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Awkward Family Holiday Parties

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Did any of you guys go to your in-law’s home for the holidays? Was it awkward? It’s weird, for a while now I have been getting invited to spend christmas in other people’s homes. This past Thanksgiving was spent eating bad Ecuadorian instant noodles and watching Netflix.

So I guess not that different than normal.

You know how when you enter someone’s home, their house has a very distinct smell to it…. but you can never identify your own house’s scent? Well in the same manner, family parties are a whole other beast to an outsider.

For one, you have several different types of relatives.

The Grandma, Version 1

The person that stays quiet most of the time, only to speak up to scold somebody. They like to help out around the kitchen, they keep to themselves, and falls asleep on the couch with everyone else around the living room.

The Grandma, Version 2

The kindest most awesomest person in the room that you just want to hug and have them make everything better. They smile, they’re the only ones who try to get to know you, and happens to always have a little kid on her lap.

The Rude Uncle or Brother-in-Law

The one who makes inappropriate comments about the way you’re eating sausage, or tells you that your mouth can open very wide to bite that turkey leg. They laugh at just about anything, but mostly their own jokes.

The Distant Relative

This is that chubby woman who comes up to you to say how much weight you’ve gained, and grabs your cheeks. You remember her from where you were a little kid and always wanted hated that “come say hi” thing your mom always says.

The Drunk Cousin

Yeah, we all know who we’re talking about.

Haha!

Well, things don’t actually have to be that awkward for everyone. There’s lots of things that certain families do that would seem weird to the rest of the world. At my house, sometimes we don’t all sit down to eat together but rather pick at the pots and pans whenever, even if not everything is ready yet.

And then sometimes we go to my aunt’s house and eat again afterward.

I went to a friend’s house once where his family served tacos for Thanksgiving and they were delicious.

What is one thing that your family does that is just plain weird to other people? Type it up, and submit your comment below!

Pictures with a walking sandwich

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111. Accidentally walking in front someone’s camera as they take a picture

At places like Disneyland, Hollywood, and pretty much anywhere you can find a Hard Rock Cafe, you will see people trying to take a picture in a crowded sidewalk. You’re walking and then suddenly.. FLASH!

 What just happened? Am I dead? 

You come back to your senses and look to your right only to see a group of tourists staring at you (along with those blue and green dots that your eye sees after a really bright flash of a camera), and a semi-smiling guy with a camera who tells you that its OK as he puts the camera up to his face again to attempt to take another picture. Well of course its OK, its just a picture! What’s more important here is the awkward feeling of knowing that for the rest of eternity that picture will have your big head right in the middle.. which was caught off guard!

In the Santa Monica, CA area, there are always people trying to take pictures with super random stuff. There was a walking sandwich waving at cars to advertise a local restaurant, and it was crowded with Asian people taking pictures with it, whilst making peace signs of course. But people have posed with even stranger things..

In their defense, I do agree that there are a few people and things that you absolutely have to get a picture with in your lifetime:

The Ronald McDonald bench statue provides a super cool picture opportunity for kids, and they’re all over the place! Some of you may argue that this might be promoting obesity and blah blah blah, well I guess its a good thing that television news stations don’t show faces when they make their daily report with footage of butts and bellies of random pedestrians.

Mickey Mouse has got to be one of my favorites! What sucks is that these characters come out only at certain times of the day, and when its time for them to leave they just walk away with their escort person and act like you didn’t just pay $89 to see the mouse and take a picture with him.

With some expensive-looking car. “Oh! You’re in the picture too,” someone might say to you after looking at such thing. I guess a picture next to or on a motorcycle would count also. If you’re a material girl, living in a material world (according to Madonna), take a picture with a purse or something.

With some exotic animal. Even though I’ve never seen the point to this, mostly because I feel bad for the poor animal, I’ve paid a dollar or five for a picture with a parrot before.. which I lost. (The picture, not the parrot.)

And finally,

With mom! One must always take a picture with such a wonderful woman who once changed your poopie diapers and fed you nasty carrots and broccoli when you were growing up. Let us admit, it probably took a lot of strength to keep up with your whining and crying, so thank her, she deserves a picture with you!

What other people or things MUST you take a picture with in your lifetime?

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46. Not knowing if someone's baby is a boy or a girl

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Ever bumped into someone on the street that has a baby in a stroller, or in her arms?

You take a look at the baby and realize: Wow! What a cute baby! And of course, just out of curiosity, you might want to ask questions to find out the baby’s age. Not a difficult task, right? Wrong!

What if the baby is too young to be able to make the gender obvious to the observer? And you know, sometimes mothers can be extra sensitive about these things. . .

A person might end up asking “How old is it?“, or “Is it a boy or a girl?” First of all, why do people even refer to a baby as “it”? Even balloons say things like “It’s a Boy!”. It? Well anyway, figuring out the gender of the baby is very important here, and no sometimes you cannot tell by the color of the baby’s clothes. We live in a changing society, people. Pink is no longer a girl color, and blue is actually a favorite color of many girls. Besides, a lot of moms decide to make it extra difficult for the rest of us and dress their babies in orange or greens and yellows.

If you really don’t know, just ask “Is your baby a boy or a girl?” and don’t take a random guess by saying “He is so cute!” and then hear the angry parent say “She is a girl!” This is an awkward moment I would rather avoid.

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