s car slowlyyy down the driveway. All the adults immediately shoved the kids inside and my dad and uncles met him at the driveway with guns and sure enough, he had come back with a gun to kill Shane. They all talked him down and thankfully he ended up giving them the gun and went home, and I don’t think I ever saw him again. From what I remember of him he was a nice normal guy but he got like that when he drank. But either way that was the last time we had a Christmas party that was that big, we had to start cutting a lot of crazy family out of the invite list for the Christmas party from then on.
As a kid it never sank in how bad that night could’ve been, but as an adult I can’t believe no one called the cops on him when he *told them* that he was coming back with a gun. My best guess is everyone figured he would go home and pass out drunk, but still, if someone says they’re bringing a gun back to the house my kids are at to kill someone, I’m calling the cops and if I can get to my gun in time, they’re not leaving until the cops get there to deal with them.
Amalia Böhm 1 year ago (edited)
In my opinion, people who get drunk and do stuff like Angus are not normal nice guys.
rorschach-penguin 1 year ago
Yeah... he might be able to pretend to be nice sober, but he sure as f**k isn't. Some people start getting emotional when they drink; he gets into an argument, drives a car drunk, brings a gun back to a party with children to shoot people, and nobody thinks this is worth calling the cops, they just "talk him down" and he goes home?
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SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
Angus beef (not the good type) and spousal scuffle caused by GnB (Guns and Booze(s) as I like to call it). Yup, another reason why I happily abstain from that kind of alcohol and live in a country where the only way you are getting access to firearms is by serving in uniform (Air trooper and military uncles so I know).
Pyla 1 year ago
in the US on a rural property there are big outbuildings that are called "shops" it's mostly a work shop where people fix equipment and cars. It's like a garage, but usually has a taller ceiling and is pretty big. We have a lot of them around on the farms and properties. Very common. It's sort of like a barn, but usually stick built with siding, big doors for vehicles/tractors.
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Boo Vaher 1 year ago
What sort of families are the people in this thread from. All the in-relative drama and problems. *shakes head*
Ellen Little 1 year ago
Nice and normal guys who “get like that” when they’re drunk are neither nice nor normal.
Richienotsorich 7 months ago
More guns more problems. You give guns to morons and then wonder why the murder rate is so high and the amount of people in prison is so high.
#12
Grandma's funeral: my uncle, my grandma's disowned son, came to her viewing in jeans, polo shirt, and his weird wife & and her "service" dog. My grandpa was so mad that he kicked my uncle out. My uncle then went to my grandparents' house and cleaned it out. It took a couple weeks to figure that out because my grandpa was in a nursing home at that point. My deadbeat uncle, who walked our on his five kids to marry a psychopath, literally stole from my grandpa during my grandma's funeral.
Sunny Day 1 year ago
Not surprised. A friend of mine noticed her aunt wasn't at her grandma's funeral (aunt's mom). Found out it was because aunt was busy at grandma's house filling up the trailer she'd brought. She was gone by the time anyone went to the house. Another friends ex MIL was going into a nursing home. She had gone thru her house and put name tags on her stuff indicating who should get what. Well, her son brought his new wife to help clear the house, and wife brought her extended family. She was just handing stuff to her family and ignoring or removing the name tags indicating the rightful owner. Needless to say, none of MILs grandchildren received their property.
Historyharlot93 1 year ago
Is anyone else bothered by the fire danger in the stock photo? Open flames, dry grass and tulle! That would be a memorable funeral when they ignite.
Mabelbabel 1 year ago
My grandmother died in hospital-it was very peaceful and we knew it was coming. While grandad stayed by her side, my aunt 'popped out' to do a few errands-we thought she was phoning the funeral directors and suchlike. No, she went to my grandparents house and cleared out all of grandma's jewellery. She refused to give any of it back, saying grandma would have wanted her to have it, as the oldest daughter. My grandad didn't want the police involved as he didn't want her to get into trouble. My aunt died about 5 years after that-the jewellery has never been seen (we think her stepdaughter, who was in her 30s when aunt married, so was never a real stepmother, took it all). There's some horrible people around.
"In addition to these potential triggers, we often want our family to enter with the mentality of 'my house is your house' to promote safety and comfort. However, a lack of boundaries can often create a possibility for unnecessary tension and unintentional behaviors," the counselor continued.
"Finally, within any family, there is sure to be a range of ages and different viewpoints that come from generational differences which often leads to misunderstandings. The same way family can bring out our worst behaviors, we must remember that they too can bring out our best behaviors," Adnan says.
#13
Was at my now wife’s father’s wedding reception. They eloped and had a fancy dinner with the family. My wife’s uncle tried to toast the couple several times but no one heard him. My father in law quiets his family and says, “Uncle John is trying to say something.”
Uncle John says “to father in law and *his ex wife’s name*. Many happy returns.”
