Do you live in a functional family?

[renaeden]

From dysfunctional families to lesbian mud wrestling.

[El]

From dysfunctional families to lesbian mud wrestling.

Seems like a logical progression to me.   

[El]

Interesting, most of the people posting in this thread are parents or at least older adults. I bet families seem more and more functional the older you get. That or everyone's just grown out of teenage angst.

I would feel inclined to counter that bet, Pyraxis. 

I think as you get older and more mature you become more aware of what does and does not constitute true dysfunction.  Of course, for various reasons, sometimes denial (or unfounded adolescent angst) does stretch itself out forever.

I find myself increasingly able to come to terms with how effed my family life was growing up; likely because the older I get, the less involved with the especially poisonous members I need to be.  There are some people in my family worth getting to know, or at least being around.  In my case, I find more and more that "I hate my crazy family" is a less accurate statement than "I hate my crazy mother."  My stepfather's basically dead to me- one perk of being alive is that I hope to outlive him (I do still look forward to finding out one way or another that he's dead, and frankly it would be a perk if I found out he died some painful death or other); my biological father is stressful to interact with but I've backed quite a bit off from him the last several months.

[Pyraxis]

I think the key word in there was seem. As in people looking back with rose-colored glasses, once they're past the immediate concerns of figuring out how to support themselves vs depending on parents, sorting out whatever emotional crap they've been left with, etc. Also once people start their own families, it suddenly becomes a lot more personal to defend them.

I've reached out to a few of the people outside my immediate family as well, and there are others that I'd be interested in connecting with if I can figure out how. I visited one of my grandmothers not long before she died, and that was really special to me. I'm glad I have it to remember her by, both of us connecting on our own terms, instead of only knowing her through my parents as an intermediary. There's an aunt I've been trading emails with, and two of my older cousins are really cool.

[Natalia Evans]

My husband and I are both happy together. We both love our son very much and he is happy too and well taken care of.

[odeon]

I don't even remember starting this thread. 

That's how functional you are. 

["couldbecousin"]

My husband and I are both happy together. We both love our son very much and he is happy too and well taken care of.

 He's a year old now, isn't he?  Happy birthday to him! 

[odeon]

Whaddaya mean?

I mean at the moment I'm not pissed off enough to start a callout, but that might change, and I also don't know if she would start one.

This shit's really starting to get old. If you think Callaway is full of shit why don't you just ignore her??

Because that's what we do best here.

[renaeden]

My husband and I are both happy together. We both love our son very much and he is happy too and well taken care of.

He's a year old now, isn't he?  Happy birthday to him! 

I am thinking he is a bit older? Anyway, to Kit.

[Natalia Evans]

I had him exactly on this day (22nd) at 8:51 in the morning my time.

[renaeden]

CBC has a really good memory. Happy Birthday to your son.

[TA]

  to your son.

[Genesis]

Kinda..... ?

[Queen Victoria]

I had him exactly on this day (22nd) at 8:51 in the morning my time.

A belated happy birthday to him.