Sister Resistor
Home | IA, USA(I am on the phone with my mom. I am packing to go to the UK for 10 days for a concert and some time with my aunt (mom’s sister). Mom is on her usual lecture about being friends with my...
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Home | IN, USA(My son just celebrated his third birthday. The next day his favorite uncle, who was at the party, stops by on an unrelated matter. My son confronts him, very upset.) Son: “Uncle [Name]!...
View ArticleFad Names Are Just The Flavor Of The Month
Home | Australia(My aunt and I are discussing my cousin’s two boys and the coming birth of her new baby. The boys are ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’ mad.) Aunt: “[Grandsons] love those mutant turtles....
View ArticleStraightening Out Their Musical History
Church | MA, USA(I am attending my great-uncle’s funeral at a Catholic Church. While the rest of the family is at least nominally Catholic (though not into some of the hard-line doctrine), I renounced...
View ArticleDon’t Worry About It For The Rest Of Your Days
Zoo | PA, USA(My aunt and uncle don’t have kids, so they’ve been like second parents to me and my sister. I’m visiting the zoo with them today, and we’re looking at the meerkats. A Romanian family is...
View ArticleNever Too Old To Fight For What’s Right
Outdoors | NH, USA(I don’t have a grandfather of my own as they both passed away before I was born. My cousin’s grandfather has come on vacation with us. They call him papaw. I’ve never really called...
View ArticleThey’ll Go To Hell Before They Say ‘I Love You’
Home | USA(I stopped by my aunt’s to drop some stuff she asked me to bring before going home. She has 19-year-old twin sons.) Me: “Aunt [Name]! I’m here!” Aunt: “Hi, Sweety, Thank you so much. So sorry...
View ArticleScandalous Pillow Talk
Home | Portland, OR, USA(I am rather flat chested. The women on my husband’s side of the family are quite the opposite. His Aunt T. is visiting, and my three-year-old daughter is sitting on her lap.)...
View ArticleNot Quite A Cherry-Picked Suitor
Home | OH, USA(My aunt and uncle have a cherry tree in their back yard. My mother and I are visiting them for a cookout. I randomly start hugging the tree.) Uncle: “Dearly beloved, we are gathered for...
View ArticleWoke Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bed
Home | Australia(My uncle turns up at Mum’s place early one morning. He starts accusing Mum of leaving my Grandmother at home alone. My parents have been looking after her for 30 years with absolutely...
View ArticleSink Or Swim Or Drive
Home | Elizabethtown, KY, USA(This exchange occurs a couple months after a massive sinkhole opened up under the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green.) Great Uncle: “Yeah, I went out to check the...
View ArticleGot The Smarts To Admit It
Family Gathering | MT, USA(A bunch of the older uncles are setting up a small canopy to provide shelter for the food buffet, but they are having trouble figuring out how to set it up.) Uncle #1: “I...
View ArticleSeparating The Truth From The Goats
Home | USA(My five-year-old cousin is staying with us for the weekend while his parents are on vacation. Most of the time he’s with us he watches me play a video game. He tends to describe movies and...
View ArticleMumble And A Grumble
Home | Arnold, CA, USA(It is the annual family get-together at my grandparent’s house in 1999, and I am talking to my three-year-old cousin outside while our parents are unloading the cars.) Cousin:...
View ArticleJumping The Gun On That One
Home | CO, USA(I am 21 years old and am a competitive long range shooter. My parents have just gotten me a rather expensive new rifle for Christmas. My aunt and cousin are visiting while I open it. My...
View ArticleTexas Christmas Massacre
Home | TX, USA(My family has gathered at my paternal grandparents’ house in Texas for Christmas. My father has two brothers and one sister. All four of my cousins are from my aunt, and this year they...
View ArticleSuffer From Water(melon) Damage
Home | USA(I am 17 and I live/grow up with my uncle. I get off work and see the farmer’s market is selling watermelons. When I get home I cut it up and put it away for dinner. My uncle nor I have...
View ArticlePutting0The0Texts0Into0Context
Home | Burlington, ON, Canada(My aunt is staying at my grandma’s apartment while she visits from BC. She has recently gotten a cell phone — an old flip phone where you type by pressing the...
View ArticleOpposites Detract
Home | Prince George, BC, Canada(My sister and I, despite looking similar enough to be considered twins and enjoying many of the same things, are very different people. She’s always been a mature,...
View ArticleThe Sky Is The Zip Code Limit
Restaurant | NJ, USA(It’s a slow day. I only have two or three tables filled at the time, one of which is a mother with two young daughters, the oldest looking no more than five, and young lady who,...
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