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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clicked!My philosophy on funerals:
There's nothing wrong with that. You're celebrating a life, rather than just mourning a death.
Society seems to say you have to be frozen into a state of perma-upset for the duration, but the simple fact is that's not necessarily appropriate.
These days it's so hard for families to get together en massse; and it would be wrong, and possibly disrespectful of the departed, *not* to make the most of the opportunity to catch up with each other. You're letting some good come from what might be otherwise unrelenting pain.
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