This poor man had nailed it the few times he tried before and boofed it when it counted.
dee renwick 1 year ago
My husband's best man did that during our wedding reception, and every other time he saw me. You could see it in his face "Don't call her 1st wife's name, don't call her 1st wife's name..." "Hi 1st wife's name" D'oh
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
The mother ( we were close) of my ex-bf introduced his new bride at the wedding to someone calling her my name. I almost died of how she must have felt ..but we also became friends. We had daughters around the same time. They divorced later, she remarried and sadly in mid-life passed of cancer. There was never any conflict. I am still in contact with the 'ex' as my longest-known friend, now has dementia at 88. We met at uni..
#14
Thanksgiving dinner going around the table sharing what we are thankful for. My brother gives thanks for his wife not kicking him out when she recently found out he had been having an affair. It was humiliating for her and embarrassing for the rest of us. For God’s sake, there were children at the table. We never went around for thanks at the dinner table again. The children are all adults now, and yes they do remember vividly. What the hell was he thinking?
Nea 1 year ago
In my culture, thanksgiving is not a thing but why would you call the tradition stupid? Sounds lovely to me.
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Alecto76 1 year ago
My dad was dating this (very hypocritical I later learned) super Christian lady. Went to Thanksgiving at her house one and only time. She proceeded to say grace. I'm fine with that but, she followed it up with a several minute plea to God to save me from my sinful life being a 20 something single woman living alone in my own apartment.
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago (edited)
Unloading his error more to prove what? Hurt more people?
#15
Not my story but my cousins- her aunt was always a little off. You know the type. The family was pretty low contact with her because of this but not no contact. The aunt has a daughter (let’s say “Tara”) that the entire family loves and looks out for. She’s not “off” like her mom but being raised by such a person she turns out very free spirited. When she reaches adulthood she is off to explore the world. At some point the aunt informs the family Tara has been in a terrible accident overseas, and a few days later confirms Tara has passed. The family mourns but is told by Tara’s mom that she had her cremated and the ashes buried wherever she was and doesn’t want to do any funeral. A few months go by and Tara’s grandfather dies. Of course there will be a big family funeral for him. Tara’s mom begins calling her family members to tell them that Tara had a very close friend that would like to attend the funeral. The thing is, she says, Tara’s friend looks A LOT like Tara but would be very upset if you brought it up to her or talked to her at all. Believe it or not but wild stories were such a part of their relationship to this woman that I don’t think any one really thought about it. That is until (you guessed it) Tara, thought to be deceased by her entire extended family, walked into her actually deceased grandfather’s funeral.
Ge Po 1 year ago
Sounds like Tara and her mom actually had a big fallout, where mom considered Tara dead. Then the grandmother died.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
Maybe you have to pay for that wherever they live? Or nobody „comitted“ her. Maybe because it is just too much hassle. Who knows?
Load More Replies... Captive 1 year ago
What a coincidence that Tara's friend looks exactly like Tara! Life is full of mysteries. Anyway, RIP Tara
We also asked Adnan if he had any advice for avoiding drama when gathering with family. "As previously mentioned, there is an innate expectation that a family function is meant to be 'perfect' and filled with nothing but positivity. It is important to establish realistic expectations by first accepting that just like any other event there is always a possibility for something to go wrong," he shared. "Whether you are seeing a family member that you have a bad history with or expect that the 'black sheep of the family' will behave inappropriately, it is important to have realistic expectations."
#16
Went to my friends family reunion and got to see a dating couple find out they were related.
WubiDubi 1 year ago
In Iceland they have an app (Bump) to reduce the chances of doing that. Population 382,000
Lyoness 1 year ago
Man, the city I live in has 3x that number of people in it.
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ƒιѕн 1 year ago
Sad to say I been there done that. Very very large family on my mothers side. Met at the bar, yeah, second cousin.
I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
Happened to my uncle in a different country...didn't expect to ve related to anyone there! They're not close cousins like 5th/6th and only found out after they were married through a genealogy search. They were horrified even though it's very far out...still together but didn't have kids and no one is allowed mention it!
Load More Replies... Curbz81 1 year ago
My mom knows someone who had this happen to them, they found out when they were engaged. They were 1st cousins. Dr told them if none of their parents procreated with family the risk of birth defects for for their children was only slightly higher than if they weren't related. The issues mostly arise with multiple generations or inbreeding. So they married and had healthy kids, and made sure those kids did not procreate within the family gene pool.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
I call this reasonable! Finally a couple with some sense!
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Melinda Flick 1 year ago
How closely, though? There's secret 1st or 2nd cousin, and then there's 'Oh, we have the same great great grandpa.'
#17
My stepdad threw a liquor bottle at my auntie during my mom's funeral. I wasn't in the room because i was comforting my sobbing cousin. my mom's sister (my aunt) also slapped me that night because we'd had my mom cremated according to her wishes, and my aunt didn't agree with that. tough titty, 'twas already done n dusted, no pun intended. but yeah, that was a fun night.
Lost Penny 1 year ago
If it was the same aunt, I can certainly see why the stepdad threw a bottle at her.
Historyharlot93 1 year ago
When my father died, my pastor warned me-the strong one-that funerals bring out to worst in people. It was true. My normally drama free family turned into lunatics over the stupidest stuff.
