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By: Eight Random Things

Eight Random Things — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:01:16 +0000

[...] children). And all of our layers of family are very close (though not in a spacial sense) So unlike Steve, I find gatherings of 40-odd related people to be quite normal, if a little [...]

By: phyllis

phyllis — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:02:00 +0000

I agree with you on the large family thing. Any family gathering with more than 6-8 people is too big. Deep ties, that’s another matter. It’s ideal when family equals close friend.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:00:52 +0000

I only know that chant from the Faith No More song. I’ve never been one for sporting events.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:55:36 +0000

I’m an only child, too, but find large, close families kind of fascinating, mysterious and exotic.

TV is just Mythbusters at this point, to which the whole family is addicted. Well, and Red Sox. But that’s all. Honest.

Haven’t called anyone a bitch (out loud) for commenting about my daughter, but I did confront a stranger who was talking about my daughter –in the parent waiting area of a karate place, how clueless can someone be not to realize that a parent might be there? — and she apologized.

Agree on the foreign language. Instead of learning one well, I learned six poorly. I’d also take a job in my twenties that involved great gobs of foreign travel.

This is therapeutic… thanks.

By: Steve Lawson

Steve Lawson — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:48:08 +0000

Yeah, Laura, it really is a weird prejudice. Not sure what made me think of it, let alone cop to it in public!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:56:17 +0000

Well, I am more or less an only child, but I’m very fond of my extended family–although I’ll grant you that many of them are not really related to me (e.g. my mother’s father’s stepsisters’ daughters, a.k.a. cousins Ann, Laurel, and Leslie).