My family is one of those families that, when we get together, we say stuff to each other that some women just can't handle.

Now, I try to warn them and let them know the general idea of the things they are going to hear, but they still get all shocked and stuff when they actually meet my family.

Example : We were at a family get together, and the conversation turned to the next get together. We were trying to plan out a date when everyone would be available.

My sister, who is a large woman, said that we couldn't do it on a certain date. I asked her why.

Sister : " because we ( her and her boyfriend, now husband ) are going fishing that day.

Me : " So what? "

Sister : " We are going out on the boat and I'm not missing it because I have never been on a boat. "

Me : " Wanna know WHY you've never been on a boat?? "

Sister : * suspicious look * " Why? "

Me : " Because they outlawed whale hunting YEARS ago . "

At that point, everyone in my family, including my sister, about fell over laughing.

The woman that was with me, looked at me and said " How can you SAY something like that?? " Extremely shocked and all that.

That is just the way my family is. There is no getting around it. If everyone was " nice " to each other, we would all be bored out of our skulls.

My question is....

Why is it that when I try to warn someone of some of the stuff they are likely to hear, they think I am kidding???

Wouldn't they be far better off to actually listen to me when I tell them what will likely be said and then let them know that I'm NOT kidding???

sounds like my family !

My Dad gets even worse stuff than that.

All of us kids are constantly messing with him.

But when we are together...it's several hours of laughter, and up to this point, no drama involved.

sounds something like my family. and with my ex she was warned before we went to a family get together about things being said, and i got the, how could you say that to your family a few times, but than again, i guess it wasnt that bad if she stuck around for 4 years.

i just think its a way of showing they are polite, but once more comfortable they seem to fit in. atleast with my ex, she started with the crap that our family would go on about and was laughing away with it with the rest, but the beginning wasnt to good, lol.

I always try to let women know that to be with me, they really need to be able to give as good as they get. Cuz if they hang around my family for any amount of time....they WILL get.

I'd fit in perfectly!

The ability to fit with a group like my family is a very rare thing indeed...lol

Remind them it could always be worse... least with my family it'd be like living in the movie American Pie (only my mother of all people is like the father in the movie LOL)

Sounds like my family.

Well i'm the kind of person that you either LUV me or HATE me..........I'm full of smarta$$ jokes! 24/7

That's me, my brother, and my dad! We're always ribbing each other in my immediate family. When the whole male relation on my dad's side of the family gets together, it turns into a pee-your-pants laugh fest, complete with aching sides and teary eyes. Somehow, we were all blessed with a dry, wry wit. Sure, we can be serious, but anything can spew forth from anybody's lips at any time, so you have to be on your toes.

My brother is a big one for practical jokes, so you have to watch him like a hawk, because he'll getcha.

This is who we are, and this is HOW we are. For an outside woman coming into the fold, it's best to just get onboard and roll with it right away, or I can promise you, you won't last.

Okay, I'm getting worried cause your family situation sounds a lot like mine. I'm starting to think I got some long lost cousins on here now

I just don't introduce guys to my family anymore.

An example:

Some 60-odd years ago, my uncles Harvey and Gordon (brothers) rented a small apartment together. Remember, at that time, things were tough for just about anybody. Most people didn't have a lot of money, much less possessions, so they made do with what they had. This was also back in the time when the landlord (or landlady) lived in the same building, usually. This particular landlady would help the guys out in whatever way she could, whether it was meals, or laundry, or whatever. She would either just take it upon herself to do things, or else all they needed to do was ask.

At some point, the landlady asked them if they needed anything. Gordon jokingly c0cked off to her and said something along the lines of, "Hey, what the hell is the deal with no damn toilet paper in the bathroom?"

She put her hand on her hip and said, "Well, you've got a tongue, haven't you?"

Gordon said, "Yeah, but I don't have a neck like a goose!"