Wonderful 1 year ago
I'm experiencing this right now. My dad died a week ago and my sister has really become a hurricane of hurt and destruction. It's disgusting.
Load More Replies... Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago
I was very close to my former MIL. She passed quickly from multiple location cancer. She wanted to be cremated and her ashes to go home with my ex & I. So, after the service we're sitting around and SIL pipes up with how she'll be picking the urn. "Um, say what? YOU'RE going to pick the urn that will be in MY house? I don't think so". She starts arguing, loudly. And I just kept telling her no. I finally reached my limit and basically screamed at her, "Fingerhut doesn't sell funeral urns and I'll be damned if I'm going to have whatever cheap a$$ piece of sh*t you find IN MY HOUSE". I bought a collection of very tasteful blue and whiteware pieces and Mom now resides in a beautiful ginger jar. There were several pieces, so it didn't look like a shrine. The irony is that when FIL passed, SIL called me and asked if she could have the matching ginger jar for HIS remains.
#18
I was invited to a neighbors birthday party, with the extended family there. I was tired, I stayed in the house. A father and 19 yr old son were sitting at the kitchen table with others, drinking alcohol. As a joke, the son pointed a handgun at his father, and pulled the trigger. The gun was loaded, the father died, shot on the face.
Hassel Davidhoff 1 year ago
I used to live in such a country and I miss it terribly. Now I live in the USA and it is absolutely stupid when it comes to guns. A significant portion of the population has fallen for a willfully misinterpreted version of the 2nd amendment and it will be the nail in the coffin of this country, I think.
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Bored something 1 year ago
I don't live in a country where guns are readily available. I have never touched a gun and expect I never will. Even I know that you never point a gun at someone unless you are willing to kill them.
Upstaged75 1 year ago (edited)
I live in the US and have never seen a gun other than on law enforcement, nor have I had the opportunity to handle one. IMO that's not necessary for any citizen. Sadly there are others with money who pay to keep it so that any moron can purchase deadly weapons at any time. And if there's any talk about setting restrictions for gun happy idiots, they immediately start whining and shouting about their "freedom". How about MY freedom not to get shot?
Load More Replies... Bell-icose 1 year ago
Citizens should not own handguns. How is this a difficult concept? We also ban flame throwers and grenades and other things clearly not useful for hunting animals. Why do handguns get a pass again?
Michael Largey 1 year ago
One reason given is to protect yourself and your family against home invasions. This of course presumes your burglar is so chivalrous that he will wait for you to go get your gun and load it.
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rorschach-penguin 1 year ago (edited)
Who the f**k doesn't know that every gun is loaded, even if you've just checked the cartridge and it seemed empty? This is negligent homicide.
Shaunn Munn 1 year ago
Gotta be the U.S. Land of the stupid. Yes, I'm Midwest American, where a relative had his gun safe broken into - twice.
Adnan also says it might be wise to establish a game plan with prepared responses if you are anticipating difficult conversations on specific topics, "such as the infamous topics of marriage and children."
"There should also be a planned out exit strategy should things become too intense whether you just need to step away for the moment or need a pre-planned excuse to leave early," the counselor added. "Always remember the family members who you identify as supportive or who do typically provide positive experiences as they can be your allies in navigating through difficult moments through their support."
#19
Kid drowned at my mother’s birthday party. EMTs shocked him back to life. The whole thing lasted maybe 10 min. It was surreal. .
#20
When I was a kid, my great-grandmother was quite the hoarder. Poor, deaf, only about five feet tall and frail. Never had less than half a dozen cats, no litter box, just the entire back end of the house covered in newspaper. Just trash and filth everywhere. She had a chihuahua she'd trained to act "cripple", and another dog she'd affectionately named the N word.
We visited about once a week for dinner. On one visit, she tells asks my dad to check on "the" cat. It hadn't left its spot on the floor all day. Dad checks on the cat, and reports: "No wonder if hasn't moved. It's dead."
Dinner's ready! Who's hungry?
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
Why would you have dinner there? Visit her, absolutely but eat there, not a chance!
Steve Hall 1 year ago
I'm betting that the smell would have taken away my appetite.
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Tamra 1 year ago
Why did her family allow her to have cats with no litter boxes? Those poor cats! Jesus.
Mr. Jones 1 year ago
It's a bigger issue than cats. She's obviously not able to live on her own and needs to be moved to an assisted living facility.
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Susan Raskin 1 year ago
You actually ate dinner in her house? Didn't anyone think that she needed help for her health and safety?
Nimitz 1 year ago
Oh dude! I worked at a call center in my 20s. Went with my friend to a couple co-workers' place to do some gaming. Their house is an open rabbit cage. There's wood chips and rabbit and cat s**t everywhere outside the bedrooms. When we enter they say hi to the cat that's sleeping near the door, except it's dead. The dude picks the cat up and the rigor mortis holds its paws flat out and tail curled up behind it like it was a pancake, then he puts it in a garbage bag and takes it out to the garbage. Then they invite us to play games on our laptops like it's a normal night. I disengaged the battery on my laptop and pretended like it was broken, then we left to my buddy's house nearby to "fix" it. Weirdest f*****g night man...
