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One Thanksgiving family Zoom call down, one to go.
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This was with my Dad's side of the family, with whom I would describe the relationship as "friendly but distant"
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Like, there's no feud or bad blood between my dad & his siblings, but they do Not communicate regularly
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when I was a kid, before my Gran died, we'd go down to Atlanta for Thanksgiving, but that was the only time I ever saw or heard from them
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Could we understand have of what each other was saying on this call? Of course not!
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*half
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We are all, as a family, terrible at not talking over each other
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IDK no major news from that side, although we did get briefly serenaded by my oldest cousin's toddler
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and discussed which of our relatives has the coveted [my/my sister's/my cousin's first initial][very rare surname]gmail.com
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which is apparently none of the three of us!
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my sister said she might email that address just to say hi to a presumptive distant cousin
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oh i know that debate well. [long, long look at my mother's side of the family]
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where literally nine people have the same first initial (well... eight, now, my mom's oldest sister died this spring)
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LMAO
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my dad and his three siblings all have the same first initial
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IDK who has d[surname]
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...we barely have nine people in our FAMILY
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I mean that's not entirely true but while my dad was one of 4 each of them had precisely 2 kids
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and only one of the cousinage has reproduced. or married, for that matter
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(thank god)
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(this means I am spared being asked when I am going to do either of those things)
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OKAY! Second Zoom call complete!
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That was somewhat annoying due to (dun dun) ~technical difficulties~, but it was also my maternal grandparents & uncle who I am much closer to
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It's...sad seeing how much older & frailer they've gotten than they are in my memories
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Grandma especially
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struggling to hold her head up straight
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I mean, she's 95, bodies aren't really rated for that long, but still
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:c