Soooooo......

[Betty]

I get along so well with one sis-in-law even though our relgious and political views are different.

My other sis-in-law and family though is frikkin nuts. He hated his brother growing up because he's an asshole. I was pretty sure that this was leftover from childhood and he wasn't really. Come to find out the whole family is wacked. While we may share similar religious views (we aren't), we sure don't agree on other things. But we can still have a good discussion on things right? Apparently not. Debates on mandatory drug testing/birth control for those on public assistance has brought out the ?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!11duh - you must be uptight and can't pass a drug test if you don't agree with me.

Why can't we have a discussion on something topical and disagree without someone resorting to name calling? Why must they type in all caps and use 40 or 50 exclamation points per post?

All it did was confirm that my husband is right. (derp - I HAD MY BALLS CUT OPEN, SO CAN THEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!)

[JWBear]

Ah... the teabagger cry: "Keep the dang government out of peoples lives... unless it's people we don't like!!!"

[Kevy Baby]

Saw this and liked it:

English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

[wendybeth]

Lol! I love that, Kevy!

[alphabassettgrrl]

Awesome, Kevy!

[CoasterMatt]

I've got the entire office to myself for the whole day.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

I've got the entire office to myself for the whole day.

So what you're saying is, It's Naked Day!

[Alex]

So, here's a sign of how I connect with my family that I think may be up there with the time I made an unexpected visit to my childhood home town and ended up being unable to say hi to my mom because I didn't know she'd moved and none of the phone numbers I had for her were working.

My half-sister posted a picture of herself and her girlfriend to Facebook. I had no idea which one was her and which one was the girlfriend (and no, they don't look alike).

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Alex

So, here's a sign of how I connect with my family that I think may be up there with the time I made an unexpected visit to my childhood home town and ended up being unable to say hi to my mom because I didn't know she'd moved and none of the phone numbers I had for her were working.

My half-sister posted a picture of herself and her girlfriend to Facebook. I had no idea which one was her and which one was the girlfriend (and no, they don't look alike).

I went to a family reunion last year. We had to wear name tags but you clearly have me beat with the mom thing.

[Alex]

And the thing is that I have good easy going relationships with these people. I just don't need to see them all that often (and when my dad died there was no reason for me to see that side at all).