Meeting the (Crazy) Family
Let’s face facts, people. Some of us come from families that are a little…eccentric. You have to be sure that when you bring someone home for the holidays they can actually handle seeing you in your family element.
If you are brave enough to take someone home for the holidays this week, you should warn them about what to expect. Especially if you have a wide cast of crazy characters in your family that could possibly embarrass you. Let them know what to expect!
Have you ever gone home with your date for the holidays? Did it end well? How do you know if it is a good time to bring someone around your relatives? May I suggest you watch Meet the Fockers for homework before bringing someone over. You can learn what to do when you meet crazy relatives of your date!
Who is the most outrageous family member that you actually worry about introducing your date to?
What are your Thanksgiving Day plans this year?
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Dream_n- 2 days til turkey day
November 24th, 2009
3:30 pm
SexyC
Congrats to your sister!!!
I am so in the spirit of love right now!!!
Raqi
November 24th, 2009
3:31 pm
What is wheatina? I never heard of it.
Raqi
November 24th, 2009
3:32 pm
October – November 2009, the days of reincarnation.
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
3:32 pm
awww…more engagements! Congrats!
I came back just in time.
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
3:34 pm
lol @ Sassy and the hood comment…ha!
Raqi
November 24th, 2009
3:34 pm
Leggs check your mail.
Dream_n- 2 days til turkey day
November 24th, 2009
3:35 pm
Professor where’d you run off too…..
Sassy Me...juicy fruit...there can be only one :-)
November 24th, 2009
3:35 pm
If you want to get country getcha some ham and red eye gravy.
That went over some of y’alls heads, I know. Grits n shrimp or fried fish is the bomb diggety…but obviously it’s a matter of taste as to what we like in/on them. However Imma have to go in on the Cream of Wheat….what is that ish all about.
Dream I know about butter/salt in grits just NOT sugar…..NOT. It’s cool though, it’s our differences that make it all fun n interesting.
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
3:36 pm
gotta tell us all of it…So, how did he propose?
…we’ll wait…we got time.
Dream_n- 2 days til turkey day
November 24th, 2009
3:40 pm
it’s our differences that make it all fun n interesting.</strong
You are absolutely correct Sassy.
Dream_n- 2 days til turkey day
November 24th, 2009
3:45 pm
There was this proposal going around the internet, that I thought was just romantic/beautiful and well thought out. This guy had her family/his family in different rooms in a hotel. He lead her into each room, and in each room the family member would read something… there was rose petals in each room with candles. it was absolutely beautiful…
The last room was of the parents, and that’s when he proposed I believe.
Did anyone get that email?
mqew
November 24th, 2009
3:47 pm
Raqi – When I was cooking the Shrimp n Grits for a restaurant I used heavy whipping cream and cheese after they were made by the sous chef with water. I always had to have someone else taste the grits though…
Ceemee- grits—-> the FAKE CREAM OF WHEAT. Yeah I said it
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
3:49 pm
If you could invite one person to your Thanksgiving dinner…living or deceased…famous or non-famous who would you invite?
Shenerica (17 year old cousin shot and killed). To tell her that her baby girl is growing so fast, and she is as beautiful as she was growing up.
Would you serve anything special to them?
Her own famous Strawberry cake….
mqew
November 24th, 2009
3:49 pm
Sassy – Be adventurous (sp?) try grits with butter and sugar
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
3:51 pm
mqew – baby girl, youa lighweight…Cream of wheat is for sissies!
Yoni masseuse
November 24th, 2009
3:54 pm
lawd the simpin of men…we go all out for her fantasy of the romatic proposal and a lavish wedding..but we have no instructions for marriage when she wants to become the flannel pj wearing soccer mom…why do women need all that to feel loved?
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
3:55 pm
@ Dream_n – Are you speaking of the HomeDepot guy?
An ex-employee/coworker said that couple is not together anymore.
mqew
November 24th, 2009
3:55 pm
I think if I new someone/friend/relative who recently got engaged, I’d probably scary the bejesus out of them. (After the celebration – I’d wait awhile before I dug in).
SexyCool - The Upgrade
November 24th, 2009
3:55 pm
Cem – The frickafrackin’ connection was going in and out. I heard something about them being in a jewelry store and her looking at this awesome ring that she didn’t even know he knew she was admiring. She moves around to other parts of the store with my mom while he was with my dad. As they were leaving the store, he stopped her and was like, “Do you wanna get married?” Her response, “Huh?” (She was in shock.)
So, my parents and all of the people in the store who knew what were going on were watching. So, he asks “Will you marry me?”
BIG YEP!!!
(Or words to that effect. I will clear up any misunderstanding when we’re in the same place and I’m hearing it all over again.)
Dream_n- 2 days til turkey day
November 24th, 2009
3:59 pm
@ Cee..
I’m not sure of his profession, but they were a black couple. That I do know.
Melo
November 24th, 2009
4:01 pm
so in marriage???
“till death do us part”
is that important to uall or maybe its jus 25,15,20,10 yrs tgether thats more important??
Then quit, to cougarise??
SexyCool - The Upgrade
November 24th, 2009
4:01 pm
Oh…he actually didn’t take the ring that she had just been looking at out until he popped the official “Will you marry me?” question.
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
4:03 pm
@ SexyCool – Shut cho’ mouth!
He buys the ring and propose with your dad, momma ‘em in tow?!…That’s cool.
