11 things that happen when the entire family gets together

THOSE NEVER ENDING GREETINGS:

                You may not even know who they are, but some aunty might come up to you and introduce herself to you, and you are stuck in that awkward moment where you try to remember who she is to you. This goes on and on, until you eventually talk to every person in the function, and the irony is you won’t even remember who they were the next day.

THE SHOWOFFS:

                There is always that loud voice of someone boasting about their properties, possessions, how great their son/daughter is in college, while the rest stand and hear, with the jealousy meter hitting the roof.

TRUCK LOADS OF ADVICE:

                When the conversations start and when touch the topic of career, it will boil down to the point where there will only be advice and would not stop until, they start to mourn and have an extra drink.

THE MASTERS OF MISCHIEF:

                You wouldn’t expect a family gathering without all those toddlers and cousins who are a complete menace. We get so pissed off, when they get into our room, or use our possessions, and find them so irritating while some happen to be the cutest angels and sugarcakes, but it’s quite common that the former ends up being the most of them.

FOOD, FOOD AND MORE FOOD:

                The most anticipated part of every family gathering is when the food is served on the table and it happens to be your favorite dishes. We even deny any function, whomsoever it may be, if the food is not so great there.

THE NETWORK OF CONVERSATIONS:

                The point is the talking won’t stop, and would take numerous directions and would end up somewhere irrelevant where the one would stare at the other why there ended there, showing their height of stupidity.

A SUDDEN SILENCE:

                Just like the never ending talks happens, they would be interrupted by silences that would even be there all night, until some of the young minions come in the middle and bring them back to a completely new conversation.

THE QUESTIONING UNCLE:

                There is always the uncle who happens to be filled with suspicion and asked where you study, who your boyfriend/girlfriend is, why do you go there and whether you have good grades in college even if you are the topper of the college.

THE GOSSIPING LADIES:

                Who can deny this? Every aunty from any Indian family would gossip and rant of a daily basis and they are nothing short of having a night long conversation about their neighbor’s new car, or their relative’s engagement, the list keeps going on, that they never run out of topics.

THE PEOPLE WHO PARTY:

                Those uncles who talk about their family, careers and politics would stop talking when the ladies go to sleep and would bring in the old monk and Jack Daniels. There is nothing like ending a family gathering without a shot of whiskey or rum.

A QUARREL THAT MAY END UP INTO A FIGHT:

                                There are some unexpected times where the Chotu says something and ends up lighting up a small quarrel between two sides where they will end up fighting with each other. This happens unexpectedly and they would react as if nothing happened and they are the same only people who they meet for the next gathering.