How embarrassing is your family??

Thanksgiving dinner. My children are all at the table (plus some friends). Traditional Norman Rockwell kinda stuff. We have all sufficiently gorged ourselves, and have begun desert. My wife has made an assortment of pies (you guys would be proud! )

My eldest daughter thinks it would be nice to go around the table and share things we are thankful for. As a courtesy to her Grandmother (the matriarch of our family), she asks her first. "What is Grammie thankful for?".

To which my 80 year old mother replies (to the shock of my kids and friends), "Grammie is practically having an orgasm over this Pineapple Pie".

there's an expression … "out of the mouths of babes" … guess that applies to second childhoods also

No one in my family does anything too embarrassing.

In reply to Wally:
What is the expression? "There is one in every family and if you think your family doesn't have one then it is likely you!"

My GRM family? Totally embarrassing...

That's about par around my fambly.

Closest we got yesterday was when my 4 year old went up to my sister while we were all in the kitchen and asked her if kids were made out of meat.

I did a quick headcount of her sisters and cousins after that...

Removed to avoid thread jacking. Lets just say I had a peaceful day at the house with a frozen pizza split with SWMBO and the 4 legged kids yesterday.

Grammie sounds classy!

sounds like my late Great Grandmother... She kept most of her thoughts to herself, but you could tell by the twinkle in her eye what she was thinking. She was quite the spitfire as they used to say

My family is fine, I'M the embarrassment...

VWguyBruce wrote: Grammie sounds classy!

Grammie rocks.

You just gotta watch who you introduce her to!

I think I am more shocked by the concept of "pineapple pie" then I am of Grammie's exhortation.

Tell me more about the pie, please . . .

yeah … this ^^^^ odds are it belongs in the recipe thread

Yep. I stopped reading at Pineapple Pie.

My father-in-law used to ride with the Hells Angels in California during the 60's, and I distinctly remember he and his brother(who's house we had Thanksgiving at) getting into a gunfight here in town when I was a kid. Nothing would be unexpected at a family gathering.

Fortunately they've mellowed somewhat...

obviously everyone survived

somebody allways get into a spat and leaves early, this year was no different...i used to return to work on the following monday and anounce well nobody got stabbed this year!

ZOO wrote: I think I am more shocked by the concept of "pineapple pie" then I am of Grammie's exhortation. Tell me more about the pie, please . . .

It's kind of a cross between a cheesecake and a custard (plus it's low fat/ sugar free):

8oz fat free sour cream

8 oz fat free cream cheese

Big pack (5 1/2 servings, or something like that) sugar free vanilla pudding

Big can of crushed pineapple

Mix, pour into a pie crust. No bake.

It's got to be one of the easiest ways ever to reach an orgasm.

Or, at least one of the easiest ways for an 80 year old woman to reach an orgasm.

damn you … that last line cost me a keyboard …

maybe I can drain the coffee out of it and take a hairdryer to it

most keyboards are dishwasher safe........i would like to order 2 dozen of those pies.

No problem. Would you like me to ask Grammie to deliver them??

SWMBO states "My family is from hill country WV. There's not a one of em that's not embarrassing!"

SVreX wrote: No problem. Would you like me to ask Grammie to deliver them??

yes please

and yes I HAVE been called a dirty old man

thanksgiving brunch yesterday (at an upscale, peaceful restaurant surrounded by families, a couple waterfalls, serene music, etc...):

Uncle (loudly): "You should see the knives i've been making lately. Damascus steel, laser tempered edges, they can cut through anything"

Brother (louder): "but it won't get you any bob costas!"

Uncle (shouting): "sure as e36m3 does!"

They later proceeded to have a "who can grip harder" contest while egging each other on. It was humorous because my uncle is built like Khal Drogo (but short, with a big gut, and a fu-man-chu beard) and my brother is tall and scrawny, but with an unusually strong grip. It was a tie.

The real party is tomorrow. They will both be there, plus others, and beer. I'll report back.

Unfortunately for this thread (but fortunately for us) the guy who dated a Mexican woman and then treated her like his own personal Hispanic servant while openly accusing her of being a gold digger won't be there (backstory- he once married a woman with a super rich and terminally Ill father. This hispanic woman works 2 jobs, and put her son through med school, so who's the gold digger?), likely because his brothers who want to kick his teeth in for being such a colossal D-bag will be there. The guy who married the stripper he knew for 3 months won't be there. The stripper ex-wife won't be there either. Actually the guy who married the stripper is pretty cool to hang out with, I wish he could make it.