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This weekend I made the expedition voyage to the north to
celebrate my heroic grandpa’s 95th birthday with the entirety of my
family. Admittedly, I have a rather large family with 18 cousins and 2nd
cousins I actually know but it made me think about all those family stereotypes
that may actually be true…
The Wacky Aunt. There
is always an aunt who is a tad eccentric sure in her opinions providing you
with endless hours of amusement with her ‘back in my day’ comments and
hilarious judgements. Whether a fan of the cynic aunt or not, you can certainly
while away the hours listening to her thoughts on your 2nd cousin
twice removed’s new hair colour.
The Random Cousin. Everyone
has that cousin who you’ve been introduced to enough times that you should
definitely know their name, but you just don’t. No matter how hard you try to
remember, it just won’t come back and you end up having to talk about yourself
for the entirety of the conversation to avoid awkward moments.
The ‘Why Haven’t You
Grown’. Yes, I do still get this one. Now you may be asking why at the age
of 20 I am still growing, well I am not but I do now make the life choice to
occasionally wear high heels and it amuses me to see the look on my uncle’s
face when I am suddenly 4 inches taller than I was 6 months ago.
The Endless Goodbyes.
When the time comes to give everyone a kiss and head off back home to
conversations in which you don’t have to smile until your face hurts, I always
find that I end up saying goodbye to everyone about 10 times over a period of a
few hours. In my book, the phrase,’ we’re definitely leaving now’ is vastly overused.
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