Family get togethers

[tex]

Re: Family get togethers

I was thinking more about weddings, christenings etc and whether anybody actually enjoys the afterparty?

[zabadak]

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I seem to be older than most people on here - both my parents have long-since passed and my father's siblings are all but gone (my mother was an only child).

I did take part in a family reunion, on my father's side, a few years ago. It was great - seeing cousins I had not seen in decades, plus two aunts (one of whom is now deceased, leaving the other as the sole remaining member of that generation)!

[George 1978]

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I don't really get together with my family very often these days - Christmas time and that's it. I would like to start a family of my own one day, but now I am in my 40s, the clock is ticking and I feel very pressured to find a partner, I feel that because of the difficulties I have had in my life so far, one asks oneself, is it ever going to happen? I am certain that if I ever did get married, the two witnesses would probably be Mr and Mrs Passer-By, and not many others. I am a traditionalist - I would want the bride dressed in white; bridesmaids; pageboys; the Best Man (someone who is ever-realisable); a three tier wedding cake; confetti; a Rolls Royce with "Just Married" written on the back; a Honeymoon in err... (must get myself a passport...), and everything else besides. Surely it's worth all that for a one off event?

The fact that my late aunt emigrated to Australia has always made me think whether I could have cousins over there that I will obviously never met, and my late mother wasn't too find of the offspring from my late father's first marriage. I believe that we all have distant relatives in out of bounds places like Australia and Canada, and we will never get to even acknowledge most of them.

DJs love the sound of their own voice - it's the verbal or audio equivalent of looking at yourself in the mirror.

[tex]

Just got back from a christening "do" for my nephews second child, now please don't label me a grouch but as much as i love my family i have to be honest when i say i really can't stand hired room afterparties where people are awkwardly brought together and expected to have fun. The inevitable annoying DJ who loves his own voice and plays dreadful music so loud it's impossible to have a conversation, the usual understaffed bar that can never change anything bigger than a £5 note, the rush for the buffet which is always sandwiches,crisps, vol-au-vents....and repeat. The plethora of screaming toddlers running around, and the embarrasing business at the end when you have to go around kissing and hugging everybody.....NOT FOR ME THANKS!