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Usually, the one closest to your age. The favourite cousin is your bestie in the family, and the one you actually take the time to meet up with outside of the usual obligations.
Friday 22 November, 2024
Friday 22 November, 2024
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12 things Irish people with a heap of cousins will understand
HAVING A BIG family is a blessing.
We think…
1. Every gathering is a sesh
When you were young, you’d play together. Now, you have a big group of people to go on the sesh with at every family gathering. Lucky you.
2. You have a favourite cousin
Usually, the one closest to your age. The favourite cousin is your bestie in the family, and the one you actually take the time to meet up with outside of the usual obligations.
3. It’s a constant competition
[Continue until death]
4. The youngest is spoiled to bits
The last born of your grandparents ten million grandchildren will get the most attention at every occasion, you can be sure of it.
5. The Christmas Kris Kindle was like a lucky dip
HOW does your grandmother manage to get you all gifts, when you get stuck with scabby Aunt Jemima in the Kris Kindle.
6. You’ve met about fifty different boyfriends and girlfriends
… and you secretly had a favourite but you can’t tell Lothario Sean that now, can you?
7. You have access to every profession you could possibly want
8. The WhatsApp group consists of old photos of your parents with dodgy haircuts
They were young once too :o
9. Invites are a nightmare
You can’t have one without the other.
Here’s what your cousins arriving to your small get together looks like:
10. You can’t imagine only having one or two cousins
Who do you TALK TO? Where is the kids table at gatherings? Oh my God the humanity!
11. Family photos are an exercise in squeezing into the frame and looking at the camera
12. But the best thing is, you know you have a stack of lifelong ready-made friends
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