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**Full Circle** · (This post was last modified: 08-18-2012 07:26 PM by Full Circle.)

Anybody else have these once per year gatherings? I'm heading out to one shortly. Always good food, fun and games, and catching up.

This year there's a promise of someone going home with a special prize! Cheer

**Aqua**

We do...everyone flies into our town, and my husband and I do most of the work feeding everyone for the BBQ, and gathering at our home to hang out on the deck...but hey!!

it's the only feasible way and we're happy to do it.

so how does your family do reunions...?

**Sunny**

Every other year and I've managed to avoid as many as possible doomed

**Full Circle**

Well my Dad has 13 brothers and sisters, so every year someone else holds it. Everyone is pretty local. This year it's here in town.

We all bring our own (whatever we're bbqing) and then something extra for the crowd like a salad, or dessert. And we all byob.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 115395 08-18-2012 07:36 PM

I'm invited to way to many of them. My family hates me but their brainwashing requires them to invite me. I hate spending time with any of them. If I could I would press a button and they would all be gone.

**Coolchick**

yeah my family has a few get-togethers in a year.
i never go though..

**ASA**

My mom always insisted on being the first to arrive and the last to leave. That way, she said, no one could gossip about you. chuckle

**Full Circle**

Coolchick Wrote:

yeah my family has a few get-togethers in a year.
i never go though..

I didn't for years and years. But have for the last four or 5. I enjoy them now. Jhikpghf

**Full Circle**

ASA Wrote:

My mom always insisted on being the first to arrive and the last to leave. That way, she said, no one could gossip about you.

That's probably true!

**Full Circle**

This may be the drinking thread when I return. chuckle

**Aqua** · (This post was last modified: 08-18-2012 07:47 PM by Aqua.)

Full Circle Wrote:

Well my Dad has 13 brothers and sisters, so every year someone else holds it. Everyone is pretty local. This year it's here in town.

We all bring our own (whatever we're bbqing) and then something extra for the crowd like a salad, or dessert. And we all byob.

13 brothers and sisters, wow...can't even imagine how many people that would include with other family members... Scream1

There are four of us sibs, so our group is only around 24 with grandparents...so we've started renting out gazebo/shelters at parks to eat the big meal there, then clean up there, and wagon train it our house to have dessert and hang out.

**Coolchick**

Full Circle Wrote:

Coolchick Wrote:
yeah my family has a few get-togethers in a year.
i never go though..

I didn't for years and years. But have for the last four or 5. I enjoy them now.

well, its always in another city.. O and i have no vehicle so it means buses and all that..
and we are the only 2 who smoke and like to have a few beers so..
we always feel out of place.
no point.
they all know each other real well by now.. all the nieces n nephews n that..
we dont have a clue really what they are doing or anything.
and they have no idea who we are much either..
so we dont bother.

**Ohio Dude**

In Kentucky you go to family reunions to meet women !!!
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**Vlad**

We more or less together all the time, but we do go South once in a while Hugs

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**Full Circle**

Aqua Wrote:

Full Circle Wrote:
Well my Dad has 13 brothers and sisters, so every year someone else holds it. Everyone is pretty local. This year it's here in town.

We all bring our own (whatever we're bbqing) and then something extra for the crowd like a salad, or dessert. And we all byob.

13 brothers and sisters, wow...can't even imagine how many people that would include with other family members...

There are four of us sibs, so our group is only around 24 with grandparents...so we've started renting out gazebo/shelters at parks to eat the big meal there, then clean up there, and wagon train it our house to have dessert and hang out.

It can end up to quite a few when you get cousins and nieces and nephews and grandkids and great-grandkids!

We played the name draw game again this year where when your name is drawn you choose a prize from the pile. The trick being that if someone else chose something before you and you want it, you steal it from them! Lmao

I stole one of my dad's prizes and one of his gf's. But then she stole it back when her name was drawn again. Dammit.

Also the balloon baby game. You have to carry around a water balloon and take care of it. And at any point, anyone can take that baby and break it it you let your guard down. There's a "safe" basket for when you have to use the washroom or something though. chuckle

When I went up to get my prize when my name was drawn, my Dad busted my baby for taking his prize.