Mrs. GAMBIT says blood is thicker than water but my family tree is lacking sunshine. Do you enjoy family reunions?

Nope, and I wouldn’t think twice about it.
No one has any obligation to family that does not act civilly.

That sounds like some awfully thin blood to me… I’d stay home.

Lurve for “Hatfields and McCoys” tag.

NO! You don’t want to be in the middle of all that.

Honestly, I’d probably still go even though it would be stressful. But I would cut out early or only stop in for half an hour or something.

If they are far away and you can’t just stop in for a bit, I’d probably avoid the reunion and visit them separately.

There doesn’t seem to be any real value in that family reunion.

One thing I’ve learned is that not everyone had the wonderful family I had when growing up, and that for those people, not being with their family is what’s best for them. It was very strange to see this for the first time, but now that I’ve lived it for a bit, I can understand it completely.

Blood may be thicker than water, but water rarely rots and goes bad…

lurve for hatfields and mccoys! i’m part Hatfield!
Family reunions are the scariest get togethers ever. The last one my mother’s family had was..ohh, 10 years ago, and my mother left sobbing, so did another sister and my mother didn’t talk to her twin for a year. It was awful. That’s my mother’s family. My extended family gets along just fine.

I don’t like family reunions. This is probably so, because I’m not big on family. My thing is, if these people wanted to see me so badly (or vice versa), they would have called. I hate when people mention “Oh, I haven’t seen you in years!” and get all happy or upset. It’s so fake.

I wouldn’t go to a reunion of my biological family for all the tea in china.

However, I don’t miss any reunions of my constructed family.

@cwilbur – That’s exactly how it is with me!