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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16 years awayand I've nearly escaped them all ... except - shudder - the feeling that I've got to reply when my step dad says "ciao, ciao" at the end of a phone call.
I'm sorry - please make it quick.
(, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 23:08, 2 replies)
Totally....even if an Italien person says "ciao" to me it sounds like an invitation to say something more, even if it isn't. I've always had a weird feeling about that word. Perhaps I'm racist.
(, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 23:14, closed)
Mrs PIs Italian. I went through a stage as the only east northamptonshire-ite in history to say 'ciao' to a non italian. It was wrong then and its wrong now.
Ciao
(, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 14:57, closed)
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