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Started by Jacob, April 06, 2014, 09:36:24 AM

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How do you feel about your near extended family (parents, siblings, in-laws, uncles, aunts, cousins)?

I'm close to my family and I genuinely enjoy it.
21 (40.4%)
They're pretty good, in reasonable doses.
21 (40.4%)
I don't really care either way.
1 (1.9%)
The family is mostly a drag, but in spite of all the BS they're still family.
5 (9.6%)
Completely dysfunctional; the less I have to do with them the better.
2 (3.8%)
I don't have much of a family.
2 (3.8%)

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CountDeMoney

#15
April 06, 2014, 09:56:51 PM
"Epic" feng shui master?  How fucking difficult can it be to rearrange furniture?

Ideologue

#16
April 06, 2014, 10:06:54 PM
I'm just glad to see that China's getting a head start on the whole tertiary economy thing, so when automation devastates their country, people will have some place to waste their time and rich people's money, putting off total catastrophe for a few more decades.

OK, I'm not really "glad."
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Eddie Teach

#17
April 07, 2014, 01:44:25 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on April 06, 2014, 07:30:05 PM
Didn't really care for it. But Urkel did have his moments. I always wonder if the father was the same character in Die Hard.

Nope, he was a Chicago cop instead of a Los Angeles cop.    ;)
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KRonn

#18
April 07, 2014, 01:06:47 PM
I voted "Close to family and enjoy it".
My parents and all aunts/uncles are passed away, but I'm close to some remaining family especially my brother, and even very close with my step relatives who I see more than my other relatives.

Valmy

#19
April 07, 2014, 01:09:47 PM
It is a rare week I do not see my parents, mother-in-law, sister and niece.  Usually multiple times we are all really close.  The only people I tend to avoid to is my cousin's family in Virginia.  We are still friendly I just fear his ability to mooch money off people.
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Capetan Mihali

#20
April 07, 2014, 01:10:41 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 07, 2014, 01:09:47 PM
I just fear his ability to mooch money off people.

What could possibly go wrong?  ;)
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Valmy

#21
April 07, 2014, 01:12:24 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on April 07, 2014, 01:10:41 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 07, 2014, 01:09:47 PM
I just fear his ability to mooch money off people.

What could possibly go wrong?  ;)

He always finds a way man.  Whenever I visit up there if I see him I am going to end up buying something for him.  It is some bizarre magic trick.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Zanza

#22
April 07, 2014, 01:12:55 PM
I really enjoy seeing my family, but then I see them rarely as we live hundreds of kilometers apart.

Capetan Mihali

#23
April 07, 2014, 01:32:06 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 07, 2014, 01:12:24 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on April 07, 2014, 01:10:41 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 07, 2014, 01:09:47 PM
I just fear his ability to mooch money off people.

What could possibly go wrong?  ;)

He always finds a way man.  Whenever I visit up there if I see him I am going to end up buying something for him.  It is some bizarre magic trick.

You've been seriously burnt in your time, Val.  I wouldn't blame you for being extremely suspicious of anyone trying to access your dough.
"The internet's completely over. [...] The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."
-- Prince, 2010. (R.I.P.)

Malthus

#24
April 07, 2014, 01:44:43 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on April 07, 2014, 01:32:06 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 07, 2014, 01:12:24 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on April 07, 2014, 01:10:41 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 07, 2014, 01:09:47 PM
I just fear his ability to mooch money off people.

What could possibly go wrong?  ;)

He always finds a way man.  Whenever I visit up there if I see him I am going to end up buying something for him.  It is some bizarre magic trick.

You've been seriously burnt in your time, Val.  I wouldn't blame you for being extremely suspicious of anyone trying to access your dough.

I, too, express sympathy.

Now that we've established we are all good friends ... you guys would loan a buddy a few thousand, right?  ;)
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Malthus

#25
April 07, 2014, 01:48:06 PM
I like hanging with my family, in reasonable doses.

I'm not so happy about my brother's constant 'encouragement' to come visit his house in Iowa. Which is like two days away by car, and not near any air transport. Where, as far as I know, there is nothing to do but hang out with him, his wife, and their two hyperactive daughters ...   
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Eddie Teach

#26
April 07, 2014, 01:49:10 PM
I wouldn't loan you a tissue or a stick of gum.
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Malthus

#27
April 07, 2014, 01:52:10 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 07, 2014, 01:49:10 PM
I wouldn't loan you a tissue or a stick of gum.

Well, duh. No-one wants a used tissue or a chewed stick of gum back.  :yuk:
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Grey Fox

#28
April 07, 2014, 01:52:41 PM
It depends, my girlfriend's family is fairly disfunctional in of itself but I enjoy the company of her parents and Uncles/Aunts. Even tho they are religious freak that will be lined up when the revolution comes.

I don't see them as much as I use to but I am fairly close my father's family.

My mother & her family has been shunned.
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Capetan Mihali

#29
April 07, 2014, 01:55:29 PM Last Edit: April 07, 2014, 01:58:12 PM by Capetan Mihali
Quote from: Malthus on April 07, 2014, 01:48:06 PMI'm not so happy about my brother's constant 'encouragement' to come visit his house in Iowa. Which is like two days away by car, and not near any air transport. Where, as far as I know, there is nothing to do but hang out with him, his wife, and their two hyperactive daughters ...

You should fly to Chicago, make him come meet you there, spend a day or two hanging out in Chi, then go back to Iowa with him for a few days, and make him drive you back to O'Hare when you leave.  After all, if he wants you to visit so much, I'm sure he won't mind...

EDIT:  Or stop off in Chicago for a couple of days, then get a regional flight to Des Moines or wherever.
"The internet's completely over. [...] The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."
-- Prince, 2010. (R.I.P.)
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