What are family fights like, in your family?

[Archae]

We've pretty much all grown out of the being vicious to each other stage, but we love to razz each other.

And there hasn't been a punch-out in our family in decades.

[Rising Phoenix]

1. mine

horrible name calling...throwing...blood....

[suninvited]

2. My family doesnt fight

we live by the "If you dont have something nice to say" adage.

[ThomCat]

3. I have been disowned by my father's side of the family

and it's really no loss.

My mom's side of the family just has long-distance hostility that simmers for ages. But it rarely gets beyond that.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. Sounds like my family. ---

Dad has disowned us kids and Mom's side has the long-distance hostility that simmers just below the polite surface facade.

Everybody looks down their nose at everybody else.

[DarkTirade]

4. I never realized how cool my family was

until I started hearing about other people's families.

I honestly can't recall any real 'fights' we've had. Disagreements, sure. Arguments, yeah, now and then. Roughhousing as kids, sure. But that's it.

[sammythecat]

15. Sounds like you have a very abnormal family

That would be a nice revelation to have.

Like finding a treasure.

"Which it is." -- Anton Chigurh

I'll never hear that phrase again without thinking of that guy. :(

[DarkTirade]

20. I always knew my family was abnormal

I just didn't realize it was in a good way. :)


Seriously though, my only complaint about my family is that my parents got suckered into Amway when I was young and they wasted most of their time and money trying to 'build the business' before they finally woke up and realized it was a scam. So we were always fairly poor. Not quite below the poverty line, but we hovered just above it most of the time.

[Lady Effingbroke]

5. Denial. Telling the folks what they want to hear.

It's worked well for years.

[krispos42]

6. Loud.

Passionate Italians. No hitting or blood or anything like that, but poker or michigan rummy after a holiday dinner usually gets noisy. Politics.

We had a good blow-out with my uncle after Thanksgiving. Or maybe Christmas. I brought "Sicko" to watch with my family and it turned into a loud one. We actually never got around to watching the movie!!!

[Mugu]

7. Relatively benign.

Just pepper spray and brass knuckles unless somebody is really angry.

Regards, Mugu

[Lil Missy]

8. "Don't ask, Don't tell" works well for my family.

Move along, nothing to see here ...

[bicentennial_baby]

9. My marriage, none...My family...none

Since my Mom got sick, and my Dad got sicker...no energy for fighting left. My marriage is hardcore positive. We don't fight, we talk.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. I'm sorry, but a condition of the lawsuit is that I can't talk about it

[Robeson]

11. We're all Democrats....

...so there's not many fights with us.

[Firespirit]

12. The less said about it, the better

They don't hit each other, but that's about all they have going for themselves.

[mondo joe]

13. "Fuck you." "No, fuck you." "Pass the meatballs."

That was my family growing up.

Family fights in my own adult family are like Jane Austen in comparison.

[KG]

16. um. we never fight. too busy trying to make each other laugh.

yes, we are odd.

[TZ]

17. Half the family isn't talking to the other half

My mother and older sister refuse to be in the same room together. My mother pretty much has disowned my younger sister. I barely talk to my older sister because I hate the way she's treated my mother and her BIL (whom I have little contact with either) but I try to be civil for the sake of my niece.
When there is actual fighting, it involves, screaming at each other storming out of someone's house and/or hanging up the phone.
My family is very dysfunctional right now.

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. My family are all ridiculously armed, so we don't really fight.

Plus, we all like each other.

At the family estate, we have guns frakking everywhere. Just hanging out. It's a different world, hanging with the Rabrrrrrr extended family.

[sarge43]

19. Does the Battle of Stalingrad provide a clue? n/t

[liberaltrucker]

21. Not, um, something to post in a civilized forum

:evilgrin:

[OmahaBlueDog]

22. We get quiet and glare at one another

sometimes this goes on for days.

[littlebit]

23. My partners family fights

are like an episode of Jerry Springer. Her younger brother and his wife are both crackheads. Every time one of them steals something it turns into an all out slug fest. Last thanksgiving we showed up to her parents house when the crackheads were there. The day ended with me sitting in the back of a police car and one of the crackheads in the emergency room. I really love her family:sarcasm:.

[Gormy Cuss]

24. We're all adults, and try to act like it.

We had lots of arguments as kids but we grew out of it. We do occasionally gang up on a sibling but it's in a humorous way. If a sibling is acting badly, one or more of us finds a quiet way to let them know.

I've seen the rancor in other families and realize that I'm very fortunate.

[libodem]

25. mostly verbal

sometimes physical between my brothers whom are in their 40's. It is the typical dysfunctional family. Both my folks were alcoholics. My dad's been dead for 10 years and my mom has dementia. Both were in AA. Mom has 26 years of sobriety but is slipping into sick old patterns. My mom is more and more emotionally unstable, lots of crying and door slamming, blaming and paranoia, and accepts no responsibility for any of her problems. It's been an ugly couple of years. She loves the drama and I hate it.