32 of the Funniest Things Done at a Family Gathering

‘At my grandpa's funeral, I went around saying ‘good luck!’
32 of the Funniest Things Done at a Family Gathering

In theory, a family gathering, especially one that includes extended family, should be an occasion to be on your best behavior. After all, your parents are pretty much guaranteed to be there, so any slip-ups will get back to them in a matter of seconds. This, of course, ignores the massive, unavoidable emotional toll that family events come bundled with.

That kind of pressure and low-grade mental anguish, especially when combined with alcohol, can lead to some less-than ideal behavior. Redditors volunteered some of their most notable family time fuck-ups, for our delight. 

Thank you, brave warriors, for your sacrifice of ever having a normal conversation with your gam-gam again.

Lets-Make-Love . 5y ago Made out with a cousin I had never met before.
_Skyler_- . 5y ago brought up my uncle's boyfriend. he's married to a girl.....
greeneyedwench 5y ago Got wasted. I'd just lost about 70 pounds and my alcohol tolerance had gone with it, though I hadn't really tested it recently. And my husband's (then boyfriend's) family really likes wine. And I just kept topping off my wine without really paying attention to how much I was drinking. I became an uncoordinated mess and almost broke several gifts by accident. And I was still not the worst drunk at the party- -two other people also got wasted and had a screaming match in which I was blessedly not involved.
ABSOLUTLY VODKA FakeThlut . 5y ago Took an edible before walking into the gathering. Was probably the most likeable and social version of myself. It was awful cause then they expected me to be like that at all of the following ones and that's just not realistic as the gay cousin of our traditional Christian family.
amphetamineme 5y ago I have a cinema room in my house fully kitted out, i use it as a room for growing tomatoes though. Decided one christmas to host at my place and invited the whole family over, I had only been living there for a few years and growing tomatoes in the cinema room was normal to me and I didnt really think about it? Nephew found tomatoe room and I paid him $100 to keep his mouth shut. Stuck to his word, surprising for a 12 year old.
 . 5y ago I have an uncle who has been married multiple times. This uncle did not come to my wedding for god knows what reason. I asked why he couldn't come to my wedding but I had been to four of his.
OriginalHandPuppet 5y ago One Christmas, my family gathered at grams for dinner. One of my cousins brought a karaoke machine. This turned into everyone participating. But not just participating, being made to pick a song and sing and dance in front of the rest of the family. Horrifying. So many terrible vocalists attempting to win a Grammy. So I'm paired with my cousin, brother, and uncle. We decide to pick something easy. I don't recall what but it was an upbeat does not require vocal talent type of song. As we sing, we're kinda throwing up hand signs as we're
From-the-Trailerpark . 5y ago showed up drunk, several times. they quit inviting me. 2 years sober
 5y ago Walked d ~2 blocks to a bar with the entire wedding party and my family from a cousin's reception, My mother included. At some point she was ready to leave. I walked her back to the hotel and made sure she got in to her room. I decided to walk back. For one, I didn't know what time it was and for two, drunk me took FOREVER to make it back to the bar. Arrive back at the bar, nobody is there except for staff that are closing up. Sit on the curb outside the back of the
fthisallistaken . 5y ago At my Brothers confirmation... the whole family, almost 60 peoples were sitting outside in the sun drinking coffee. | had a brigth idea as a 12 year old to show them all how badass I was at doing saltos on the trampoline. Guess what! I was a little to fast when going around, so | took the salto and my belly slammed down hard enough to beat the sickest fart out of me.. I was just as surprised as the rest.
LevelPerception4 . 5y ago At a pool party when I was 11, | yelled out to everyone to watch me swim the entire length of the pool underwater. Dove in and almost swam right out of the bikini I was wearing. Made an abrupt dive to the bottom to adjust myself, resurfaced to laughter and mockery.
 5y ago I hit on my cousin not knowing she was a cousin. I'm part of a really big family. I went to a quinceanera for one of my cousins met this beautiful girl. Her and I were flirting pretty hard back and forth when my mom walks up oh good you met Anna she S your 2nd cousin from your cousin Rita's marriage. I know some might say 2nd cousins are different but not in my family. Luckily my mom noticed and warned us as things were getting hot and heavy. A few knowing uncles and cousins were
RealisticDelusions77 5y ago | once had a middle-age college professor who said he was back east for a family reunion and mentioned he had a hot tub. Later, he overheard two of his aunts around the corner: Do you know he lives in California and has a hot tub? Oh, he seemed like such a good boy growing up
