My grandmother spent about a week in jail in the 1950s for suspicion of violating what were in those days known as “Blue Laws”.Companion questions: https://... more
My grandmother spent about a week in jail in the 1950s for suspicion of violating what were in those days known as “Blue Laws”.Companion questions: https://answermug.com/forums/topic/123323/what-is-something-that-many-of-your-family-members-thought-you-k
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I have an aunt whose sister-in-law sends chain messages to everyone she knows, and by extension, to many people she doesn’t really know but has their contact in... more
I have an aunt whose sister-in-law sends chain messages to everyone she knows, and by extension, to many people she doesn’t really know but has their contact information. My wife and I only met her a few times back in the 1990s, we haven’t seen her since. She uses text messages, email, Facebook, Twitter, any form of social media that she can find, and she sends out chain messages about things such as religious, numerology-related, astrological, financial, educational, quality-of-life, child-rearing, recipes, lame jokes, famous quotes, book suggestions, whatever meets her fancy. She’s about 70 to 75 years old, she retired from a tech job a few years ago. If and when we block her on one medium, she crops up a few weeks later on another one. We have never forwarded even one of her chain messages to anyone, in the beginning, we used to tell her that, and it horrified her. Every time we asked her not to include us on her chain mailing lists, she was extremely offended and put out... less
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I have four siblings who have survived to adulthood, two of them my elders and two of them my juniors. Out of the five of us, the four of them have had the most strug... more
I have four siblings who have survived to adulthood, two of them my elders and two of them my juniors. Out of the five of us, the four of them have had the most struggles in life.~
I joined the Marine Corps at age 18 and since then I have never lived near my mother nor my siblings. I do not even know all of their childrens’ names, dates of birth ... more I joined the Marine Corps at age 18 and since then I have never lived near my mother nor my siblings. I do not even know all of their childrens’ names, dates of birth or ages. At last count, my eldest sister, four years my senior, is the only grandparent among my siblings and I. Her son fathered one child and her daughter gave birth to two children.
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