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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Told my girlfriend earlier that I won't be drinking at her sister's 40th on Saturday because basically I am so sick and tired of either her mother, her brother or our brother in law getting drunk and kicking off with each other or all and sundry. I just feel so uncomfortable around her family at social gatherings so it easier to stay sober and drive then I can make a quick getaway if needs be. She responded that I should have a drink and get a taxi home so I don't want to leave early. My response that it wasn't a lack of beer that made me want to leave it was usually boredom because her family get togethers drag on for hours wasn't a popular one.

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Told my girlfriend earlier that I won't be drinking at her sister's 40th on Saturday because basically I am so sick and tired of either her mother' date=' her brother or our brother in law getting drunk and kicking off with each other or all and sundry. I just feel so uncomfortable around her family at social gatherings so it easier to stay sober and drive then I can make a quick getaway if needs be. She responded that I should have a drink and get a taxi home so I don't want to leave early. My response that it wasn't a lack of beer that made me want to leave it was usually boredom because her family get togethers drag on for hours wasn't a popular one.[/quote'] Yeah, my brother, my dad and me don't tend to have a whole lot of fun at gatherings of my mom's family since they get tipsy, loud, irritating and racist fairly easily. Then again the three of us don't have a whole lot of fun at parties in general. It's only my mom dragging us to them and even she doesn't like them, she's just far too nice to tell the hosts to bugger off and stop inviting people over so they can brag about their boring-ass kids to visitors.
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Midi, that sounds awesome! I hope it works out.

Told my girlfriend earlier that I won't be drinking at her sister's 40th on Saturday because basically I am so sick and tired of either her mother' date=' her brother or our brother in law getting drunk and kicking off with each other or all and sundry. I just feel so uncomfortable around her family at social gatherings so it easier to stay sober and drive then I can make a quick getaway if needs be. She responded that I should have a drink and get a taxi home so I don't want to leave early. My response that it wasn't a lack of beer that made me want to leave it was usually boredom because her family get togethers drag on for hours wasn't a popular one.[/quote'] I'm lucky that my wife and I are on the same page with regards to family visits. Her parents are hard for us to tolerate in more than very small doses. And of course we live about five hundred miles away from them. Unfortunately my own parents live very near them, so not only do I rarely get to see my own family, but visits are always split between the two. Trips to NC are much less fun than they used to be.
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I love family gatherings on my dad's side. My cousin is a millionaire so he hosts gatherings at his mansion in the hills often but its soooo laid back...its not like stuffy rich, is good living. Or his mom's house, that'd be my aunt. All my family gatherings are chill, usually just good times, good food, live music. .. someone is always on guitar or harmonica, loads of dogs as everyone brings theirs, cooooopious amounts of weed and drinking is low key, never sloppy or alcohol drama, never any fighting. We are just chill and know how to have a good time. Kinda hippies too. My mom's side is fucking psycho and its been years since I saw them. They can't gather without pressuring everyone to drink and eat disgusting amounts of food. *Constant* pressure to eat and drink. They're all hostile alcoholics and every gathering ends in screaming or drama. My husband's family are pretty cool and mellow and they do ceilidhs and bonfires, and usually the Scottish folk instruments come out. They drink crazy amounts of liquor but it never gets ugly or dramatic. I like partying with them.

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My husband's family are pretty cool and mellow and they do ceilidhs and bonfires' date=' and usually the Scottish folk instruments come out. They drink crazy amounts of liquor but it never gets ugly or dramatic. I like partying with them.[/quote'] I've done a number of ceilidhs actually, I had to do them for Scottish dance. My dad's side of the family are all English South African of course, so they're not up for anything particularly dramatic or flamboyant. Usually they like to have a nice dinner and maybe go to the beach - and that suits me just fine. My dad's easily the most adventurous of all his side of the family, and that's especially good when we go to South Africa, because he's made an effort to take us to nice and interesting places like Hluhluwe-Imfolozi National Park, Cape Vidal and Knysna. I do like a couple of people from my mom's side of the family, I like one uncle who's a massive firearms enthusiast and was in the army (could have been Marines, I forget) for a few years. He and his wife are also the only ones of the family who regularly make any effort to make my mom feel at home when she's been to NJ the past few times. This uncle is also the only one who isn't kind of a loser.
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Told my girlfriend earlier that I won't be drinking at her sister's 40th on Saturday because basically I am so sick and tired of either her mother' date=' her brother or our brother in law getting drunk and kicking off with each other or all and sundry. I just feel so uncomfortable around her family at social gatherings so it easier to stay sober and drive then I can make a quick getaway if needs be. She responded that I should have a drink and get a taxi home so I don't want to leave early. My response that it wasn't a lack of beer that made me want to leave it was usually boredom because her family get togethers drag on for hours wasn't a popular one.[/quote'] My ex bf's mother hated me so obviously I didn't like spending any time with his family. Also, my dad and I are not big fans of my mother's side of the family because her father is one of those know-it-all and always complains about something we've done,and her brother is often rude and than pretends he was just joking. Thankfully, my bf's family is quite nice and we all like each other so I even feel comfortable spending time at his place. On the other hand, I don't think he's too happy with my mother.
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It has been rough re-adjusting to working again after 4 solid days of drinking and headbanging, hopefully I'll be back on track by tomorrow. Definitely an amazing experience, and one of the best weekends I can remember. I saw 27 bands in 4 days, and I can only complain about 3 of them. Seriously impressive showings. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

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Finally got word back from the job and the Director of Worldwide Services now wants to chat with me "informally" on Friday. Jeez' date=' just give me a job folks![/quote'] It'll be you and five other contestants at a cocktail party, along with some paid actors who have been instructed to manipulate your emotions in various ways. You won't know who is who, and you'll never meet the actual director - he'll be watching the whole thing on video from a hidden room.
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Finally got word back from the job and the Director of Worldwide Services now wants to chat with me "informally" on Friday. Jeez' date=' just give me a job folks![/quote'] Well that sounds just lovely. What's that supposed to be, the thoughtcrime interview? It is also somewhat funny that the fact that they've said it's 'informal' is a clear indication that they expect you to let your guard down so they can pick your brain for evidence of Counter-Revolutionary Sedition.
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Finally got word back from the job and the Director of Worldwide Services now wants to chat with me "informally" on Friday. Jeez' date=' just give me a job folks![/quote'] are you sure you are not going to see the redlight. Make you forget like In the men In black that or. Being interveiw that dude from the matrix.
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Got a snack package from my dad that contained a variety of Indian soda that I didn't know was commercially available outside Rasoi restaurants, and some peri-peri sauce. Maybe now I will actually have to fry some meat just to try this stuff.

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Got a snack package from my dad that contained a variety of Indian soda that I didn't know was commercially available outside Rasoi restaurants' date=' and some peri-peri sauce. Maybe now I will actually have to fry some meat just to try this stuff.[/quote'] It's best on springbok... something about the gamy tang of wildebeest doesn't complement it very well. :D
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