Yea or nay? My family's comes up this weekend and I'm again doing the annual weighing of the pros and cons of going or not.
I usually go to family reunions but my family is OK. I have a friend who live tweets moments from his, and they usually involve some elderly uncle asking "Have you found Jesus yet?" or some such every few minutes, plus really bland old-people food. I told him to respond with "Yes, he's hiding in the closet" and stash a hip flask.
I know but it kind of depends on the family right? I'd probably not miss a reunion because my family reunions are usually us drinking and playing dice games. But yeah I like Darth Punk's idea you should do that.
Go see your mum. She's a sweet old lady. She needs to see her little boy once in a while. Make your mum happy. She squeezed you out of her clacker, after all.
Not necessarily. When I was a kid we had extended family reunions every two years or so (my Mum's side). Then there was a long phase of no reunions at all, and a couple of years ago my cousins and I have decided to revive the tradition - just us and our immediate families, though, so no old people. It's always a weekend with a lot of food and catching up. And a LOT of alcohol.
When I was younger, my brother and I were forced to go to my father's side of the family for a reunions. They were in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do than talk with cousins and aunts you'd never met but who remember you when you were "just this high". It was the stereotypical family reunion, cheek pinching, overt racism and all. My brother and I would devise plans to try and get kicked out of that part of the the family so we wouldn't have to ever go back. Sadly, it never worked. Thankfully, they don't happen anymore and I'm an adult so I wouldn't go anyway. But if you like you family, it has the potential to be a chance to see people you don't normally see.