So Many Families, So Little Time. (631 hits)
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Submitted by Beau <Party03> (View user info) at 2003-12-24 18:23:22 EST
Ever since I was young, I have always been taught the importance of manners, and just being polite, and repectful. It seems this lesson has been lost over time. Let me rewind and tell you how I came to this conclusion.
I met my half of my girlfriend's family in November when we were in Georgia to visit her dad, and the whole fam damnily out there (her mom's side lives in New Mexico). I was pretty nervous about meeting them because her older brother is very over protective of her, and has never approved of anyone she's ever been with. I knew very little about her father, but I figured it would be difficult to get him to approve as well.
Since I had never met her dad, I figured it would be for the best if I stayed in a hotel for the trip. Everything was going great. I met her dad the second day I was there, he paid fr all three of us to have lunch at Rafferty's (sp?), and he seemed to enjoy my conversation.
The day after said lunch, there ended up being problems with the hotel, and she wanted to get me out of there. She called up her dad at work and asked him if it would be ok if I stayed at their house for the remainder of my trip. Much to my surprise he agreed. Now this is a guy that I had known for only a day, opening his house to a guy, that is dating his daughter. Because of this I never forgot that I was a guest in another man's home. I made sure that I was on my best behavior.
Her father noticed this and really took a shining to me. Great, one family member impressed, one to go. She had warned me that her older brother would be the hardest person to impress. We went over there for dinner, and again, all I did was mind my manners, and be on my best behavior. Even her older brother was shocked when he was able to approve of me for his sister.
This is where the problem comes in. Ever since her parents divorced, she has spent Christmas day with her mom in New Mexico. This makes her father very sad. He said that he watches movies all day long, and avoids the news like the plague so that he gets as little Christmas as possible.
Next year he wants things to be different. He wants both of his daughters, and to my surprise, me there to celebrate Christmas since I will be back in the U.S. for good. He wants to start traditions like a big Christmas breakfast, and the usual. I'm more than happy to go over there, and celebrate with them. Her father is a great guy, and it sucks to know that Christmas depresses him that much. However, since I've been overseas, I've spent the past two Christmas' away from my own family. I don't want to make three in a row where we couldn't spend Christmas as a family.
Later on down the road we're going to have to worry about spending Christmas with her mom's family, her dad's family, and my family. That's going to be fun to work out.
So what are your adventures in meeting family?
Any good Christmas stories?
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Submitted by Party03 (user info) at 2003-12-25 03:56:23 EST (#)
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I thought about that, but I'm sure all three families will want to have their own seperate clebration.
Submitted by hcp28 (user info) at 2003-12-24 20:46:15 EST (#)
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get them all together that seems like the easiest solution. Of course arranging that will probably be like reconfiguring the atomic structure of a fused hydrgen atom back into its unfused state.
WHAT?
Submitted by Party03 (user info) at 2003-12-24 20:31:17 EST (#)
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We'll see when I can get the time off. It's going to be a pain in the ass moving into a new place from overseas.
Submitted by DJMattB241 (user info) at 2003-12-24 19:25:08 EST (#)
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<high five> when ya comin to visit me, man?
we have a date with some hot chicks named Tequila and Whiskey.
HAHAHA!!!
Submitted by Party03 (user info) at 2003-12-24 18:36:20 EST (#)
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WOO HOO!!! A plus 1!!! Just what I've always wanted. So Santa got my letter?
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2003-12-24 18:30:10 EST (#)
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Ooooh lookie at what Santa is pulling out of his sack:
a +1!