tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048455495603621899.post6428751264300672955..comments2023-08-09T16:58:36.232+02:00Comments on Glad to be a Girl: Weekend on the Farmphillygirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16618315315456011985noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048455495603621899.post-54373293787340938722009-02-24T07:56:00.000+02:002009-02-24T07:56:00.000+02:00@all - oops, I got it wrong, there are eight of us...@all - oops, I got it wrong, there are eight of us in "the family" at the moment ... is confusing with Varen's little sister being 15, her relationship status is fairly volatile (she dated someone for 3 days!). Was so used to thinking of 9 (she recently broke up with a very long-term boyf who regularly still seems to be part of the picture - confusing stuff)<BR/><BR/>@benny & @angel - jees, I promise never to complain about only *8* again! (okay, I probably will ... but I'll privately be breathing a sigh of relief there aren't 15 ... till the next generation starts arriving! haha)<BR/><BR/>@benny - I think when it's the norm and what you've known your whole life you're used to it and it has that same sense of family the rest of us feel. Varen doesn't even notice it's a crowd, to him it's just the way things have always been.<BR/><BR/>@tamara - yep, you feel my pain :) I love my family and all, but we do not live in each other's pockets, as they say.<BR/><BR/>@jenty - exactly!phillygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618315315456011985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048455495603621899.post-1342994570973279252009-02-23T22:08:00.000+02:002009-02-23T22:08:00.000+02:00Sounds absolutely exhausting actually, I can't thi...Sounds absolutely exhausting actually, I can't think of many things more tiring than a weekend with so many people. I would also need to escapeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111625953496244923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048455495603621899.post-61331849114410129972009-02-23T21:09:00.000+02:002009-02-23T21:09:00.000+02:00:)i still want to see bangkok dangerous...my famil...:)<BR/>i still want to see bangkok dangerous...<BR/>my family is 15 when we all get together- my folks, my siblings and our families. i know what you mean when you say it can get a little much.AngelConradiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423318903817661244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048455495603621899.post-77743876332597607892009-02-23T13:06:00.000+02:002009-02-23T13:06:00.000+02:00I so hear you on the whole Afrikaans / English cul...I so hear you on the whole Afrikaans / English culture differences! And the big families. TSC is the only one (out of his two older sisters, the one sister's husband and kid, his grandmother and her sister and his parents) who is not living at home, so everyone else is uber-involved in each other's lives to the point that it's insane.<BR/><BR/>I find it exhausting.<BR/><BR/>Glad the buns enjoyed the weekend away.<BR/><BR/>And Nicholas Cage hasn't been in a decent film in so long that i actually can't remember the last one that was any good.Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048455495603621899.post-27703409326676906512009-02-23T09:16:00.000+02:002009-02-23T09:16:00.000+02:00Ha ha, MM must feel the way you do. I am one of fi...Ha ha, MM must feel the way you do. I am one of five. When my siblings and parents get together it is 14 people (my siblings + partners + grandchildren) and with one more kid on the way it'll soon be 15!!<BR/>On top of this my siblings are all much older than me - guess when you're part of it you recognise that it is intense but kind of like it at the same time!boldly bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408610080293952966noreply@blogger.com