My brotherem 0wnz j00

[zdashamber]

Got a voicemail from my sister this evening; my brother-in-law is accepted to get a Masters of Engineering at a college in London. I reckon I'll call tomorrow and find out which college; I forgot the name. Living in England for a few years! From Pueblo to London! Hah!

I will get to visit and crash on their couch if they decide to go for it. Eheeheeheehee.

"Brother-in-law" sounds so distant and snarky, when this fellow is like a brother in fact. Also, there needs to be a way to describe aunts and cousins who aren't blood relations. And there needs to be a way to talk about your mother's and father's branches of your family without having to rattle on "Oh, my mother's father's father blah di blah"... The answer: prefixes and suffixes.

Auntem: the lady who married my uncle.
MaPaPaAunt: my great-great-aunt, the sister of my mother's father's father.
Ma-auntem: the lady who married my mother's brother.
MaMa-first cousin once removedem: the person married to my first cousin once removed in my mother's line.

Now, I'm open to changing the specific suffixes and prefixes. Also, there needs to be a way to say "the guy who used to be married to my brother-in-law's sister." 'Cuz hey, it's all family.

As for me, I finally got all the rest of my daffodil bulbs from last fall into the ground, and then it rained. Score. Also, a2macgeek may be interested to hear, Jael rescued Khrim from under the thumb of his evil father and married him, finally bringing the forlorn lovers together. ;) Jenna was the bridesmaid at her wedding, and helped arrange the bachelorette party. Yeehaw!

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[cochese.livejournal.com]

You know, I have that problem with my family too. With both my parents having been married 4 times each, and had at least a few kids on the way, my family tree is more of a hedgerow. The one that always confounds me is my dad's ex-wife with whom my dad had a child (my half-brother) and then she remairried and had another child (my half-brother's half-sister). There's no relation there, and I've never thought of Wife #3 as being my mom. I generally refer to her as my "step-mom." Even though my dad has since remarried. I have no idea how to refer to my brother's sister. "Step-sister" seems the easiest, but not exactly accurage. Quarter-sister? Nickle-sister? Shirttail sister?