#21
My father-in-law attended his first Passover dinner (Jewish holiday). He polished off a bottle of Jack and started speaking in fake Hebrew to my deeply religious Jewish family members. Nobody thought it was funny. He hasn't been invited over since.
the_avenging_knight (her/she) 1 year ago
To be fair, if he wanted to get out of being invited to passover dinners for the rest of his life, your father in law definitely succeeded.
Americans Suck 1 year ago
I have Jewish family. Having dinner with them blows a*s. I constantly get into fights over there s****y attitudes and they all blame on their religion. They never shut the hell up on how religious they are. This dude definitely did it on purpose. I would to!
David 1 year ago
I am skeptical of some of the details, because if the relatives were religious, they wouldnt have a bottle of Jack, which is Chometz, in their house, let alone at the table
Susan Raskin 1 year ago
Perhaps he was nervous and over drank because of it. Either way, a sense of humor re: the fake Hebrew would have been useful. I wonder if he apologized the next day. If he didn't then my view could change to "Drunken words are sober thoughts." Then you may have a problem
Lyone Fein 1 year ago
Honestly, speaking as a Jewish person, I would never invite a non-Jewish friend to a family seder. Seders are usually filled with so much arguing and tension. If there is a community seder happening, then sure, because things will proceed according to the plan. But a family seder is always a disaster.
"With family events, we often overlook healthy behaviors and rules that we establish in other relationships such as communicating how we truly feel and setting appropriate boundaries," Adnan told Bored Panda. "Sometimes, it may not even be the family event itself that is the problem but rather our own personal issues that we project onto our family due to the expected safe nature of being around family. It is important for us to self-reflect, engage in self-care and have tools/skill sets for maintaining composure and avoiding responses/behaviors that are emotionally driven."
#22
At the end of my aunt’s open casket funeral service I knocked down a floral spray and it dominoed the rest of the flowers around the casket and she was covered in floral.
SuperChicken 1 year ago
Maybe, the flowers are her favorite and that's what she wanted.
Load More Replies... Katy McMouse 1 year ago
I had to lure my toddler nephew from behind my mum's coffin and in doing so, the little brat knocked into a tall candle holder and spilled wax on my head and down the back of my black dress. A borrowed iron and towel, from the undertaker, cleaned me up.
Tom De Paul 7 months ago
Hilarious . . . and an accident. All these others are the result of intentional behavior.
#23
Found my dad dead across the room from me when I was 5 on Christmas eve.
#24
My grandmother argued with me about my age. Apparently I don’t know how old I am. Needless to say we don’t speak much.
François Bouzigues 1 year ago (edited)
Alzeimmher in the beginning. It is the disease speaking, not your grandma.
just me 1 year ago
Unless it's not. My father has always known my life better than I do, including the parts he wasn't there for.
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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 1 year ago
On my 31st birthday, my own mum was convinced I was 21 and kept telling everyone that, despite my 10 year old son being right there next to me 🤷🏼♀️
Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
Sad..she is confusing you with another and does not know about that either.
#25
Mom died at my Dad’s funeral…was surreal.
Libstak 1 year ago
I was terrified that would happen to my mum. Thankfully we still have her 3 years later. We had to gain permission for a day discharge from hospital as she had a heart bypass 2 weeks prior at age 78. Dad passed 2 days before her operation, it was a series of major events for everyone. The doctors, nurses and physio staff were the best of Gods best people, bless them for getting us all through it.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Even though I will continue breathing and walking around afterwards, I will die at my wife's funeral.
Dainty72 1 year ago
I think exactly the same about my mam and dad. I can't imagine either of them living without the other. It's a hard thought to bear and I'm their daughter. I don't have a partner, so I can't feel how you feel, but if I find myself thinking about my parents death, then it has to be hard for you to think of losing your soul mate and your everything!
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Thomas Ewing 1 year ago
Death isn't the end, but some folks believe it is and overreact accordingly. Consciousness endures!
Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago
I never got to meet my husband's parents. They passed away 3 years or so before we met. His Mom died of COPD complications. His Dad died 17 days later of what could only be a broken heart as there was no other medical reason for his death. They'd been married 64 years.
Marie BellaDonna 1 year ago
My aunt had a heart attack at the end of my uncle's funeral, and had to be taken away by ambulance. They had to cancel the graveside service and bury him quietly, without anyone there. She lived, thankfully, but still. Yeah. They'd been married almost 50 years, when he died.
Farah the Turtle 1 year ago
Thats awful for u but kinda cute. Like she wanted to be there with him
#26
During Christmas with the family we discovered the hard way that my little sister, who was 3 years old, was prone to febrile seizures. Everyone was freaking out while my little sister was blue and foaming at the mouth.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Terrifying especially the first time it happens. Poor little one and family.
David 1 year ago
Condolences. My youngest grandson gets them. He's now 9 and has been diagnosed with epilepsy. Nothing like having the older granddaughter wake up in the middle of the night - "Grandpa! "(grandson)" has stopped breathing and won't respond. I think he might be dead". He wasn't, and the cool outside air helped bring him around but he was groggy for a bit. There have been at least a couple of scary ER trips over the years. Now he has his epilepsy meds and my daughter also has some medicine she squirts in his nose to help bring him out of a seizure. Think sort of like narcan except it is for seizures, not opiates. Same general way of administering it is what I mean.
