In Soviet Russia, Watermelon Likes You!
Home | WI, USA(It’s Memorial Day weekend and the whole family is spending the weekend together, including my cousin and her four-year-old daughter. We are in the kitchen preparing snacks before we go...
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Restaurant | MI, USA(My younger brother and I are in our mid-late twenties, whereas our uncle’s two children are nine (girl) and seven (boy). One this day we’d gone to the older one’s gymnastic...
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Home | Albuquerque, NM, USA(All of my cousins are staying at my aunt’s house for a few days, while our parents are out of town. I am the oldest and decide I will read them a book called Don’t Let The...
View ArticleA Taboo Career Choice
Home | Windsor, OH, USA(My family and I are all at my aunt’s house for Thanksgiving, and after dinner we are all down in her basement playing ‘Taboo.’ So far Cousin #1 has been giving hints and...
View ArticleBored To The Finich, Cause He Hates His Spinach
Home | Brampton, ON, Canada(I am 24 years old and am babysitting my six-year-old cousin. She has finished her dinner, with the exception of a large pile of spinach which she hasn’t touched.) Cousin:...
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Home | CT, USA(My cousin is looking at her Amazon wish list on her phone, as it’s getting near the holidays.) Cousin: “Everything that’s in my Amazon cart is literally everything I need to live a happy...
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Salon | NH, USA(My cousin and I are having a girls’ day, and talking about the gift she wants to get for her fiancé for his birthday when they go on vacation. Her family is all about sports and beer...
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Park | MA, USA(I’ve recently moved and my cousin has come to visit. We decided to bring our dogs to a rather unpopular dog park because it’s usually empty and my dog is skittish around people. Our dogs...
View ArticleWould Rather Not Horse Around With The Family
Vacation | USA(We are on a family vacation — grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. My family has rented two cabins; the one I’m in has my parents, one aunt, her two kids, and I. The resort we are...
View ArticleA Name In Bad Standing
Military | NC, USA(While stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, a senior officer in another unit is one of the worst people I meet in my entire military career. He is a small-minded, arrogant...
View ArticleDone With The Family Niceties
Park | KY, USA(We are at my boyfriend’s family reunion down in Kentucky and his family is doing a volleyball tournament in 95 degree heat. I have on sunglasses, a tank top, and shorts with my hair up....
View ArticleGrammatically Incorrect
Home | Petaluma, CA, USA(I am playing a game of catch with my five-year-old cousin. She gets frustrated with me because she keeps dropping the ball.:) Cousin: *yelling and pretty mad* YOU’RE AN...
View ArticleThis Ain’t No Puff Piece
Home | Winston-Salem, NC, USA(My youngest cousin, age nine, is visiting from out of state. A few months previously, I adopted a stray kitten who is growing into a shy but lovely little cat; her tail,...
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Outdoors | Washington, DC, USA(I am walking around Washington DC with my cousins, who are British, and showing them the attractions. They have been to the US a few times before. The youngest is in her...
View ArticleOddly Accurate
Car | Devon, England, UK(My son is seven.) Son: “Our car puts up with a lot!” Me: “Even your toots.” Son: “Hey! Yours, too!” Me: “I don’t toot.” Husband: “Really?” Me: “…as much as you two.” Son: “You...
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Park | NC, USA(My 10-year-old cousin is visiting from the west coast. We’ve walked down the road to a little park with a playground, and she finds another kid to play with while I make small talk with...
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Family Gathering | Okanagan Falls, BC, Canada(We’re at a massive family reunion and taking a huge picture of everyone. My cousin has brought her boyfriend of a year or so.) Cousin: “Can [Boyfriend] be...
View ArticleMade The Flight Bear-able
Airplane | England, UK(We are on a large family holiday. All of us are adults now with kids of our own. It’s a long flight so i take out the colouring books and crayons we brought.) Eldest Sister: “Can...
View ArticleFirst Rate, Second Grade, Party
Home | Miami, FL, USA(It is my daughter’s seventh birthday. About two weeks ago I made some invitations for her to give out at school. It should be noted that while she is in second grade, she is also...
View ArticleFast Track To The Bottom Of The Ladder
Home | Montreal, QC, Canada(I’m at my parents’ house to paint the eaves for them, since they are getting a little too old for this. As I’m all the way up the ladder, our aunt, uncle, and little cousin...
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