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Re: Re: Re: Dear S. Sister
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 30, 2017 at 4:08 PM
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Re: Re: Dear S. Sister
and I will enjoy everyone of them.
posted by
Kabu
on November 30, 2017 at 3:43 PM
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Re: FSI
Wait, you mean that didn't happen at your house? LOL! Yes, it was a lot. The tone was always high. But there was a lot of love thrown around also. And as I said, our house didn't revolve in that kind of a universe. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 29, 2017 at 11:26 PM
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Re: Pat, then I declare you an honorary Italian for life...
After all, we made our friends honorary cousins... I knew no other way as I didn't know my mother's side of the family until I was late into adulthood. Yes, it was as you say, and you are welcome. It was my pleasure. Would you perhaps want to hear more of our stories? LOL.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 29, 2017 at 11:24 PM
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Re: C_C_T
I do remember very much from when I was quite young. No, it will never happen like that again. I may be the matriarch, but I am of a different ilk.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 29, 2017 at 11:21 PM
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Whoa. That sounds like a lot of excitement with dishes being thrown.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 29, 2017 at 9:36 AM
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In my scrub American family, I always wished I'd been Italian -
I loved their warmth, their openness and joy in life - and of course, the food. Thank you for this joyful post.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 29, 2017 at 5:11 AM
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Strange how things seemed commonplace at the time. Lovely to be able to recall the memory though. It will never happen like that again,well unless you take up the role.
posted by
C_C_T
on November 29, 2017 at 1:20 AM
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Re: Hello Aba bro
It was a culture that has disappeared. My generation was the last to experience it, so don't feel bad. Of course, there were gatherings of families in India for celebrations, and that would have been nice to experience as a child. It was great fun, but it was all we knew. We knew no other way. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 28, 2017 at 9:52 PM
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Re: BC-A
Wow! That must have been of heck of a fun time! I remember an argument about gravy.My Auntie X forbid the use of that term. It was so funny.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 28, 2017 at 9:48 PM
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Re: TAPS
Well, dear, I can just about guarantee they didn't break by throwing them. LOL! One does wonder where dishes go though. I have 3 old blue glasses that I saw them using on an old Seinfeld. That was my wake-up call...
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 28, 2017 at 9:47 PM
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Hell sis
Quite a scene those olden days were of which you'd not trade a minute. As for me I hardy ever experienced too many people or too many children. That's because at that time Rajasthan was a desert and only few would come there from outside and the place was too far away from where most of our relatives lived, the eastern India. Your post makes me feel missed out on the great fun among siblings, desr sister
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posted by
anib
on November 28, 2017 at 8:19 PM
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At our family dinners. my mother's sister with my Italian uncle served Italian pasta, veal, and gravy in their home to us. At ours, them, my mother's sister with my Jewish uncle, smoking a long cigar.
posted by
BC-A
on November 28, 2017 at 4:23 PM
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I think I have one melmac left. I wonder what happened to the rest of them.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 28, 2017 at 3:10 PM
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Re: Dear S. Sister
It was like living through a lifetime Italian storm. Lol. Glad you enjoyed it. There are so many more stories.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on November 28, 2017 at 1:49 PM
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Dear S. Sister
I laughed all the way through this. It must have been like watching an Italian sitcom.
posted by
Kabu
on November 28, 2017 at 1:30 PM
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