Katy McMouse 1 year ago
As horrible as this was for the family to witness, at least now she has many eyes on her, eyes that know what to look for. Hopefully, that helps in keeping her safe and well monitored.
Lene 1 year ago
My eldest child was finally diagnosed a few months ago with epilepsy. Somehow her (otherwise super rare) seizures just got worse and worse and more and more frequent during her first year in school. They couldn't stop her cramping during the last seizure so at the hospital they had to sedate her and put her in a ventilator. It was so awful! But finally the doctors gave her a proper diagnose and she started on medication and was out of the hospital the next day. She hasn't had a seizure since and I hope she never will have one again. 😬 she hadn't even turned 7 when all this happened. But at least she is happy and seizure-free now. And hopefully she'll grow out of having seizures and be off her med in a year!
Adam Benson 1 year ago
It happened to my son once when he was 2. Thank god he was fine afterwards and so far it's just a once-off.
#27
Easter dinner at my ex’s very religious aunts household. Decided it was a good time to announce my pregnancy. Not one congratulation, just a bunch of “ohs” and silence. Not even afterwards did someone come up and say congrats.
Looking back I get it now. Dude was never ready to be a dad and his entire family knew it. It was so embarrassing at the time though.
Nea 1 year ago
Wouldnt you discuss disclosing something like this to ex’s family with him? Just curious as to how you didnt know the guy wasnt ready to be a dad. Hope it all turned out fine for you.
Sue User 1 year ago
Oh my ex told me. " I love my kids but if i had to do it over...."
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Joanne Hudson 1 year ago
Is this related to the Alabama story where contraception would have to be explained in shorter words, maybe with charts and pictures?
#28
One attendee had sex with his own sister underneath a table. They were both very drunk.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago
My brother and I have both been very drunk at the same party. Neither of us had the thought of having sex under a table. What the heck was going on in this family?!
Nanny to 3 rescue Greyhounds 1 year ago
Were their other people their couldn't they stop it. If not why would they tell people what happened
#29
Probably the 20 person drunken fistfight that only partially stopped when my grandpa had a heart attack.
There was also the 20 person drunken fistfight at halloween.... the one at 4th of july.... the one at thanksgiving, but at least those had no heart attacks.
Con O Cuinn 1 year ago (edited)
That's just your family. I don't know any Irish person that regularly has fights at family events. I'm sure there are a few, but it's because their family is s****y, not because they're Irish.
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dandylilah 1 year ago
Ugh. This sounds like my childhood. I'm NC with that side of the family if that says anything.
Mark Kelly 1 year ago
Yeah you think after the second one you would stop family gatherings with the same people.
#30
My dad and my uncle got into a fist fight. They were both drunk. Thanksgiving in the 50s.
Mike F 1 year ago
That would have been a memorable occasion, beating each other senseless over a turkey leg.
Jessica Shookhoff 1 year ago
I believe you meant beating each other WITH a turkey leg... 😂
Load More Replies... Cybele Spanjaard 1 year ago
Stored animosity release, but no concern for where they fought it .. what is wrong with families so out to get another at reunions and celebrations? It never happened in ours we all are happy to see each other.
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#31
My p**n star cousin and her sister got into a fist fight with their mother because their mother's boyfriend wouldn't stop referring to my cousin by her p**n name in front of everyone.
Mr. Jones 1 year ago
I have zero problems with sex workers, as a job is a job, but I can imagine it could make family reunions awkward if your family has seen your work. I was courted by the industry when I was in my 20s. I had just come out as gay and looked like an Army grunt as I was tough and I had a big chip on my shoulder. I went in for the audition and sat with the very well know gay porn producer and just before I signed on the dotted line I thought, "Somehow my mother will find out about this." I got up and walked out. LOL. I can't even imagine what a family reunion with my 40+ cousins and 22 aunts and uncles would have been like if I showed up and they knew I did porn. LOL!
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Why is she gross and a hoe? Because she doesn't mind being filmed while having sex ? Because she gets paid to do it? Those who work in the adult industry, as porn stars, likely have fewer STD's than the rest of the population, due to frequent testing. Just because you don't agree with it, doesn't make those who do, gross, bad or a hoe. Would you feel the same if this was your daughter, niece, sister, etc.?
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#32
Ugh. Memory unlocked. Buncha kids running around, one of them stepped on a rusty nail. I mean, that SOB was embedded. I remember them pulling it out of his heel and I about fell out. They ran him to the hospital, pall on the day, it was horrifying.
#33
My older cousins 16th birthday. My uncle is a bit of a redneck. We had a bonfire somehow some grass outside the fire pit caught we tried hiding it but eventually his whole backyard was engulfed leading into his woods. Fire department got it put out pretty quick he got reamed for like an hour by the firemen.
