Marrying into a family COMPLETELY opposite of mine has been one of the best experiences of my life.
For one, my wife's family hands out 100 dollars for all Christmas and birthday festivities (my new Wii games give their thanks).
For another, it's like I get to live two different lives all bundled in one. I talk about the newest stock exchange developments with one, and how long it'll take the pig to bleed out with the other.
Let me give you an example. My wife and I have spent the last week with her family, and yesterday started the week with my family. Here is some example dialogue between the two families:
Hers: "Well, a business is all about maintaining rather than obtaining. Getting a business is easy, but the upkeep is where it will succeed or fail."
Mine: "You remember that saw that I cut my thumb and my fanger (county accent) with? Well, they got frozen up the other day, and I stuck my fangers in ... well, the warmest part of your body, yuh know? It thawed 'em out reel good."
Yeah, defintely two different sides of the spectrum. Wish I could tell y'all about the time our parents met up before we got married ........
Anyways, good times are to be had, so I'm gonna get back to the festivities. As a new aspiring blogger, this is going to be like fodder for animals -- I'm gonna have LOTS to write about.
See you soon!
P.S. It's great to be back!
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11 comments:
Happy New Year !!
OMG! I'm laughing so hard right now, that was great! How fun life is :) Hope you have a very happy new year!
That was hysterical!! I 100% know what you mean--- my boyfriends family is quite country, and while mine isn't sophisticated class, we are pretty urbane comparatively.
Tabby -- Thanks! You too!
The Bush Family -- I figured y'all might like that. It's definitely an interesting set up I have in life.
littlesack -- It's crazy isn't it? I don't know many people who are in the same situation as us, but the ones I do, they just smile and nod.
You're right that probably the differences between the two families aren't usually this profound, but I do think there is some adjustment to each other's family in almost every new marriage.
When we were newly married, we would go to his family farm for dinner on Sunday. We would drive into the barn yard, through the flock of chickens, and then go in the house and eat fried chicken! Toooo short a loop in the food chain for a city girl! I got so I wouldn't make eye contact with any of the chickens when we drove in because I didn't want to get "chummy" with next Sunday's dinner! For quite a while, I ate verrrry little at the farm -- it was all so, so "earthy." :)
Wait ... is your family related to my husband's family?
Welcome back!
Welcome back!!
Hee Hee! Looking forward to reading more stories!
Hope your fangers stay warm throughout the New Year's festivities!
Sandra -- Well, I was raised in the country life, so forgive me for salivating about the idea of fresh chicken on the stove.
Lyndsay -- I'm going to write the most ridiculous post one day just for an attempt to write something that isn't similar between us.
Simplicity -- Lol, Thanks simplicity!
Too funny! When worlds collide, good blogs posts are made!
I live it too. It takes us a week to get our girls back to correct grammer after visiting the "Fargo" side of the family.
HA!
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