Top Ten Reasons Not to Attend a Family Reunion
Whether it's a Thanksgiving, anniversary, or whatever it is, there's not a whole lot of fun in family reunions. I'm gonna skip a reunion on the 16th for these reasons.My parents talk with the grownups. My sister talks with my cousins. I am left all alone bored. Need I say more?
My current reunion is full of old people I just cannot have conversations with.
Everyone's like, at least five years out of my age range.
Yeah. Family gatherings are all full of old people
This one and #4 are a lot alike, but this one is only slightly different because you will likely get picked on by the really egotistical members who think they are always better than you.
EVERY SINGLE TIME I attend a family gathering there is a 99.9% chance that either my mom or my dad will reprimand me and get me in trouble for absolutely no reason at all.
My older relatives always talk about how "amazing" Donald Trump is, even though he is racist and homophobic. So annoying!
Blah blah blah *insert embarrassing stuff here*.
They drag on about things no one cares about.
This is so unbearably annoying.
My relatives are Asian.
Aunts/uncles: My kid is studying to be a doctor!
I CAN NOT tell how many times that I have heard that phrase over and over again!
One of the worst things about reunions, those with "superior" qualities tend to be the worst braggarts over there.
My parents always brag about my academic successes to my relatives
I went to a wedding in CA and A LOT of them that I haven't seen in YEARS didn't really talk to me.
It definitely is not.
One time, I had to skip a family gathering because I had too much homework
My relatives are the true party poopers. My cousins sometimes annoys me, and my parents reprimand me for nothing or embarrass me.
Why is it always Chinese food?
My family always eats German and Polish food and some of it is gross
I WISH. Everyone at family reunions are almost always like years older than me.
My cousins in a nutshell
During my cousin's wedding everyone said hi to each other and not to me because they have others their age to talk to and I don't seem to fit in with everyone else. They were also too busy talking to others and they fail to acknowledge my existence, and I had trouble trying to talk to them (I'm autistic).
I nearly shed a few tears/wept in silence because of the hurt that I felt. I thought no one cared about me! :(
I have nothing in common with my relatives, so I just sit in the corner and eat food
My family is Asian.
We are eating? They take pictures.
A kid gets their diaper changed/bathed? It gets videoed.
We watch T.V.? It gets videoed.
They set the table? The food gets photographed.
Then they put everything up on Facebook.
I hate candid photos. They look so weird
Every time we attend a family gathering all the grownups would constantly roast us kids and laugh about it.
It is so awkward!
We're Asian. Whether an adult is changing a kid's diaper in front of everyone else or my dad is singing horrible karaoke, there is never a dull moment at an Asian family gathering.
After I eat, I just listen to music and play on the phone for the remainder of the party.
Every time I go to a family party, there's ALWAYS a 99.9% that I'll get in trouble for nothing. Why? It's simple. All the grown ups are talking really loud (my family's Asian) and they drink so much that they never seem to keep an eye on my cousins whoever they're wreaking havoc. They get distracted by their conversations then they automatically blame me because they think that since I'm the oldest, I have to be responsible at all times. Hey, I may be a grownup (I'm 26) but I don't know much about group babysitting. I'm still a kid (to them), and even though it's understandable that it's tough to keep track of 6 kids at a party, they should be responsible to keep an eye out for the younger kids (age 10 and under) at least part of the time. and not blame me for irresponsibility.
During my family gatherings either the grownups or my cousins were watching T.V.. It's either sports (the men), Asian dramas (my cousins and the women) or cartoons (the kids). I do get to watch T.V. for a brief time (usually YouTube), but it usually lasts no more than 20 minutes or 1/2 hr.
My relatives like to watch Fox News and game shows and it makes me cringe
Once I was at party at my cousin's house until 1 AM.
I was at a chinese restaurant and there was a karaoke machine that you can control. I wanted to play Andy Lau songs but my dad forced me to agree to play his annoying songs.
This is why I bring my own music to restaurants.
Nah, my family doesn't really like music.
My relatives are Asian and every time they have a family gathering they talk like they're screaming across the room. It's so loud that I could even hear them when I'm in the bathroom with the door closed!
Even worse is that all the men drink, and after a few bottles of beer or cups of wine they will YELL like they're having a heated argument.
Then they get loud