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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hell yeah. My family is weird and fun.

I play in a weekly D&D game with my dad, aunt, uncle, and cousin's husband. We all have weird craft habits.

Then I married into a massive family of very decent people. My brother in law adopted three sons before having two of his own. Several of the extended family teach or taught in public schools.

Then there's my extended family of cool people, friends I've curated over decades, most of whom have met my actual biological family.

Takes a lot before I give up on family!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is awesome. I’m glad you lucked out like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Extremely lucky, especially given I'm kind of a hermit.

I read all about the epidemic of loneliness and wonder how I didn't fall into that trap.