The next day we had pizza and cake at my grandma's house up the street. My uncle was not allowed near anything flammable.
Lost Penny 1 year ago
"You are a *peep!* idiot! How *peep!* did you think it was a good *peep! peep!* idea?? You are a *peep! peep! peep!* moron with *peep! peep!* for brains! If you do any*peep!*thing like that *peep! peep!* again, I swear to *peep!* god, I will *peep! peep! peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!*
#34
First important detail of my story is that the majority of my dad's side of the family all live on one large piece of property. One of them was on his second wedding, it was a small backyard type of deal. The brides in a Walmart sundress, which no big deal, it was a very small budget wedding. The groom comes out in a dirty pair of jeans and one of those " I do all my own stunts" T-shirts. The officiant was some big burly biker from out of town called Big Daddy. Who was very nice, but some of the older b***hier women had an issue with that.
They get to the I Do's and when they ask the groom the whole "do you take this woman" bit he pulls out a beer and my very religious aunt from the back stands up and goes "Michael, No" and he proceeds to chug a bottle of Bud Light. He then pulls out a coin and flips it and and says, "Yeah, I guess." Nobody laughed, but the bride looked on the brink of tears. And everyone immediately left and walked to their homes. And then it was the bride, groom, and like two of the grooms friends.
I went to my grandma's house to get ready for the annual 4H cookout. By the time that started, the groom and his friends were trashed. So while all the kids are roasting hot dogs in my grandma's front yard we can hear them yelling highly inappropriate things. At one point we heard "YA'LL EVER REACH AROIND WHEN YOUR F*****G A GUY IN THE A*S AND PRETEND IT WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH."
The then decided to all jump in the pool in their boxer and one guy ran to the front yard in his soaking white boxers for all the children to see.
My grandma was mortified. The other kids asked me if that was normal and I was like pretty much. And the bride and groom are no longer married.
Con O Cuinn 1 year ago
"YA'LL EVER REACH AROIND WHEN YOUR F*****G A GUY IN THE A*S AND PRETEND IT WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH." I'm sorry, that's hilarious.
the_avenging_knight (her/she) 1 year ago
I agree, however my laptop doesn't think that is was so funny that I needed to be drinking coffee while reading it.
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#35
Maternal grandmother's funeral. My narcissist mother started a fight with her older sister and then went scorched earth by telling auntie that her husband, current uncle, had previously said to my mom, "I should have married you."
To be fair, he did say that, about 2 years previously. I was there to hear it. S**t was flying.
Me and the cousins just bug eyes. 👀.
#36
My mothers best friend ex husbands funeral. Daughter was an addict and alcoholic. She shows up late storms across the graveyard and start punching her mother. Screaming and flipping the middle finger at everyone. Saying I hate you all. Quite the performance.
My father would get buzzed and just randomly pick out someone to verbally abuse. Good times.
Friend of mine had a drunk uncle that flipped out one Christmas. Threw the tree and all the presents out the front door yelling F Christmas the whole time.
ColdSteelRonin 1 year ago (edited)
a person who is addicted to a particular substance, typically an illegal d r u g
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#37
Nothing too bad. Over the years we've had a couple shouting matches, mainly because some of my family is very set in their old ways and the some have tattoos and spouses from other countries. We've had one fight back in the 90s at a wedding because an uncle got drunk. Probably the worst was a Thanksgiving/Christmas get-together at a park where someone drove their car into the food table on purpose because there was no alcohol.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
I have never understood why people think there has to be liquor at any kind of party Don't care if it a wedding, birthday or a holiday. You don't have to drink to have a good time people.
#38
Mom, dad, sister, and brother all started fist fighting. It was like a royal rumble.
#39
It was a high school graduation party for my cousin. My two uncles got into a fist fight. Shirt were torn. They were both a bloody mess. Cops were called by the neighbors. They were both drunk. Party was shut down. They didn’t speak for years!
#40
Me: Well, my mum's boyfriend was English and my sister's FIL was Scottish and they got into a fight about Scottish independence...
Other people: death, guns, violence...
#41
Well this wasn't *at* the funeral but during visitation after my grandfather's funeral my uncle was arrested for failure to pay child support. According to the police his ex-wife tried to get them to drag him out of the church in cuffs but they refused because "that's how cops get shot.".
#42
At the time, my mother in law was living with myself my exwife and kids. My parents came to town to visit. My inlaw took a bunch of pills and chugged a bunch of rum. She came out rolling down the back patio stairs and saying all kinds of crazy s**t. "No one cares about me", "if I died no one would care." And s**t like that. We had to call an ambulance in which she was hospitalized for a psych evaluation for a few days. That visit went from showing my parents the new house and spending time with them to dealing with her.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
WOW? She didn't want anybody else getting any attention and did something really stupid.
Ronna Black 1 year ago
Again with the pedantic. The OP won’t see it, what is the point?
