Do you come from a big family? does everyone...
@beutfulmama6701 (1718)
United States
July 9, 2007 6:33am CST
Do you come from a big family? Does everyone more or less get along? are there some people who favor others and despise the rest? i come from a huge family. my grandmother had 10 kids!! and each of them had at least 3-5 of there own and most of them have had at least 2-3 of there own. We are a close family but we also have those few who are higher on the peadstool (in there eyes at least). Coming from a big family i have learned alot and im one of those people who are mutal with everyone. there are certain relatives that really have it out for someone else, or who put on a pretend show and then bad mouth them behind there back. Im good with all my family memebrs i dont have any problems with them i love them all and whatnot. But is it fair to me to have to sit and listen while some talk un nicely about the others and so on etc etc. and i cant say anything other than im nuetruel i dont have any issues. and even when i ask not to be involeved i still end up in the middle anyhow. What am i to do? does this happen to you???
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@smints8985 (1594)
• United States
7 Mar 08
We don't have a really big family, one which I dream of having.
My mom has a brother and four sisters, one isn't married. Kids only range from 1 to 3 per family.
My dad has two brothers and two sisters, only my dad and the youngest sister are married, there is only 2 of us and my aunt has only 2 kids as well. So in my mom's side, there are only eleven of us, cousins I mean. On my dad's side on the other hand, only four.
That is the reason why I dream of having a bigger family someday, I envy those people that have plenty of siblings, the con might be disagreement or having to side with whoever in situations, but the pro is that there is a lot more of them to choose from when one isn't so nice. Haha...
@smints8985 (1594)
• United States
9 Jul 07
Well i belong to a small family, there's only 4 of us in our family, meaning I only have one older brother who isn't like me at all, he is more private and doesn't talk much as contrast to my personality. So sometimes I kid about being an only child. Even though my grandmother have 6 children, we still end up having a small family, there's only 11 of us cousins. And only 4 of us on my father's side.
That is why I dream of having a big family someday. I always thought that big families are better, more people more fun.
Regarding your problem, I guess problems like that would always arise even between families, and as much as you can stay away from taking sides, I think that will be better, especially when you are a third person in that event and isn't involved in the said issue. It would be better to stay neutral and be open to encouraging both parties to stop badmouthing one another.
This seldom happens to me though, but if it does happen I guess I would rather prefer to be the middle man than take sides.
