THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: EightBitNate on December 25, 2020, 10:22:47 AM
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Idk if it’s just me but someone mentioned it and I’ve been thinking about it a lot
Like I never hear a white person be like “yeah I was by my cousin’s house yesterday” or something. Usually it’s only ethnic people that seem to have any sort of relationship with their cousins
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I have around 10, and I hate almost all of them. Most of them are half Scottish, and the rest are just pure trash.
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Extended families :hhh
Something something the privilege of not having to rely on your familial network I suppose.
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I have a ton, don't even know how many. Am in contact with none of them and I like it that way.
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i got plenty, some im close enough to that theyre essentially just extra siblings
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My mom has 1 sister and my dad is an only child. My mom and my aunt don’t talk so I don’t talk to my cousin either.
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Extended families :hhh
Something something the privilege of not having to rely on your familial network I suppose.
It's pretty much this. Being born with a leg up in life you're less likely to have to rely upon your extended family. I have two cousins on my mom's side (she and my uncle were the only two siblings) and a fuck ton on my dad's (dad and 3 siblings) but don't really know any of them. Hell, the ones on my dad's side of the family I honestly don't even know their names or what they look like at this point in my life. Both of my parents moved away from their hometowns (Michigan and Florida) and ended up in Atlanta, so it's not like we could hang out on weekends or whatever anyway.
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Only child of an only child of an only child...
I have just one family member I’m close with, my grandfather. My fathers side is a different story, he has four brothers. So I technically have 8 cousins, but we are not close at all. That group of 3 brothers are extremely successful and are a tight knit nepotistic group. I’m the only grand child/cousin who is actively shunned because of my parents splitting up. So I am on my own essentially. I get the super gloating Christmas letters that are pure cringe, measuring your life like that isn’t healthy. It’s hard not having a family or friends to be around, it’s been a huge issue with my mental health struggles.
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Yes, but we call them wives.
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I hung out with my cousins as a kid, not as much as an adult.
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Extended families :hhh
Something something the privilege of not having to rely on your familial network I suppose.
It's pretty much this. Being born with a leg up in life you're less likely to have to rely upon your extended family. I have two cousins on my mom's side (she and my uncle were the only two siblings) and a fuck ton on my dad's (dad and 3 siblings) but don't really know any of them. Hell, the ones on my dad's side of the family I honestly don't even know their names or what they look like at this point in my life. Both of my parents moved away from their hometowns (Michigan and Florida) and ended up in Atlanta, so it's not like we could hang out on weekends or whatever anyway.
Imagine if you fucked a few them without knowing :rash :horny
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Cultural differences or expectations. Like the Czech Republic is small geographically so it's easy to get together if you want (to a degree of course). Not so easy if someone lives in Phoenix and ther person lives in Philly. But I see what you mean with white Americans not necessarily having that habit as much as non-white Americans.
And then of course the cultural differences of moving away from family and opportunity yadda yadda.
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you don't hear us mention them because we're too busy plotting the downfall and subjugation of our fellow man.
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All of mine are dying
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All my cousins are bozos :trumps
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In most cases traditionally one of the brothers/sisters moves away from the hometown and one stays behind.
Usually for university, jobs or a relationship.
When I was a kid my parents made sure that we went to visit our family for birthdays etc. . Everyone would also visit grandma even though she was a truely evil person so you'd meet there.
But at some point the kids move out and everyone sort of has their own life and our family at least from my dad's side has never been close and my mom broke off most ties with her family except for 1 sister.
I have a bunch of cousins/nieces but there's quite an age gap with some of them. (I'm 31, my oldest cousin is nearing 50. Out of this "generation" I'm the youngest.).
Uncle (fathers side - divorced - regular contact)
- 2 cousins (1 married moved to Germany recently got 1 kid. He's a genius he designs production processes for microchip factories. The other is a STREET KID and his dad hates him, haven't seen them in 5 - 10 years(?))
Aunt (fathers side - deceased)
- 2 nieces (twins - see them at least once a year but now that their father(my uncle) is on his last legs more often, both have 4 kids each)
- 1 cousin (oldest cousin, never visit but see him around town from time to time, he has 1 child from a previous marriage)
Aunt (moms side - divorced - her kids aren't on speaking terms anymore)
- 2 cousins (haven't seen them in over a decade, maybe 15(?) years now, I know that they both have kids)
Aunt (my mom ended all contact with this sister even before I was born but we would sometimes run into her kids around town)
- 2 nieces (haven't seen them in at least 2 decades)
Uncle (my mom ended all contact with this brother even before I was born, has Korsakoff)
- 1 niece/cousin(?) (allegedly had a kid? I've never seen this man in my life)
When my aunt drank herself to death(and she became the family gathering spot after evil grandma died) about 10 years ago me and my brother decided to host a family dinner.
We invited everyone that we were on speaking terms with and had a good time. Afterwards the twins said they would organize the next one but they never did.
We had other gatherings where some people would show up but never everyone. Because we rarely see eachother family gatherings are often very awkward.
Things like, you don't know the names of their kids or what their profession is/was. You sort of have a vague idea because you see these people once a year max.
My brother and me also kinda soured on our family after no one really showed any interest when my mom was in a really bad spot and treated at a mental facility.
Because it took her a long time to recover (and she will probably never fully recover) most people just lost 'interest' 2 or 4 weeks into the process and they all bailed when they realized how difficult it was.
I kinda understand that, but it's hard to explain to a depressed person why she suddenly doesn't get any visits, calls, letters or postcards anymore. :doge
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Idk if it’s just me but someone mentioned it and I’ve been thinking about it a lot
Like I never hear a white person be like “yeah I was by my cousin’s house yesterday” or something. Usually it’s only ethnic people that seem to have any sort of relationship with their cousins
the whites are always at odds with their family
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black people goofing off with their cousins:
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/9e/3d/df/9e3ddfecf3e1f914ce7033bd671eae69.jpg)
white people goofing off with their cousins:
(https://i.ibb.co/31YnGB9/casualties.jpg)
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are japan and turkey the cousin-in-laws?
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Never been close to any of my cousins. Then again I'm not very close with my brother, either.
:idont
My parents, aunts, and uncles (particularly on my mom's side) have always done a lot of stuff together and have had lots of family gatherings over the years. The cousins...don't really care. Dunno why that is but it has always been that way.
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None of my cousins live nearby. The only time I ever saw them was at Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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I have like 30 cousins on my conservative Baptist fathers' side.
I have like 3 step-cousins on my liberal swinger hippy mothers' side.
We are all very white.
Make of that what you will.
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Idk if it’s just me but someone mentioned it and I’ve been thinking about it a lot
Like I never hear a white person be like “yeah I was by my cousin’s house yesterday” or something. Usually it’s only ethnic people that seem to have any sort of relationship with their cousins
This is utterly ridiculous ???
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Depends on your definition of white. My family background is Greek, so I grew up with lots of cousins around constantly (and often second cousins) and was probably closer with them than most of my Australian friends were with their siblings.
As an adult, we've drifted apart through different interests or conflicts. Still know them and see them occasionally.
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Idk if it’s just me but someone mentioned it and I’ve been thinking about it a lot
Like I never hear a white person be like “yeah I was by my cousin’s house yesterday” or something. Usually it’s only ethnic people that seem to have any sort of relationship with their cousins
This is utterly ridiculous ???
Lol well look at this thread
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Love my cousins
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https://twitter.com/rtukazaki/status/1344032033639567360