Orchidflower
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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98% of the families are dysfunctional. The other 2% are kidding themselves.
This might be a good time to review "powers of attorneys for medical care." Who has a say so when I & spouse/SO are unconscious?
I'm in the school of "Enough is enough" when it comes to people I share DNA with. I have learned over the years that a DNA connection is not sufficient grounds to put up with truly bad behavior from relatives. Same goes for in-laws.Anyone else not communicated with family for several years, then done so and remembered why not?
We must all be above average here on the FIRE board. We're OK, but the rest of the family is nuts....... !!
My family is dysfuntional in a fun way . My Mother is 93 and has recently taken to saying whatever is on her mind . It's sometimes funny , sometimes shocking . My younger sister is a nun who is not super religious . My older sister thinks she is the boss of the family and better than the rest of us . My daughter and her husband are health nuts and my niece is a bohemian chick who makes purses .My So and his family are staunch conservatives who can not understand my liberal ways . Amazingly we still all like each other and enjoy each other despite the weirdness.
I think you've got a good sitcom script there, Moe!
I think you've got a good sitcom script there, Moe!
Weird, eccentric, off-the-wall, different - my favorite kind of people. Birds of a feather and all that.That every poster has some weird family members, plus the remarks that 98% of families are dysfunctional remind me of a well known statistics. That is way more than 50% of the drivers think they are above average. In fact more than 50% of people think they are above average in whatever the pollster wants to measure.
Sooo, I am wondering about the normalcy of the posters here. I never claim that I am a normal guy. I have said elsewhere that I am a romantic geek. I don't know if that qualifies as weird, but then you may not know all about me.
How about you?
In fact more than 50% of people think they are above average in whatever the pollster wants to measure.
Isn't that the median? It's only the mean if it's a "normal" distribution, right?50% are above the mean....
Isn't that the median? It's only the mean if it's a "normal" distribution, right?
I am not sure about this.
Mike D.
Isn't that the median? It's only the mean if it's a "normal" distribution, right?
I am not sure about this.
Mike D.