Its a Family Affair

There is no such thing as a small gathering in my family. Everything we do always includes a cousin or two or five. And words such as "Private" and "Intimate" do not exist in our vocabulary. We will always know what you did last summer or last night and even a minute ago. You can bet that even our cousin in Cambodia will know about your bowel movements and whats in your bank accounts before you do.
Our In Case of Emergency number should really be listed as a 1-800 Call My Whole Family type phone number because that's really who you will reach if God forbid anything happens to one of us. Its completely annoying most of the time but comforting when it truly is a case of emergency situation. You will never be alone in such stressful, scary cases but before you shut your eyes and say goodnight you can bet your socks that one of our cousins in Cambodia and their co-workers will hear about your colon and your past gyno exam. Why? Because they are all NOSY disguised as "caring" for your well being :)

Little Sis had to go to the emergency room due to excruciating pain in her abdomen. The good news is that Little Sis was never alone during this scary time but the bad news is she was NEVER alone even if she wanted to be because unfortunately everything IS a Family Affair. So as she answered those personal questions that doctors do love to ask you can bet your socks again that her family was there and more alert than a triple shot of espresso waiting to hear her answers (yep, now we really know what she did last summer...) The good news is that it was just her Sisters in the room and even better news is that she is gonna be fine.
The only bad news is the medical bill that will NOT be a family affair and the only time where we will be given our "personal space".