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#43
Sister's wedding. My parents were absolutely plastered (they're usually the type to have maybe half a beer and be done) and would s**t talk the groom to anyone who'd listen, my brothers first ex-fiancée decided to get just as drunk and pick a fight with my wife and when I defended my wife (because she absolutely was 100% in the right), brother's ex stomped off to continue getting drunk and picking fights with people in the bathroom. We had to force my dad to not drive because he was far too intoxicated to not drive and couldn't see it for himself. The groom was and still is a total piece of s**t but I thought even a modicum of decorum would've gone a long way that day.
My wife's family has their own issues but I've never been so deeply, and publicly ashamed to be part of my own family. Dirtbag brother with dirtbag partner, decent and good sister marrying an absolute douche nozzle, and my parents acting like a*s clowns. .
#44
At a funeral, a relative of the deceased stood up to speak and for 20 minutes talked s**t about the dead person. I couldn't believe the family or funeral person didn't stop her. It was painful to hear.
Renee H. 1 year ago
I can relate. At my mom's memorial service ( was cremated) the priest for the funeral home started telling everyone of the abuse my mom suffered as a kid . I was so disgusted and would not stand for anyone disrespecting her that I got up in front of everyone and made him leave. The funeral home never allowed him in again. Apparently he does this to at all the funerals he supposed to be praying and comforting at. It still makes my blood boil after 15 years.
ColdSteelRonin 1 year ago
If someone is abused as a child and grows up to be anything close to normal a good way to reference it without being being specific is to say that they overcame the horrible circumstances and adversity they were faced with when they were young
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My grandmother quite literally died at a family reunion, mere weeks after declaring it'd be the last one she attended. This came shortly after entering remission from lung cancer and just years after losing her husband of half a century. So probably that.
#46
My mom received a phone call from her sister during christmas telling her that their mother passed away. Heart breaking, it really hurt seeing my mom having a panic attack and crying hard since she wasn’t able to see her last year.
#47
At my friend's wedding ceremony, an unknown psycho girl entered the church claiming that the groom is her husband (she's old woman) btw.
#48
Gathered at my grandparents's place for Halloween when it had been several years since we gathered there. I was in the throws of my worst depression ever and had been discovered to be doing self harm. I tried talking to my aunt and cousin and every time they would act like they had a thought that needed to be spoken about right now. Went hours like this or they would ignore me. Turns out they were told even though I told my mom not to tell anyone so she told one aunt and my grandma and grandpa. Grandma told this aunt. Who told my three cousins. My aunt disowned me. Never saw or spoke to her again. She died young from lung cancer. I was asked if I wanted to go see her. F**k no I don't. She shouldn't die but I'm definitely not barging in on her dying and hating me. She has enough to deal with. So yeah. Screw family gatherings.
Ronna Black 1 year ago
Why are you pedantically correcting the language of someone who is not going to see it? We know the meaning behind what was said.
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#49
I was at a wedding where the best man said he wanted to f**k the bride because she was so pretty. It was very awkward. But in his defense, he was very drunk.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Perhaps only the first time. After that, you now know what might happen if you drink too much.
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I called my uncles by the wrong last name. Grandma had three husbands over her long and pious (cough) life, I called husband #3's sons husband #1's last name, at her funeral.
Decades have passed. More than any "you too!" response to "enjoy the movie", more than any "thanks!" reply to a "how are you?" question, this is what haunts me at night.
(in my defense, I'm descended from husband #2, so the two last names were equally not mine, and equally blended in aunts/uncles at grandmas house all my life).
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Pandroid Rebellion 1 year ago
I am NC with 99% of my family so I will not acquire more stories like this.
Mr. Jones 1 year ago
At my brother's wedding in the 80s, the mother of the maid of honor died of carbon monoxide poisoning the night before the wedding. Her brand new RV's ventilation system was faulty. I was only 16 and didn't know her at all so the effect on me was minimal as I grew up in a family that never talked about death or emotions. The wedding still happened, but a few years back I came across some photos and you can see the emotional strain in the faces of the bride, my brother and the bridesmaids. Unfortunately, our family is somehow cursed. A few years later, when my sister got married the groom's cousin was killed in a plane accident a week later. My aunt died from cancer the day my younger brother got married. A week before my wedding, my husband's best female friend died suddenly and a week after our wedding my best female friend died suddenly. We're all married, so the world is now safe.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
My family from Poland believes that a person who dies needs to be buried before or on the next Sunday. If not, then they’ll take another soul with them. I don’t believe in that stuff but in one year my FIL died in November, my daughter was still born at the start of december and my Grandma died on New Years. My FIL and daughter were autopsied, so it took some time till the funeral. My Grandma (in Poland) died on Wednesday and was buried on Saturday. We hat to rush to get to Poland for her funeral to say goodbye. Terrible few days. But it has been some 10 years now and nobody has died since then.
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rorschach-penguin 1 year ago
When I get drunk I start singing stupid songs to myself and staring at the ceiling. I don't go fight people with guns.
