Do you like spending time with your family?

[KaeMartyndale]

I have a fairly large family. I have 5 grandparents. And I don't even want to count the number of cousins I have. But, that happens when you have divorce and blended families, etc.

[andr70]

Of couse I adore these times, but unluckily I have to work a lot these days, so little time for them...

[Moore]

What can be better than spending time with your family and the relatives? I usually work hard and when i have time to spend with my family, i feel very happy just to talk to them, to share some ideas or problems.

[poomlie]

I come from a big Mormon family. 20 cousins on each side. My immediate family is no longer Mormon, so it is uncomfortable at times to get together with the whole gang, especially on one side, since the righteous tend to look down on us as apostates. Not all of them do that, but many do. Especially when we are walking around with beers or wine.

I love to get together with my immediate family, sister, brother and our children, we have lots of fun and have very similar interests, so there is a lot to talk and laugh about.

[B_elk123]

I love spending time with my family! They are a bunch of smart asses!

[gali]

Yes I do. I mostly like to spend time with my immediate family though.

[juicyfruitsxoxo]

Yes I love them dearly. My mom, sister, and me are the three musketers!! They are my heart and backbone.

[Amsha]

Yes I love spending time with them especially when we have an occasion. We catch up on things and talk about anything.

[thegiltyone]

I am 21, and I enjoy being with my family than any other group of people in the world. When I hear a hilarious joke, I text my dad. When my parents call and ask me for dinner, I get super excited. I call my Gram whenever I do something even sort of neat. I spend my weekends at home with them instead of on campus.

[Loveabull]

Unfortunately I'm at an age where quite a bit of family is gone...But still have wonderful outings with my Dad, hubby, and three kids...oh and a bunch of fur babies!

[Maud Fitch]

My immediate family is close, but my extended family is scattered around Australia. I have to travel vast distances to visit them - but I do love spending time with them.

One cousin lives right on beautiful Sydney Harbour, another lives in rainforest country but most are suburban. There's something about the similarities, mannerisms, shared heritage, the fact that we pick up where we left off, which bonds me to them. This is an old thread and I hope some of the previous posts have visited their families.

Quote: "When we have children or get old, we comprehend why family is our connection to the universe."

[laci_baby]

This ones tricky.
I love my family and we're close when we want to be and neglectful when we're unhappy with one person in the group.
We don't get together much because when we do we fight. Over the smallest things. One year it was over a turkey leg, another year it was over who screamed the loudest. Or, on occasion, what color my hair is. The smallest things get thrown out of proportion and we usually end up angry with eachother and not talking for a year.
This excludes me because I'm normally quietly reading a book in the corner counting down for the fight over who ate who's piece of pie. This is also why I don't eat pie.
Sad thing is I'm not kidding.
But for a few glorious hours before the fights begin we tend to be quite loving and, dare I say, normal.
We laugh a lot, and that's a blessing either way.

[Cheryl Rendone]

I enjoy spending time with my uncle and brother and my in laws; I do love seeing my mom but there are more reasons as to why it's difficult after so many days, but I guess that's with every family. I don't get to see my grandfather or my cousins very often or anybody on my fathers side. My family also lives all over the U.S. I think the last time we got together (as a big family reunion) was in the late 1990s to early 2000s, all I remember is that we had to reserve a HUGE table for all of my family... which was like 5 long tables put together. And then when we were all introduced... it's like... how in the world am I supposed to remember EVERYBODY'S name!? My family has Italian somewhere along the line so I'm sure that why that side of my family is so large.
I also enjoy spending time with the rest of my husbands family as well.

[Nathrad Sheare]

My family is made up of people I can tolerate on a regular basis... Therefore I love spending time with them! Honestly, my mom, dad, and sister are some of my favorite people ever. They've all been good to me, and I count myself most fortunate thus.

[LoveMusic_AK]

I love spending time with my family. I have the best family in the whole world. I get along with my family too, so that helps. My mom gets very irritable though. Besides her, I love being with my family. We always have fun together, no matter what we're doing.