So I just got done with a big family gathering. We were celebrating my dad’s birthday (he just turned 66!) And my mom, all three of my brothers, my sis-in-law, my nieces, and Emma and I were there. We ate greasy pizza and sugary cake, and I swear my body is ready to kill me. Have you ever hit that stage where you swear you never want to eat pizza again? I’m there. I’m living it. Every time someone mentions pizza I wanna gag. Which is funny cause it was my fave food growing up.
So during this dinner, we got on the topic of dating. See me and two of my female cousins are all single, and all of various ages ranging from 25-38 or something? We kind of joke about it being the ‘family curse’ that the females with our bloodline never get married. Cause there’s three of us, and none of us are married. But then I’m talking with my brothers about how once I’m ready, I’m sure if I put myself out there I could meet someone. And what do my brothers do? All three of them started laughing. Seriously. Now I love my family, but come on. A little support here? They start hurling the ‘you’ve got a kid’ line, to which I quoted a statistic of men willing to date women with kids (it was 60-70% I think.) Oh, then they went to ‘yeah they date the hot single moms’ Anyway, I know they realized they were being arseholes, or at least one did, and he grew quite worried when I told him I’d blog about them. Then he proceeded to tell me I should go to church and meet a man. Because that’s the only place I’ll find a decent one willing to support us. He’s the married one, the other two brother’s are single. But then he (married one) tells me he’d go to church if it wasn’t on Sundays, but it coincides with football. *rolling eyes* And he’s not really religious. I think he was blowing smoke out his arse. Really, they’re good guys, they just like to give me sh*t.
Then the conversation turned to the ‘what to do with the properties’ when the parents pass away’ bit. Which we’ve never gone there before. The whole topic made me a bit squieby (if that’s a word) but I know it has to be discussed. So we decided ‘informally’ to do a lunch at a later date.
So off of the family gathering topic, and how about some info on a contest!
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A cherry stationary and magnet set.
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Hey your brothers are single too so I’m sure they felt like it was their duty to harass you. And hey THEY ARE SINGLE TOO!!! I’m sure if they put themselves out there that they’d find someone too…
LOL, great picture. I saw the contest on Novlety Girls. What an awsome contest.
Aw, family. Can’t live with them and can’t live without them. Kind of a dilemma *grin*
Love the picture!
Hugs on the rejection, Shelli. There seems to be a bit of that going around at the moment :(
Ahhh there is nothing like a warm and cozy family gathering. Shelli…ignore your brothers. They are men and men are…(no offense to any men reading) idiots. When you’re reading you will find someone.
Best,
B
I sooooo feel your pain. Having had my younger sister just get married and both my siblings having produced kids, my relatives all look at me like some kind of freak. They just shake their heads, look at my mother and say, I don’t understand why she’s not married. My mother, to her credit, answers back with – she’s too busy getting famous, check back with her later.
Love the pic. :)
Um, I feel that way about pizza off and on. I get burned out on it pretty easy…
But I can never have enough sugary cake. LOLOLOLOLOLOL