tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post1689629746249235049..comments2024-01-08T13:44:54.771-08:00Comments on Dizgraceland: They treat me like family!Timehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07838683246636045823noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-80580688093206719332007-06-26T19:39:00.000-07:002007-06-26T19:39:00.000-07:00K.That is good for him. I honestly don't think any...K.<BR/>That is good for him. I honestly don't think anyone on his side of the family intended to be that way. We just didn't really know any better for the longest time.Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838683246636045823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-32586161615084117072007-06-26T19:10:00.000-07:002007-06-26T19:10:00.000-07:00And then R goes and marries into the family that g...And then R goes and marries into the family that gets together once a month minimum...... <BR/><BR/>His side is a different sort of family style than I grew up with.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07660760608080967978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-87277888756043759952007-06-26T13:37:00.000-07:002007-06-26T13:37:00.000-07:00JP,I also cringe when I see a restaurant that offe...JP,<BR/>I also cringe when I see a restaurant that offers "family-style" dining. That has chaos and screaming written all over it.<BR/><BR/>Blaznfyre, More like republicans and born agains, but they are still family.<BR/><BR/>Lights,<BR/>They will also make fun of the car you drove in on, the shirt you are wearing and your haircut. Then they will engage you in a political discussion on the merits of the current administration. Wait a minute, I think I'm talking about Thanksgiving now.<BR/><BR/>Miss Bliss,<BR/>You haven't been in a casino recently, have you?Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838683246636045823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-39044009989594755222007-06-26T12:23:00.000-07:002007-06-26T12:23:00.000-07:00My Mother and most of my 8 siblings live in differ...My Mother and most of my 8 siblings live in different parts of the country as well, but somehow we manage to still live on top of each other. We are all on myspace (my youngest sister campaigned for us to all get accounts) and exchange daily comments and pictures.<BR/><BR/>I don't want any business to treat me like family. If that were the case, the business would fart and blame it on me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-21028511302089599222007-06-26T10:29:00.000-07:002007-06-26T10:29:00.000-07:00A casino treats you like family? Does this mean th...A casino treats you like family? Does this mean that if you are making particularly stupid bets and losing a lot that they will advise you to stop betting and seek treatment?Lights in the wakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389500985838246988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-73259305760015630802007-06-26T06:29:00.000-07:002007-06-26T06:29:00.000-07:00So they're a bunch of depressed and repressed, ang...So they're a bunch of depressed and repressed, angry alcoholics too, huh?<BR/><BR/>I'm closer to my SIL than I am my brother or my father.<BR/>We just don't communicate well.<BR/>Unless we're drunk of course.BlazngScarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240507708999563717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-14397979092010769082007-06-25T23:05:00.000-07:002007-06-25T23:05:00.000-07:00When I think about my family I'm not sure I would ...When I think about my family I'm not sure I would want to visit these establishments that say they "treat you like family!" Oh great - does that mean I walk in and my mother is there to make me feel like shit?? <BR/>Not the best marketing ploy! Oy vey, JPJP (mom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03120439923927414464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-86971149915974876392007-06-25T20:01:00.000-07:002007-06-25T20:01:00.000-07:00Sprawling family is an apt description. I get spor...Sprawling family is an apt description. I get sporatic e-mail from my brother in Boise, but no contact from my brother in Oregon. There is also a philosophic distance in our family, however.<BR/><BR/>So you are part of the Brady Bunch. Does that make you Florence Henderson? :)Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07838683246636045823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7861874.post-59058100523978923172007-06-25T13:41:00.000-07:002007-06-25T13:41:00.000-07:00I have to agree with you Tim. I come from a big s...I have to agree with you Tim. I come from a big sprawling family that isn't close at all. In fact my siblings all live in different states and we keep in touch mostly through e-mail. My relationship with my own kids is quite different. They hang out together as well as with me...a little closer to the Brady Bunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com