Family reunions, have you had one? If not, would you ever?

My mom used to attend family reunion on her side.But i never attended even once.I think it would be kinda exciting because we get to meet relatives from other places that we have not known yet.And sometimes we can meet them on the street without knowing we are related to each other.I think family reunion wouls make us aware the root of our family from generation to generation.

I haven't been to a family reunion yet and I am 34 years old. I have been trying to get everyone in my family to go together and have a huge family reunion but my family they are very much alot of Black Sheep and grays ones and ones who think they are pearly white when they aren't so for us a family reunion will possibly never happen and if it did it would be like watching wrestle mania 23 probably. Alot of years, alot of arguments,fallout's,grudge's and a whole lot of other things..so it will probably never happen because my family or some of them can't let go of the old bads and make new goods..let the past in the past.I wanted one before my grandparents passed away then the plans fell through and it never happened. So maybe when they all get old and addled we can have one when they all forget what they all were fighting over or ticked off about...of course by then I might be old and addled myself..lol

I have enjoyed many a family reunion (on my side, my husband's family does not have them) my family is pretty wide spread across the USA and we live rather central to most everyone so we would be the ideal spot to gather... but then we are the only ones here and financially it makes more sense to everyone to go to a region that is more densely populated by our family. anyhow, I have never give a reunion and do not think that I would. I am just not good with planning events and organizing and all that. I am not a fun person.

When I was a kid we did have family reunions several times a year and with enough cousins to make two baseball teams with some left over to be the audience, there was fun to be had. One aunt and uncle had 8 kids so they had a baseball diamond at their home and that is where we usually went. I don't remember the adults ever arguing there but my parents always did on the way home. Several family members in my parents' generation were always getting "mad" at each other and acting childish, but usually they were on their good behavior at these get-togethers.

i don't really have enough family left to have a reunion. there's some i really don't care gabout being around to start with.lol sounds like yourd wouldn't be too much fun either. lol

ive been to a few but nothing great.. i dont know many of the people so it was more of an excuse on to stay up at a mountain resort for free lol

We had a family re-union if you can call that at a wedding a few weekends ago. I was surprised that its hard to meet all the family of four brothers and sisters at the same time despite that we live in close distances. To make up for lost time we are planning to have a bbq next week.

Family reunions are rather stressful. After the last family reunion where two of my uncles finally decided to settle their differences through a fist fight, I stopped attending family reunions. Yeah, it was kind of funny watching two grumpy old men try to hit each other and trying not to trip on the process but I have just enough of those things. If I want to see some funny kung fu moves, I'll go watch a Jackie Chan movie.

Family reunions as in with grandparents as a whole big family?? That has never happened to me, and i guess it won't happen to me too, because my family are not into such things.. And though i'm still living with my parents, but we are seldom at home, and mst of the time, we won't really see each other even though we are in the same house.. BUt we do have reunion dinner few times a year.. So does that count as reunion?? hehe

In the past, various parts of our family have held family reunions, but very few have been held since our parents passed. They seemed to be the generation that keep these things going.

When my grandparents were still alive we used to have them frequently. Now that they are gone it seems there is a lot less effort made. I think it would be nice to have a family reunion. My husband's family used to have one once a year, but they closed down the restaurant they used to use, and they have not done it the last couple of years. It is a shame, many of his family members are getting quite old.

My family has one like every other year. Aside from my brothers and sisters and I and 2 cousins most of the family are senior citizens. So the family reunions are usually pretty tame. Lunch at a restuarant, and socializing and photo taking for about an hour and a half and then everyone goes home.

Friday October 10, 2008 I have been to at least one family reunion. The hardest/stressful part abou it is planning a date conducive to everyone as most of my relatives live abroad and coming to the caribbean takes much juggling with work and all. Once we get together we know how to party and have fun. House rules-no cussing , complaining we are here to party and as the song says "Are u ready to go home" the answer is usually no. Another one is being planned for next year and I can't wait. I'm jamiacan and I love enjoying myself. Life is 2 short for fussing and fighting.

I have a family reunion and it was actually okay. Considering who all came. What happened was my mother and her sister, they haven't been talking to each other for quite some time now. For the longest. For like 3 years. Half of the family planned for the outing, puting in money and getting food together. I look to my husband because this would be his first time going to my family reunion. So the day of my family reunion, I kind of wasn't expecting my mother's sister to be there and surprise surprise, my mom's sister was there and was showing off. Handing out shirts to people that didn't even put money up for the reunion and so on. I hadn't seen my aunt in a while and she hadn't even showed up to my recent wedding or met my husband. She was completely rude to me and him. Which I believe was disrespectful. When we were introducing ourselves she was like oh, I'm the better daughter, basically just bragging that was not awesome. Things started to fall from there. Then my dad shows up and my mom and him are divorced. So, my grandpa sees this and he walks up to him and states that this is only for our family and he was not invited. I had to step in and tell him he's here to see me and I invited him. My grandpa has some I guess you want to say he never will forgive my dad for what he did to my mom, he cheated on her. But he has to respect that he is still my brother and I father and that he will always be apart of our lives. So anyway, my husband felt kind of out of place too, because I'm black and he's hispanic and he was in a room full of black people watching his every move. You can just guess how uncomfortable that felt. Well, so we are planning another family reunion, next year and I hope next year will be a lot better.

I have three sisters and one brother.My youngest sister who lives In France with her family comes down once a year.We all get together with our families.Most of the time my brother who is not married never turns up so leaving one member out there would be a family reunion, if you can call that a family reunion.It goes off well.But my husband's family never get together.As you say, there would be an explosion.Recently my mother-in-law passed away in my house.So the rest of the family had no choice but to come.His two sisters and four brothers with their family had come.It was a sight to see them.Each one in one corner.We were very scared the bubble would burst anytime.Luckily it went off peacefully without confrontation.That was the last family reunion of my husband's family.

I've been to family reunions and get to meet family members I usually don't see. I have a good time. No wild things have happened at my reunion.

My family do have family reunion. But that was every long time ago. Now we seldom have family reunion. All the family members, busy studying or working. I miss the days when we have family reunion.

My mom's family doesnt do reunions persay...we have large large large major birthdays anniversary parties and such and we seem to end up all together aunts great aunts and uncles cousins alll the way down the line to how is this person related to me every couple years. My dad's side does them once every 10 or 15 years...they arent a close family and honestly new relatives creep outa the wood work every couple years...like i never met ANY of my dads birth fathers family until after Dad's dad passed on...that might be in part because my grandma divorced him when dad was younger and there were major restraining orders on the man he wasnt allowed near her my dad or my aunt. As for doing one myself ...no..i wouldnt have any idea of who all was related to say come to this..and unless i had alot of help id hate to do it all on my own because i know theres those that never have anything good to say about the plans made.

We have a big family.I have 6 siblings and the four of them are married and we happend to live in the same town except me.But its every now and then that we have a family gathering.Somebodys birthday, anniversarys, good news,house warming and xmas, new years.I cant recall the number of times we have met.Sometimes i feel we dont even need frens cos hte family has grown so god with neices and nephews who takes away all our time.Ours is bascially a close knitted family

No I've never been to a family reunion either - I don't think there would be arguments but, I think it would just be case of nobody really bothering to turn up as we are not a close knit family! x