# Do you know any happy families? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-happy-families/835642 "2019-06-17T13:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-happy-families/835642/21 "2019-06-20T13:07:54Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Just went to a funeral where the stories told by the Deceased Dad’s kids and grandkids all told a story of a happy, affectionate family. > > One grandson said he had to warn his friends if they were stopping by: “Look, this house is going to seem like something out of an old sitcom. I’ll be hugging my folks and grandparents, and you might even get hugged if I don’t stop them. Oh, and they’re going to be actually interested in your life. Let me know if it creeps you out.” Granted I haven’t been to a lot of funerals, but I can’t imagine a funeral where the attendees spendthe whole time airing their dirty linen. When my parents die, they can rest assured that none of their kids or grandkids are going to badmouth them or the family during their funerals. But that does not mean we don’t have some sordid stories we could tell. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-happy-families/835642/22 "2019-06-20T13:11:44Z")
For those of you who reported knowing happy families - do you think they are the rule, or the exception? Of the families you know well, what percentage do you consider happy vs not (by my description or your own)? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-happy-families/835642/23 "2019-06-20T13:25:59Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > For those of you who reported knowing happy families - do you think they are the rule, or the exception? Of the families you know well, what percentage do you consider happy vs not (by my description or your own)? I think there’s a pretty even mix. I know some people with bad relationships with their immediate families and some whose nuclear family is really happy in its entirety. Sometimes it’s hard to tell with teenagers, though, partly because they often go through so much shit during those years. My kids are grown now, are very much their own (good) people and have a warm and close relationship with their mother though I appear to be more tolerated than anything else. I’m a little more distant by nature. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-happy-families/835642/24 "2019-06-20T15:58:22Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Granted I haven’t been to a lot of funerals, but I can’t imagine a funeral where the attendees spendthe whole time airing their dirty linen. You’d be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-happy-families/835642/25 "2019-06-20T23:03:21Z")
My family growing up. Upper middle class white folks in the 60’s. My siblings are still my best friends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-happy-families/835642.md?page=1)