When you unexpectedly see members of your extended family at a store...

[Janiac02]

Do you dart in between aisles hoping you haven't been seen, or do you stop and enjoy a moment with your aunt/uncle/grandma/etc.?

[Amelia G]

My family is so scattered across the earth that it would be shocking to run into members of my extended family anywhere I was at, without planning it.

[One Eyed Cat]

I'm the de facto patriarch due to aging and illness in my family. It first came about after my cousin had a stroke and things were in chaos. It is odd and unnatural as I was not a natural leader by any means. Still, I have a duty to all of them. I get them together. Of course, I spend the day with my relative. It would only be possible back in Cali for that to happen though.

OEC

[mystoo]

I try to avoid my family at all costs. We don't exactly get along. They're convinced I'm going to hell because I smoke and drink don't, go to church, have metal in my tongue, blah blah blah...(If only they really knew).
So when I do see them it's awkward and annoying, and we have nothing to say to eachother.

[mystoo]

I try to avoid my family at all costs. We don't exactly get along. They're convinced I'm going to hell because I smoke and drink don't, go to church, have tattoos and metal in my tongue, blah blah blah...(If only they knew).
So when I do see them it's awkward and annoying, and we have nothing to say to eachother.

[Murk1]

Hmm, if I see a family memeber in a store, I wonder, "what are you doing in my state? I thought I moved hundreds of miles away from you..."

[OrganizedKhaos]

*hide in the racks of clothing and hope you seen them first*

(kidding)

[Head Wreck]

family with me is odd.

some are very close, near inseparable, others unknown, a few scattered around the northern hemisphere. and others known through family ties but never met.

me. I'll talk to anyone and make a firm stand that i will not be used in any family mindgames or fueds that happen

[OrganizedKhaos]

I try to avoid my family at all costs. We don't exactly get along. They're convinced I'm going to hell because I smoke and drink don't, go to church, have tattoos and metal in my tongue, blah blah blah...(If only they knew).
So when I do see them it's awkward and annoying, and we have nothing to say to eachother.

Dont let their beliefs spill over onto you....... you are fine just the way you are

[Janiac02]

I never did answer my own question. This was brought about by the fact that I was waiting in my mom's car while she was shopping at a craft store, and I saw my aunt (her sister) walk in, and I automatically called to warn her so she could hurry up and attempt to get out of there incognito. If it were me I would've stopped to chat, despite my mother's immediate family and their backstabbing nature. I just could care less what they spread around involving me now, because they really have no one to tell that could actually hurt me.

[OrganizedKhaos]

I've got the most rediculously LARGE family ... MY grandparents had 15 children ONLY ONE set of twins...

family reunion is like a county fair...

and all but about one percent are judgmental, and the other percent is a perv.

[sickybuaaaaa]

I run. Fast.

[Rockwulf]

Oh god, my "uncle" (dad's best friend when I was growing up) stalked me down at my regular bar a few times. I ended up almost decking him because he snuck up behind me while I was talking to my buddy and grabbed my shoulders. But he ended up buying beers for me and my buddy for a couple hours so it's cool.

I still don't know how he found out what dive I hang out at or why he felt he needed to go so far out of his way to come find me though...

[OrganizedKhaos]

I lived with my aunt and uncle(by marriage), and he took me out to teach me how to drive, I was sitting close to him in his truck, and when I had my hands on the wheel... TO PRACTICE, He took the opportunity to put his hand on my thigh...

[Mr Karl]

don't really have any extended family

[OrganizedKhaos]

There's over 200+ from my mamaw and papaw ... on down...

Sometimes its wonderful.. but sometimes its sucks, seriously

[VoltaireBlue]

I would stop and say hello. my family is like that. we're pretty tight.