Tell us about your idiot relatives

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

she changed her name from Linda to Alisa. Ummmm, Isn't that a bit close to my name?

From how you describe her, it sounds appropriate (in a twisted way.) Since she is the antithesis of you—the Anti-Lisa—she should be called such.

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

About that time, she developed a fake English accent as well. Oh, and she's from Ohio, has lived in CA for the past 44 years and never lived in England.

Reminds me of Vera Charles.

Patrick Dennis: Is the English lady sick, Auntie Mame?
Auntie Mame: She's not English, darling... she's from Pittsburgh.
Patrick Dennis: She sounded English.
Auntie Mame: Well, when you're from Pittsburgh, you have to do something.

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My mom and grandma are quite a pair! First off, you must know my grandma is overall a wonderful lady, but she has some really annoying idiosyncrasies. Logic is lost on her. If she gets it in her head that the sky is green, there's not a damn thing you can do to convince her otherwise. But for reasons unknown to the rest of our family, my mom still tries. Every, and I mean every family dinner always ends with mom and grandma getting into an argument. Grandma will say something stupid (not offensive, just boneheaded) and mom will try to counter her with reason*. This leads to raised voices which in turn leads to everyone abandoning them at the dinner table to let them argue by themselves.



*I have reminded mom many times that it's impossible to reason someone out or a position they weren't reasoned into in the first place. She acknowledges this, but can't seem to help herself when it comes to her mother.