Posted by:
Kojac
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Date: December 24, 2012 07:00AM
I'm going to my Mormon girlfriends parents house for Christmas this year, because my parents are out of town and I have the holiday off of work. Xmas also coincides with the wedding of one of the daughters, so that's a boon I guess. Including me, there will be 22 people in a four bedroom house for two days.
I've been to the house on two other occasions, both fairly pleasent. They are a tight knit family that has seemingly welcomed me into their fold. The kids all joke around with me, we have fun playing Wii, watching movies, doing all that. We even secretly watched an R-rated moviem which was exciting, if I was 12 years old. I'm not one for crowds and I'm going with the express intent on seeing my GF only.
The thing that has struck me as the most odd is the children. The family has 7 kids. One daughter is married, one son is divorced, and the 2nd eldest daughter is getting ready to marry. She is deeply dissatified with her future husband. He's crude, a slob and, most importantly, dumb. His idea of a joke is making fun of the gay guy working at Wendys. Nobody laughs when he tells that joke. The 2nd oldest son is deeply depressed, but the family shruggs it off as him being "weird." My GF is having problems with a church that procludes romance between a member and a non-member, and the youngest son thinks I'm just awesome, as far as I don't actually let my true self out.
The daughter that is getting married is, let's be frank, a moron. When I ask a question about the church and she is around, she just laughs it off and says that's a dumb question. She's sweet, but is ultimately being taken advantage of. Her future husband wants to move her up to Rexburg, where she will be just a housewife. She is a talented cellist, but now doesn't get the opportunity to explore that. It's really sad.
I never want to have a family like that. All those kids, not enough love to go around.