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Date Posted: 01:58:38 10/28/25 Tue
Author: JeffsFort
Subject: My Answer...
In reply to: JeffsFort 's message, "IMAGINE Magazine Question for 11/15 - " At the Kid's Table"" on 16:35:16 09/27/25 Sat

The drive to my Aunt's house... That was a real mixed bag for me and my two younger siblings. We would always be excited to see our cousins and grandmother on my father's side of the family but, it was in a household that was way too uptight for a group of preteen kids. We had to be on our best behavior and not upset our Aunt who hosted the gathering. The food was always great and while we got to hide...I mean hang out in our cousin's rooms while the adults did what the adults always did, we had a lot of fun. The moment we were yelled for to come down, we needed to all sit at the kid's table and try not to get our cousins in trouble with their mother. That's probably the only thing I didn't like. Of the group, I was the oldest by a good couple of years so if our table got a little too loud, I'd take the lead and apologize and hope that was enough. Typically, the cousins that lived in the house were reminded that they were expected to be the example. Like that was needed...

They were also expected to help clean up and the rest of us had to kind of push our way in to help so we could go back up stairs and hang out sooner. Then sometimes, they would be scolded for making us 'need' to help. It was just ridiculous. So we were happy to see each other but normally left feeling like we somehow got our cousins in some kind of trouble every holiday, even just by trying to help. To this day I don't know why that gathering absolutely had to be so perfect for her or even why she had to host it every year but, when we stopped gathering as a family, it was both sad and a little bit of a relief. Of course now we would most likely go out of our way to get each other in trouble because, what else is family for? LOL!

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