Families

<p>It&#39;s the most wonderful time of the year.... allegedly. The holidays get a lot of hype, but when it comes down to it, gathering in a home with our next-of-kin isn&#39;t always the joy-fest it&#39;s made out to be in holiday commercials. In reality, gathering relatives together and adding alcohol and family baggage can bring out the worst behavior in all of us.</p><h2>Someone <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kb65b4/whats_the_stupidest_thing_youve_done_at_a_family/" target="_blank">asked</a> Reddit: &quot;what&rsquo;s the stupidest thing you&rsquo;ve done at a family gathering?&quot;</h2><h2>These 17 people share their hilarious horror stories of when being around their family brought out their absolute worst selves:</h2><p>1.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CaptainGanny/">CaptainGanny</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Tell my sister-in-law that her kids, my nephews, are why I don&#39;t want kids.</p> </blockquote><p>2.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SpiritedSoul/">SpiritedSoul</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Got drunk in front of my great grandmother and started to shit talk my entire family in a baby voice to my baby niece; while the entire family thought I was out of line my great grandmother thought it was hilarious and that I had valid points</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>3.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/fucktheroses/">fucktheroses</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>got drunk and told one of my grandmas she was my favorite....in front of my other grandma</p> </blockquote><p>4.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RGSF150/">RGSF150</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>It was thanksgiving last year. I was playing quiplash with my family. I entered my name and the next thing was my aunt asking &quot;Who is Rock Hard? &quot;</p> </blockquote><p>5.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/UnpaidWorker7/">UnpaidWorker7</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Not me but my dad(as a kid) took a shit in the Fireplace and went around bragging about it. My grandma still brings it up to this day</p> </blockquote><p>6.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/donutshopsss/">donutshopsss</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>In my defense I have epilepsy and was having a &quot;partial&quot; (aura/mini) seizure which caused this.</p> <p>I go into the kitchen and a few cousins are standing there with my aunt. I say &quot;sandwich&quot; (I think?) but my brain was literally just reset about 20 seconds ago and I&#39;m operating at an ultra-dumb level. I remember this primarily because there was aftermath to recollect. I took mayo out of the fridge and just throw a spoonful (I think?) at the fridge. I then take out cheese and throw it on the mayo, followed by turkey at the ground and bread somewhere. I look at it and just walked away.</p> <p>...my family did not know I had epilepsy at that point in time. That was the ice-breaker.<button></button></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>7.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/GallopingAstronaut/">GallopingAstronaut</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I wanted to throw an empty bottle of water at my cousin and I hit my sister instead</p> <p>It was a wedding</p> <p>My sister was the bride</p> </blockquote><p>8.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/UintaGirl/">UintaGirl</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Got absolutely hammered the night before and passed out in a snowdrift at the family snowmobile party. Fell off my sled and just laid there waiting for death to take me. Death took too long, so I got up and went back to the group. I&#39;m pretty sure my dad knew what was up and felt that slogging around in the snow all day might teach me not to do that again. He was right. Haven&#39;t gotten out of control drunk since Christmas of 1995.</p> </blockquote><p>9.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/zaddyRJ/">zaddyRJ</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>According to them, not being married for the 29th consecutive year.</p> </blockquote><p>10.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/tastethepain/">tastethepain</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I asked my brother-in-law how his dad was doing (had significant health problems) forgetting that he had died 6 or 8 months prior.</p> </blockquote><p>11.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BLOXYBRAWLER17/">BLOXYBRAWLER17</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Not me but my oldest cousin on my dads side said this at my great grandma&rsquo;s funeral, &ldquo;Imagine if she moved.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><p>12.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/boinktheclown/">boinktheclown</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I was home from college on break and we were playing Trivial Pursuit. The question to me was something along the lines of What adult movie actress has the last name that sounds like the last name of the star of Hawaii Five-0? I knew the Hawaii Five-0 star was Jack Lord, thought about it for a minute, then blurted out Tracy Lords! My parents just looked at me like I had just produced a severed head from my pocket.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>13.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/graciewindkloppel/">graciewindkloppel</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>Once I walked into a baby shower for my cousin&#39;s wife and sat down in the bigass chair of honor, right in front of everyone, including the pregnant woman. My mom looked like she wanted to die.</p> </blockquote><p>14.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FriendlyObserver8/">FriendlyObserver8</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>I hit on my cousin not knowing she was a cousin. I&#39;m part of a really big family. I went to a quinceanera for one of my cousins met this beautiful girl. Her and I were flirting pretty hard back and forth when my mom walks up oh good you met Anna she s your 2nd cousin from your cousin Rita&#39;s marriage. I know some might say 2nd cousins are different but not in my family. Luckily my mom noticed and warned us as things were getting hot and heavy. A few knowing uncles and cousins were nudging each other. We were both pretty embarrassed and unsuccessfully played it off that we were just joking around. We did become really good friends still after that no weirdness and its def a funny joke between us now.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>15.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Feelingnothingtoday/">Feelingnothingtoday</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>There was this family party.. and I really needed to pee. When I tried the bathroom, it was occupied so I figured I&#39;d go outside and find a good spot.</p> <p>Went outside, walked around where we were and finally found a great place to urinate: there was some grass and a great wall of glass protecting me from anyone looking.</p> <p>I still hadn&#39;t figured out that if I could see my whole family in the living room through that glass, they could see me. It was really awkward when I came back</p> </blockquote><p>16.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_Skyler_-/">_Skyler_-</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>brought up my uncle&#39;s boyfriend. he&#39;s married to a woman.....</p> </blockquote><p>17.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Vexonte/">Vexonte</a>:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>I just remember a family wedding and everyone at my table started to use the table cloths as bandanas</p> </blockquote><p>18.) From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_lil_skrimp/">_lil_skrimp</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>told my very religious great aunt that the only god I believed in was thor. :/ this was right after seeing the first avengers movie and I was still pumped ab it.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

18 people share the stupidest thing they've done at a family gathering.

