Are you a 'wavy' family?

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My parents, family and I were always the ones who waved when some guests or family left the house. My husband never ever waves at me when he goes out - I really miss the waving!! Do you do it?

Weird and unnecessary unless it’s someone you barely ever see.

Yep. We wave. We even wave at the window of someone is going past on the bus. Don’t stop waving til out of sight.

I hate people standing at the door waving till I’m out of sight! It’s awkward and embarrassing

Not quite the same but I live near an international port and when I'm on the seafront I wave to passengers on the ferries . . . . it's lovely!

My parents used to stand at their sitting room window and wave until we were off the drive and pulling away. They’re dead now, but sometimes we drive past their house and wave anyway.

We are not wavers in my own family. Hug and a kiss and that’s it.

We wave visitors off down the drive, then I mutter 'thank God we live on a bend'

Omg yes definitely. We go outside to do a thorough wavy job. Don't stop until they disappear from sight.

I'm always very disappointed by those who don't reciprocate.

Yes, I'm from a wavy family, however in my own house it is reserved for visitors.

Same. If people stand and wave I drive round the corner then stop again to get settled properly and sort my sat nav and music and drink etc

My in laws do this and I think it’s so weird. I don’t need anyone watching me walk down the street.

Do you mean going out to wave off extended family or other guests after a visit? Yes, my family did that (and still does).

But you mentioned your DH not waving at you and that's got me confused. I've never been part of a family that waves off people who live together unless it's some big life event sort of occasion. If you're off to work or the store or such it's just a shouted bye/have a good day, usually from another room.

So if my dad didn't wave me off at the end of my visit to them I'd be a bit hurt. But if my dad did go out to wave off his wife as she heads to her Thursday pickleball matches I would probably start worrying about cognitive decline 😂

When I'm leaving my parents I like them to wave, but I HATE when other people do it. I'm confident in my parents' (massive) driveway but I find manoeuvring out of tight spaces stressful enough without the distraction and pressure of people watching/waving. I also HATE long goodbyes! There should be strict laws on this, with a heavy financial penalty for anyone who takes longer than 10 minutes between the preliminary 'Right...!' and driving away.

I just love how completely bonkers some families are.

Waving surely doesn't apply if you're coming back the same day eg going to work, that would be weird.

I wave off guests but not my husband or vice Versa.

My partner's family is 'wavy'. Mine wasn't. I quite like it!

I had wavy grandparents. They would follow me into the hallway and chat to me whilst I put my shoes on, make me check that I had everything I'd arrived with, hug me (always in the order of Grandma then Grandad) and then stand in the doorway and wave until I was out of sight.

When I was young and I used to stay overnight with them my Grandma and I used to wave my Grandad off to work every day through the lounge window.

I would give anything for one last opportunity to look over my shoulder and see them waving. 😢

Sometimes my DH waves me off like he’s directing traffic. Cracks me and DS up. We are a wavy family. And complete idiots too at times

Aww, that's given me a little lump in my throat! My mum's side of the family are all wavers and I absolutely love it - mostly because we go over the top waving on purpose because we find it funny that we're all a family of wavers! Even my faux-grumpy grandad used to wave until we were gone 😍

If my daughter chooses to have kids, I want to be that wavy granny 😀

This is something I have NEVER thought about in my life but yes, I come from a wavy family! And I’ve just thought about my partner and his family, and they are definitely not wavy!

Do you know what I find weird? Waving at the end of a teams meeting, nobody waves at the end of a face to face meeting so why are they doing it on teams?

I had a train track near me. I still wave at trains! I love it when I get a return wave!

We call this The Farewell Tour. Nothing worse.

Wavy child of non-wavy parents here.

I wave until I can no longer see them, always feel that if this is the last time I ever saw them, I was smiling, waving and keeping them in sight

Surely these are 2 different things. I’m willing to wave when a guest leaves but are you talking about waving off husband/wife/anyone else you live with?!