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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Chocolate showerThere is only one family ritual I can remember rom my childhood.
Back in the 70s, every Christmas we would get a tin of Roses or Quality Street choccies.
Everyone would crowd onto the settee while dad opened the tin.
Then the entire tin would be emptied over us.
We then sat to have a polaroid photo taken.
Then we had to pick up all the choccies and put them back into the tin before being allowed to choose one.
Without fail my siblings and I would secretly push a few under the settee so we could snaffle them later.
And without fail, dad would look at the tin and say this isnt full, find them, and we would look under the settee and say oooh there they are with lack of sincerity, while reluctantly putting them back in the tin :(
When we all hit our teens we refused to play this game any more
(, Tue 25 Nov 2008, 0:33, Reply)
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