It&#39;s the most wonderful time of the year.... allegedly. The holidays get a lot of hype, but when it comes down to it, gathering in a home with our next-of-kin isn&#39;t always the joy-fest it&#39;s made out to be in holiday commercials. In reality, gathering relatives together and adding alcohol and family baggage can bring out the worst behavior in all of us.Someone asked Reddit: &quot;what&rsquo;s the stupidest thing you&rsquo;ve done at a family gathering?&quot;These 17 people share their hilarious horror stories of when being around their family brought out their absolute worst selves:1.) From CaptainGanny: Tell my sister-in-law that her kids, my nephews, are why I don&#39;t want kids. 2.) From SpiritedSoul: Got drunk in front of my great grandmother and started to shit talk my entire family in a baby voice to my baby niece; while the entire family thought I was out of line my great grandmother thought it was hilarious and that I had valid points 3.) From fucktheroses: got drunk and told one of my grandmas she was my favorite....in front of my other grandma 4.) From RGSF150: It was thanksgiving last year. I was playing quiplash with my family. I entered my name and the next thing was my aunt asking &quot;Who is Rock Hard? &quot; 5.) From UnpaidWorker7: Not me but my dad(as a kid) took a shit in the Fireplace and went around bragging about it. My grandma still brings it up to this day 6.) From donutshopsss: In my defense I have epilepsy and was having a &quot;partial&quot; (aura/mini) seizure which caused this. I go into the kitchen and a few cousins are standing there with my aunt. I say &quot;sandwich&quot; (I think?) but my brain was literally just reset about 20 seconds ago and I&#39;m operating at an ultra-dumb level. I remember this primarily because there was aftermath to recollect. I took mayo out of the fridge and just throw a spoonful (I think?) at the fridge. I then take out cheese and throw it on the mayo, followed by turkey at the ground and bread somewhere. I look at it and just walked away. ...my family did not know I had epilepsy at that point in time. That was the ice-breaker. 7.) From GallopingAstronaut: I wanted to throw an empty bottle of water at my cousin and I hit my sister instead It was a wedding My sister was the bride 8.) From UintaGirl: Got absolutely hammered the night before and passed out in a snowdrift at the family snowmobile party. Fell off my sled and just laid there waiting for death to take me. Death took too long, so I got up and went back to the group. I&#39;m pretty sure my dad knew what was up and felt that slogging around in the snow all day might teach me not to do that again. He was right. Haven&#39;t gotten out of control drunk since Christmas of 1995. 9.) From zaddyRJ: According to them, not being married for the 29th consecutive year. 10.) From tastethepain: I asked my brother-in-law how his dad was doing (had significant health problems) forgetting that he had died 6 or 8 months prior. 11.) From BLOXYBRAWLER17: Not me but my oldest cousin on my dads side said this at my great grandma&rsquo;s funeral, &ldquo;Imagine if she moved.&rdquo; 12.) From boinktheclown: I was home from college on break and we were playing Trivial Pursuit. The question to me was something along the lines of What adult movie actress has the last name that sounds like the last name of the star of Hawaii Five-0? I knew the Hawaii Five-0 star was Jack Lord, thought about it for a minute, then blurted out Tracy Lords! My parents just looked at me like I had just produced a severed head from my pocket. 13.) From graciewindkloppel: Once I walked into a baby shower for my cousin&#39;s wife and sat down in the bigass chair of honor, right in front of everyone, including the pregnant woman. My mom looked like she wanted to die. 14.) From FriendlyObserver8: I hit on my cousin not knowing she was a cousin. I&#39;m part of a really big family. I went to a quinceanera for one of my cousins met this beautiful girl. Her and I were flirting pretty hard back and forth when my mom walks up oh good you met Anna she s your 2nd cousin from your cousin Rita&#39;s marriage. I know some might say 2nd cousins are different but not in my family. Luckily my mom noticed and warned us as things were getting hot and heavy. A few knowing uncles and cousins were nudging each other. We were both pretty embarrassed and unsuccessfully played it off that we were just joking around. We did become really good friends still after that no weirdness and its def a funny joke between us now. 15.) From Feelingnothingtoday: There was this family party.. and I really needed to pee. When I tried the bathroom, it was occupied so I figured I&#39;d go outside and find a good spot. Went outside, walked around where we were and finally found a great place to urinate: there was some grass and a great wall of glass protecting me from anyone looking. I still hadn&#39;t figured out that if I could see my whole family in the living room through that glass, they could see me. It was really awkward when I came back 16.) From _Skyler_-: brought up my uncle&#39;s boyfriend. he&#39;s married to a woman..... 17.) From Vexonte: I just remember a family wedding and everyone at my table started to use the table cloths as bandanas 18.) From _lil_skrimp: told my very religious great aunt that the only god I believed in was thor. :/ this was right after seeing the first avengers movie and I was still pumped ab it. 

It&#39;s the most wonderful time of the year.... allegedly. The holidays get a lot of hype, but when it comes down to it, gathering in a home with our next-of-kin isn&#39;t always the joy-fest it&#39;s made out to be in holiday...