IA__AM_A_SMOTHIE . 5y ago At my grandpas funeral I went around saying Good luck (I was about 7) and I wanted to play in the graveyard while the others were standing around his grave
ThislsMockingjay2020 . 5y ago At 4 years old, I sat on my grandpa's birthday cake. They'd put it in the seat-less back of the station wagon, where I had to sit, but neglected to tell me it was there and didn't have a cover over it. I was probably distracted plotting my next mischief and didn't notice I'd plopped my crazy little butt down on it. My little tights and dress were covered with frosting and the cake was shot.
graciewindkloppel 5y ago Once I walked into a baby shower for my cousin's wife and sat down in the bigass chair of honor, right in front of everyone, including the pregnant woman. My mom looked like she wanted to die. On my husband's side, all the women are house elves during family gatherings and for years I figured showing up with food and booze was enough of a contribution. It wasn't.
DarrenEdwards 5y ago I was with a friend, Dennis, at his family reunion. Не sees his cousin arrive with a friend in tow. My friend greets his cousin he hadn't seen in years with, Hey Joe, you crazy cock sucker! His guest gets in Dennis's face very hostile about his phrasing. Dennis pretty much greeted everyone as a cocksucker, but the other guy insisted there were better ways of saying it. Nobody knew the cousin was gay before that and in a small town it was a hell of a way to come out.
boinktheclown 5y ago I was home from college on break and we were playing Trivial Pursuit. The question to me was something along the lines of What adult movie actress has the last name that sounds like the last name of the star of Hawaii Five-0? I knew the Hawaii Five-0 star was Jack Lord, thought about it for a minute, then blurted out Tracy Lords! My parents just looked at me like I had just produced a severed head from my pocket.
BLOXYBRAWLER17 . 5y ago Not me but my oldest cousin on my dads side said this at my great grandma's funeral, Imagine if she moved.
Hamfiter 5y ago My brother had been over served and was passed out on the floor in the middle of the group. Не was only wearing gym shorts. Suddenly he woke for one brief second and pulled his shorts off, was not wearing underwear. Не had no idea where he was. Не was just laying there nude in front of maybe 20 people. It all went completely quiet until my Uncle spoke up and said that son of a bitch is hung. Funniest thing | have ever seen.
tastethepain . 5y ago I asked my brother-in-law how his dad was doing (had significant health problems) forgetting that he had died 6 or 8 months prior.
 . 5y ago I inadvertently went to a strip club with my parents when I was 22 years old. My Mom had been ordering pizza from the new bar down the street and was raving about it one night, so we decided to go check out the new restaurant and try their pizza just me and my parents, instead of having it delivered.
 . 5y ago Not me but at Thanksgiving last year my dad once brought out photos of the car crash that killed my grandpa and passed them around to my mom and her family (it was her dad that died) and he talked for like an hour about how bad his death must have been. It was painful to watch as he had only died recently.
UintaGirl 5y ago Got absolutely hammered the night before and passed out in a snowdrift at the family snowmobile party. Fell off my sled and just laid there waiting for death to take me. Death took too long, so I got up and went back to the group. I'm pretty sure my dad knew what was up and felt that slogging around in the snow all day might teach me not to do that again. Не was right. Haven't gotten out of control drunk since Christmas of 1995.
GallopingAstronaut. 5y ago | wanted to throw an empty bottle of water at my cousin and I hit my sister instead It was a wedding My sister was the bride
zaddyRJ . 5y ago According to them, not being married for the 29th consecutive year.
donutshopsss 5y ago In my defense I have epilepsy and was having a partial (aura/mini) seizure which caused this. I go into the kitchen and a few cousins are standing there with my aunt. I say sandwich (I think?) but my brain was literally just reset about 20 seconds ago and I'm operating at an ultra-dumb level. I remember this primarily because there was aftermath to recollect. I took mayo out of the fridge and just throw a spoonful (I think?) at the fridge. I then take out cheese and throw it on the mayo, followed by turkey at the
UnpaidWorker7 . 5y ago Not me but my dad(as a kid) took a shit in the Fireplace and went around bragging about it. My grandma still brings it up to this day
RGSF150 . 5y ago It was thanksgiving last year. | was playing quiplash with my family. I entered my name and the next thing was my aunt asking Who is Rock Hard?
fucktheroses 5y ago got drunk and told one of my grandmas she was my favorite....in front of my other grandma
SpiritedSoul 5y ago Got drunk in front of my great grandmother and started to shit talk my entire family in a baby voice to my baby niece; while the entire family thought | was out of line my great grandmother thought it was hilarious and that I had valid points
 . 5y ago Tell my sister-in-law that her kids, my nephews, are why I don't want kids.

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