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| Do you have a functional family? |
| Yes, I love my family |
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27% |
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| Yes, we argue sometimes but we usually get along |
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50% |
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| No, but I know people who have a happy family life |
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| No, I dream of never seeing any of them ever again |
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Roach
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Joined: 20 Jan 2002
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| Does such a thing as a functional family exist? |
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Does anyone here come from a happy, functional family? Does such a think actually exist?
edit: Ah, just getting to post that and vote was very therapeutic. |
Mon Jul 08, 2002 11:31 pm |
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XeroX
The MasterCopy
Joined: 13 Dec 2001
Posts: 7125
Location: The Netherlands |
No perfect family exist.
Every family will have fight, so does mine but we get along most of the time.
If you nevr want to see your family again you have some problems.
you just had this feeling  or 
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Mon Jul 08, 2002 11:41 pm |
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Warmaster-Horus
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Joined: 28 Apr 2002
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Location: Eye of Terror, Washington |
I don't think there's a family in the world that doesn't argue,
Personally, my family was functional, eccentric, but functional 
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Mon Jul 08, 2002 11:43 pm |
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Roach
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quote:
Originally posted by XeroX
you just had this feeling or
The problem is I get that feeling (above) every time I see them.
I just received an e-mail for my sister that form the first couple sentences sounded like it was going to be an apology then she says, I pretend to know everything but don't know anything, I have a temper, I cause them lots of problems, that everything I'm angry about is all in my head, that I'm the one pushing them away, then she says I'm completely unqualified to watch a small child while immediately after she tries to guilty trip me for not babysitting for her anymore. 
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Mon Jul 08, 2002 11:58 pm |
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Myrthos
Spoiler of All Fun
Joined: 07 Jul 2001
Posts: 1926
Location: Holland |
A happy functional family? Assuming you mean the family I grew up in then it was reasonably happy and reasonably functional. Nothing to cheer about, nothing big to complain about either.
Of course having a family myself now with two kids I see myself doing some of the things that I once said I never would do to my kids. Sometimes I correct my behaviour in those situations as I think it was wrong then and it is wrong now and sometimes I don't as I feel it is the correct thing to do.
My wife and I am trying to make this a happy and functional family or atleast our perception of it. We are having a reasonable success from where I'm standing, but I might be biased and my children are a tad bit to young to vote 
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Mon Jul 08, 2002 11:59 pm |
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TheLonePaladin
Mighty Warrior
Joined: 27 Feb 2002
Posts: 1808
Location: San Francisco, CA |
my family is as funbctional as can be. unless one person suddenly qualifies as a family, there will never be a "perfect" family.
as an aside, my immediate family is composed of a mother, a father, and 2.5 children. (the national average.  ) technically we're perfect, though there are times i'd love to shove a firecracker up my sister's nose...  
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Tue Jul 09, 2002 12:34 am |
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Moonslash
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Joined: 04 May 2002
Posts: 1378
Location: California, USA |
quote:
Originally posted by Warmaster-Horus
I don't think there's a family in the world that doesn't argue
The more family members argue, the more they understand each others (provide that the original argument has been resolved)
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Tue Jul 09, 2002 1:46 am |
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sauron38
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Joined: 14 Jan 2002
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Location: Winnipeg's Sanctum Sanctorum |
I have great respect for Dad... partially due to the fact that I'm going to be in need of fast car in a couple years...
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Tue Jul 09, 2002 2:15 am |
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Roach
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Joined: 20 Jan 2002
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quote:
Originally posted by Moonslash
The more family members argue, the more they understand each others (provide that the original argument has been resolved)
Arguments can be resolved?!?!  This is the first time I've ever heard of that. Why would someone argue about something if they're willing to eventually back down? So what, do people apologize at the end then? Do we just not argue long enough? When does the apology come after 4 hours? 5? Cause I don't remember ever breaking the four hour mark, not without taking a break to eat or go to the bathroom. And I gotta say if it means I have to continue the argument for more than 3 hours on a daily basis to just may not be worth it, I start to get tired after 3 hour, and I really can't start doing that everyday again. I don't mean three hours every day that would be too draining, I mean about 2 hours most days, three on a bad day.
P.S. After rereading the above, for spelling mistakes, I realized that it could be mistaken for sarcasm, sadly it's not.
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TheLonePaladin
Mighty Warrior
Joined: 27 Feb 2002
Posts: 1808
Location: San Francisco, CA |
your family has issues man. either go to a family psychiatrist...
...OR FLEE THE COUNTRY!!! FLEE AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!!
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Tue Jul 09, 2002 5:09 am |
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Roach
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quote:
Originally posted by TheLonePaladin
your family has issues man. either go to a family psychiatrist...
...OR FLEE THE COUNTRY!!! FLEE AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!!
We tried, my sister made her cry.
I don't have the money to leave, but when my book is done and published I was thinking maybe New Zealand . (not a joke)
I'm kind of surprised by the vote thus far, most of my friends think that my family is a little more messed up than their's but not by much. |
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Tue Jul 09, 2002 5:19 am |
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TheLonePaladin
Mighty Warrior
Joined: 27 Feb 2002
Posts: 1808
Location: San Francisco, CA |
just "rent" a houseboat and go out to international waters.
if the simpson's has taught us anything, it's that international waters is the land that law forgot.
and if you ever run out of food, just become a pirate and steal food off'n a yacht.
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Tue Jul 09, 2002 5:26 am |
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Bigpapa
Stranger from north
Joined: 22 Oct 2001
Posts: 930
Location: Strange place. |
As a single parent for 2 kids, well not small kids nowdays, since my daughter is 19 and my son is 17, i have no problems with them, we have democracy in our house, and that democracy is me Also i'm having very warm relations to my own parents and two sisters, so my vote was that first one.
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Tue Jul 09, 2002 6:47 am |
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Myrthos
Spoiler of All Fun
Joined: 07 Jul 2001
Posts: 1926
Location: Holland |
quote:
Originally posted by Suicidal Cockroach
Arguments can be resolved?!?! This is the first time I've ever heard of that. Why would someone argue about something if they're willing to eventually back down?.....
Resolved? Sometimes. Sometimes not. When you are living together you have to compromise. In general it's ok to not agree on every issue as long everybody is ok with that. I can understand someone elses points of view, without agreeing with them. Depending on the issue it stops there or it needs to be discussed further. Any discussion that is aimed to having a winner and a looser is doomed to fail.
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Tue Jul 09, 2002 7:12 am |
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Warmaster-Horus
Most Exalted Highlord
Joined: 28 Apr 2002
Posts: 421
Location: Eye of Terror, Washington |
quote:
Originally posted by TheLonePaladin
just "rent" a houseboat and go out to international waters.
if the simpson's has taught us anything, it's that international waters is the land that law forgot.
and if you ever run out of food, just become a pirate and steal food off'n a yacht.
Oh wouldn't it be simple if we could all just run away to Hidden Pirate Island (aka... Hong Kong) and live a simple existence of monkey knife fights and booze before noon?
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