To wonder what are the most [shock] family habits you've ever encountered?

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Mine are: an ex years ago was one boy with two sisters and one night we got talking about what they called their genitalia when they were growing up. I was flabbergasted when he said "Oh, I had a 'cock' and my sisters had 'minges'"

However that was not as bad as the family BBQ (same family) where we were all sitting around a table having a lovely lunch; me, ex-bf, his parents, sisters, sisters' boyfriends and then ex-MIL casually mentioned that she hadn't woken up till 9am that morning.
"That's not true," says ex-FIL promptly, "I heard you having a shit at 5." did not cover it.

She is properly eccentric. She's a really lovely person, but you know... an artist.

It's a terrible photo!

I think I want to adopt the cat who quite clearly is traumatised.

The tights pattern makes her look like she has a skin complaint.
And she thought this was an appropriate wedding gift???

We don't have an even remotely avante garde house, I couldn't possibly display it.

An acrylic mounted picture of your SiL's vagina would take avante garde to a whole new level...

Is she a bit possessive of your DH? I ask because my SiL very much thinks of DP as 'hers' and likes to do little things to show me that really it's her who owns him.

OMG

Is she a bit possessive of your DH? I ask because my SiL very much thinks of DP as 'hers' and likes to do little things to show me that really it's her who owns him.

No. They aren't that close, unfortunately. She's really a lovely person, she's just totally unorthodox.

She's also incredibly beautiful/charismatic, really just the most unusual person. Unfortunately, she's been a bit overindulged by my in-laws and I think this has allowed her to operate outside of certain "normal" constraints.

We are the weird family too...

Our children hold cat curling events on the wooden floors, one will be the commentator "welcome to the 2014 international cat curling finals" and the others will choose a cat each slide it along the floor and sweep it to the target. The cats actually seem to enjoy it, I swear at least two of them get a competitive gleam in their eyes

I am trying to imagine the train of thought that led to An Artistic Picture of My Vagina, as a good idea for a wedding present - but it is simply beyond comprehension.

But TheLovelyBoots definitely wins MN today!

IAm you need to get your cats a roomba.

Still Life with Fadge and Tiddles. Mixed media: acrylic and photograph.

Your SIL wins the thread

That poor cat is looking at her like she is insane (which she clearly is)

Why have you kept it?!

cornchips that is fantastic!

"Operating outside of certain "normal" constraints"

I'll say I am dying here!

OMFG. Just...OMFG

I want to say thank you for posting the picture TheLovely but that seems wrong to say it .

I am being asked by my manager what is so funny Love this thread

cornchips I am crying with laughter at that clip. I love it.

Here! That looks exactly like my cat! But I have never given a pic of my vag to anybody (and her legs are much better than mine)

You need to immediately namechange to Puss in Boots

That photo is just... I can't...

'then asked me if I was a virgin. And If I was after their money. (No and no).'

Nobody, the correct answer to those questions is 'Fuck off' and 'Fuck off some more,' no?

The Cat and Vag
Fadge and Tiddles

Is it just me or are these good names for pubs?
Or perhaps a comedy duo?

I used to think my family were weird for doing a group goodbye wave to any visitors - all family at the front door, wait till visitors turn their car at the end of the cul-de-sac, wave bye bye en masse, and we weren't allowed to close the front door till the car was out of sight.

But now I know we are normal!

Oh dear, we're also one of "those" families I like to think we're a modern day Clarke W. Griswold family

For some reason, OH and I have been calling each other 'Billy' for 10 years+. I don't even know where it came from. It's just habit now and OH often doesn't answer unless I call him Billy as I think he genuinely forgets his real name sometimes.

We also love a sing in our house and will often make up a mini opera for the most normal things. "Where have you put the tea bags?" "You'll find them in the cupboard!" sung badly in the most majestic way. We had a lovely family rendition of 'Rudolph the rednosed reindeer' the other day. Everyone joined in and I think we were singing in rounds by the end.

Oh, and we didn't have a bathroom door for a few weeks when we were decorating. It became quite normal until visitors would stress about having to go to the toilet. We put up a shower curtain after that but as it only went half way up the door frame, it reminded me of those nightmares you have when everyone can see you on the toilet.

I am a singer- I will radomnly sing thing to DS (like pick upi your coat or whatever I want him to do) and dance around the living room -
I have always sung 'Donald wheres your troosers' to him - he is 6 and has always had trousers that fall down - damn child CANNOT keep them up.
So I regularly sing ' Pull your troosers up , Donald' to the tune of that well know 'scottish' song!!

Never really thought of myself as weird before but I obviously am!!

Me and DH conga to the kitchen to get snacks. Cheers up any evening.

Me and DH conga to the kitchen to get snacks

I love this!

We don't have an even remotely avante garde house

I suppose we have a slightly avante garde house (or at least a somewhat unconventional one) and I am a photographer. However, never, in my wildest moments would it occur to that creating this particular picture as a gift was any sort of good idea. My own SIL (known as St. Daphne of Hampshire) would have needed more than smelling salts to bring her round if I'd ever presented her with with "Minge & Moggy".

Today, TheLovelyBoots you own the internet.