Anonymous
08/11/2015 22:45
Subject: Are these normal family interactions?
. Or professional, extremely wealthy (fwiw) family. What is your point, WASP?Anonymous wrote:Working class trading insults for fun. Totally normal
Anonymous
08/11/2015 22:40
Subject: Re:Are these normal family interactions?
Anonymous wrote:Have you heard a joke before OP? Do you understand humor?
Seriously, OP. Lighten up. It's called banter, and for many ,it's acntually a form of affection.
Anonymous
08/11/2015 20:46
Subject: Are these normal family interactions?
Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I have to disagree with most pps. It sounds abusive to me. Joking about these insults may lighten the overall mood but there's a nastiness behind it.
Go ahead, pps. I know I will not be taunted for not being able to take a joke. I'm ready.
If this is how you feel, you need a different family marry into, OP. If every orifice is puckered.
Anonymous
08/11/2015 17:27
Subject: Are these normal family interactions?
Sorry, I have to disagree with most pps. It sounds abusive to me. Joking about these insults may lighten the overall mood but there's a nastiness behind it.
Go ahead, pps. I know I will not be taunted for not being able to take a joke. I'm ready.
Go ahead, pps. I know I will not be taunted for not being able to take a joke. I'm ready.
Anonymous
08/11/2015 17:05
Subject: Are these normal family interactions?
Normal. How was the overall vibe? If there was a heavy despair to the mood in the room, then maybe not normal, but if everyone seemed kind of sarcastic and dry about it, then A okay.
Anonymous
08/11/2015 16:20
Subject: Re:Are these normal family interactions?
Anonymous wrote:+1 for working class humor. That type of humor doesn't go over well in my family. We joke but there is a certain decorum. We don't insult each other.
My ILs only time they joke is to insult each other, it's sad. OP, I think your ILs are used to how they act together. Like my boring ILs, nothing is going to change.
Anonymous
08/11/2015 13:37
Subject: Re:Are these normal family interactions?
+1 for working class humor. That type of humor doesn't go over well in my family. We joke but there is a certain decorum. We don't insult each other.
Anonymous
08/11/2015 11:30
Subject: Are these normal family interactions?
Anonymous wrote:Better to joke as a family than not. Sounds fine to me.[/quote
+1000
Sounds like a blast! I would gladly trade your IL'S for mine who are boring, uptight, low class, depressed....you get the idea.....sadly....
Anonymous
08/11/2015 11:18
Subject: Are these normal family interactions?
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a normal family to me.
+1
Yes, these are normal family interactions. Every family is different but it is normal for them to joke around like this. It sounds like your friend has a juvenile relationship with his sister which resulted in the half-insulting jokes. It would be extremely inappropriate for him to say that to anyone but his sister but it is normal.
Anonymous
08/11/2015 11:11
Subject: Are these normal family interactions?
Working class? Really?
Anonymous
08/11/2015 10:17
Subject: Are these normal family interactions?
Sounds like a normal family to me.
Anonymous
08/11/2015 10:00
Subject: Are these normal family interactions?
Not acceptable for my family