SexyCool - The Upgrade
November 24th, 2009
4:03 pm
I don’t know, Melo.
What about you?
Is “til death” important or will you put in a few more years then quit her so you can chase 20 year old tail and be the dirty old African man?
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
4:05 pm
Was the hotel @ The Ritz Carlton, do you remember…lots of candles and roses in the pictures?…And the guy wore glasses i think.
Tazzee - a little crazy myself
November 24th, 2009
4:07 pm
SCool Tell your sister I said CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is so awesome!!!
Melo
November 24th, 2009
4:08 pm
can chase 20 year old tail and be the dirty old African man?
nah Cool..u know as i age,so does melo jnr,neva mind what they say about viagra.
If I have to breathe hard to get an erection, so i can do the do,its not worth it.
so im done….stuck with Queen.. altho my eye is very agile…dancing like Muhammed Ali in tha ring!
Dream_n- 2 days til turkey day
November 24th, 2009
4:11 pm
Cee
Yes! That’s the proposal I’m referring to.
mqew
November 24th, 2009
4:13 pm
Did I say CONGRATS to your sista. I wish them only the best.
Tazzee - a little crazy myself
November 24th, 2009
4:15 pm
Cemeeli and mqew – now why can’t a person like Cream of Wheat AND Grits? Cream of Wheat is a cereal to be enjoyed with butter, sugar and a little pet milk. Grits is a side to be enjoyed with shrimp and scallops, fish, eggs and bacon and a host of other things
and I ain’t no sissy!
Melo – til death do us part, even if I have to kill him myself just kidding
mqew
November 24th, 2009
4:17 pm
Tazee and Ceemee – I was prepared to be all SISSY!!!
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
4:18 pm
i have 2 stories…both are not so “romantic” as for as proposal or/and a wedding ceremony…
the first one is the proposal…
my gf and her babydiddy had been off and on for a year or two…the last year they were “off” it was for a good 6-9 months. What’s funny is they usually are not a couple when Mother’s day OR Father’s day holiday rolls around…kinda weird it happened like that twice. They reconcile and this time mother’s day pass…he’d taken her on her “dream” trip and they are really strong in it this time…and then father’s day comes for his day and He proposes to her…He comes over to her place during the time she’d would be in bed he calls her to tell her he’s coming over and it was 12:00am father’s day. As soon as he enteres the bedroom – BAM – on one knee “will you marry me?”…she’s in her head rag, pjs and crying…
She said that during her crying and screming episode she’d pushed out a “Happy Father’s Day” and he says = “Baby none prior or after this one will be better”…
awwww….i think that’s so sweet and gansta! lol
Leggs
November 24th, 2009
4:19 pm
Wheatina is a brown form of Cream of Wheat. The texture is a little different and to me tastes a lot better.
@?????? ~ we all need help being funny! The comedy club here is a collective body of different personalities. How about you adding yours and come out of lurksville. You’ve received enough free shows. How about a contribution?
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
4:19 pm
Sorry Dream_n – Yea, supposingly that couple is what i’d mentioned.
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
4:22 pm
lol…I said anyone that blasphemy grits is a sissy!
so that person doesn’t count.
Professor~First again?
November 24th, 2009
4:23 pm
…stepping back in. So what are we talking ’bout?
Is my favorite uncle here yet?
Leggs
November 24th, 2009
4:25 pm
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Professor~First again?
November 24th, 2009
4:26 pm
Leggs, Amen on that 4:19…in fact I am going to charge these voyeurs for my jokes…send my $$$ by pay pal
Professor~First again?
November 24th, 2009
4:28 pm
I just changed my channel to Sesame Street if that is breaking news…go Elmo
Melo
November 24th, 2009
4:28 pm
Leggs,is jus a plan
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
4:32 pm
Yep, Kimmie is throwing down…
Hey girl!
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
4:36 pm
mqew – Digin? Give us more…give us. How long is a while?
Leggs
November 24th, 2009
4:45 pm
I’m off tomorrow so let me wish each and every one of you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Please watch the drinking and the driving. Enjoy your family members, the food and be very thankful for your particular station in life (no matter what it is)!
“Strength comes from struggling, while weakness comes from ease!”
Smooches!
LURKER
November 24th, 2009
4:46 pm
Well,Well,Well, I see some nonsense going on with these grits! When did grits start going with regular food? hehehehehe!
LURKER
November 24th, 2009
4:49 pm
I want to have some Wisa Diva for thanksgiving! I bet that is mighty tasty! hehehehe!
mqew
November 24th, 2009
4:56 pm
Hey Ceemee I just know that it seems that everyone is getting a divorce… I certainly have my opinions about that !!!
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
4:57 pm
@Tazzee – I’ll see you tomorrow sis.
@ Blog – If i didn’t know anybetter this topic was a good “let your hair down”…
enjoyed the little i read.
~ Happy Thanks!
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
4:59 pm
mqew – you’d mentioned after the engagement you what a while before digging in…how long? and for???
Or
…are you talking to those that are for a “thirst”?
thirst = cain’t wait.
mqew
November 24th, 2009
5:06 pm
Ceemee – Yes that thirst! I’d wait to burst the thirst
Tis not a bench zaaz move! It is the real and should be treated as such! Hopefully, it will!!!
Any who HAPPY TDAY
Cemeeli
November 24th, 2009
5:08 pm
okay
… 
I gotcha mqew…i thought that what you meant…
k.