Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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Family ritual....As my Dad got in from work, it used to be an everyday tradition that whoever he saw first HAD to go upstairs to get him a clean T Shirt from his wardrobe. Of course, he couldn't do it himself... (??!!)
So, it left me and my two sisters looking out the window at about 16:45 every afternoon and then hiding somewhere upstairs so we could avoid the task in hand! In fact, it wasn't even hard work or a pain the arse to do, it was just because we were lazy teenagers and didn't especially like doing what our parents told us!
Anyhow, one of us would smell food or feel the urge to urinate and then get caught out.
My Dad knew that we were hiding and would wait, an hour if need be just to get us to get his fuckin T shirt.
But now they live far away and I miss things like that!
(, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 10:56, Reply)
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