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FABULOUS1 1 year ago
My uncle was diagnosed with cancer and it being his possible last chance to travel we all meet up at my aunt who also lives in the same state as me. I have not seen these people in 20+ years. I was not even old enough to drive at the time my son was born and he was raised by my mother. One aunt told me that my son lived with them when he was a baby and that they considered adopting him. Then I was standing around minding my own business and my aunt who has never gotten a long came up to me to bash my mother and started telling me things about our childhood that I never knew about. The entire thing was crazy and I hope that I never see these people again. It brought up a lot of c**p I never knew and things I opted to forget and she made sure to point them out I believe out of disdain for her own sister.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
I hope you are in a good place now and have support. Are you on good terms with your mother? Did you want to keep the kid? How old is he now? Does he know you are his mother? I hope he is not the result of a bad thing, if you know what I mean. If so, I hope you get/ got therapy. Wish you the best!
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BookFanatic 1 year ago
Either my parents shielded me A LOT as a kid, or my family's pretty well-behaved. The biggest scandal I can recall--on either side--was my uncle carrying on with a woman at work. He divorced his then-wife and married the other woman. I was nine at the time, and didn't realize the backstory until years later. They were married for 15+ years until his death.
Cheryl Draxton 4 months ago
HUGE family reunion on the side i don't know so well. We traveled from west coast to NY. My cousins FIL makes the statement at the kitchen island during morning coffee time "I don't know why doctors bother with chemo. They are all going to die anyway. It's just a racket for doctors to make money. F 'em. Save the cash. Let them die". I pulled back my shirt collar to expose my port and asked "should I Just drop dead now or do you have a specific time in mind?" What the absolute F*ck? Just goes to prove that daddy had it all right when he moved me away from these hillbilly asshats when i was a kid. My god can you be anymore ignorant? Thanks taco t**s!
Uncle Schmickle 1 year ago
Ample examples of how alcohol can ruin everything. Relationships, family unity, jobs, and especially health.
Pandroid Rebellion 1 year ago
I am NC with 99% of my family so I will not acquire more stories like this.
Mr. Jones 1 year ago
At my brother's wedding in the 80s, the mother of the maid of honor died of carbon monoxide poisoning the night before the wedding. Her brand new RV's ventilation system was faulty. I was only 16 and didn't know her at all so the effect on me was minimal as I grew up in a family that never talked about death or emotions. The wedding still happened, but a few years back I came across some photos and you can see the emotional strain in the faces of the bride, my brother and the bridesmaids. Unfortunately, our family is somehow cursed. A few years later, when my sister got married the groom's cousin was killed in a plane accident a week later. My aunt died from cancer the day my younger brother got married. A week before my wedding, my husband's best female friend died suddenly and a week after our wedding my best female friend died suddenly. We're all married, so the world is now safe.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
My family from Poland believes that a person who dies needs to be buried before or on the next Sunday. If not, then they’ll take another soul with them. I don’t believe in that stuff but in one year my FIL died in November, my daughter was still born at the start of december and my Grandma died on New Years. My FIL and daughter were autopsied, so it took some time till the funeral. My Grandma (in Poland) died on Wednesday and was buried on Saturday. We hat to rush to get to Poland for her funeral to say goodbye. Terrible few days. But it has been some 10 years now and nobody has died since then.
Load More Replies... rorschach-penguin 1 year ago
When I get drunk I start singing stupid songs to myself and staring at the ceiling. I don't go fight people with guns.
Load More Replies... FABULOUS1 1 year ago
My uncle was diagnosed with cancer and it being his possible last chance to travel we all meet up at my aunt who also lives in the same state as me. I have not seen these people in 20+ years. I was not even old enough to drive at the time my son was born and he was raised by my mother. One aunt told me that my son lived with them when he was a baby and that they considered adopting him. Then I was standing around minding my own business and my aunt who has never gotten a long came up to me to bash my mother and started telling me things about our childhood that I never knew about. The entire thing was crazy and I hope that I never see these people again. It brought up a lot of c**p I never knew and things I opted to forget and she made sure to point them out I believe out of disdain for her own sister.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
I hope you are in a good place now and have support. Are you on good terms with your mother? Did you want to keep the kid? How old is he now? Does he know you are his mother? I hope he is not the result of a bad thing, if you know what I mean. If so, I hope you get/ got therapy. Wish you the best!
Load More Replies... BookFanatic 1 year ago
Either my parents shielded me A LOT as a kid, or my family's pretty well-behaved. The biggest scandal I can recall--on either side--was my uncle carrying on with a woman at work. He divorced his then-wife and married the other woman. I was nine at the time, and didn't realize the backstory until years later. They were married for 15+ years until his death.
Cheryl Draxton 4 months ago
HUGE family reunion on the side i don't know so well. We traveled from west coast to NY. My cousins FIL makes the statement at the kitchen island during morning coffee time "I don't know why doctors bother with chemo. They are all going to die anyway. It's just a racket for doctors to make money. F 'em. Save the cash. Let them die". I pulled back my shirt collar to expose my port and asked "should I Just drop dead now or do you have a specific time in mind?" What the absolute F*ck? Just goes to prove that daddy had it all right when he moved me away from these hillbilly asshats when i was a kid. My god can you be anymore ignorant? Thanks taco t**s!
Uncle Schmickle 1 year ago
Ample examples of how alcohol can ruin everything. Relationships, family unity, jobs, and especially health.
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