Haha I had to write this down. This was easily the funniest moment in Thanksgiving history.
I was sitting with my two oldest girl cousins, talking about relationships. To our dismay, we realized the three of us were on a bad streak. "Yeah I broke up with so-and-so last year..." said Reese, "and to make things worse, I own a house with him. But wait.. Lana.. aren't you still with so-and-so?"
Lana shakes her head. "No I broke up with him last month. Didn't see myself marrying him... but same thing. We own a house together..."
"Holy crap we got some issues!"
So crap, we thought... who IS getting married next out of the cousins? What about Michael? Michael shakes his head. Ummm.. Ali? Ali shakes her head and replies, "no I was off and on with so-and-so for 2 years but we're not together anymore." And then my sister shakes her head.
And then we realized... holy crap we're ALL SINGLE. Mar calls over my auntie and uncle, and calls out "OHMYGOD... ALL THE GRANDKIDS are single! LOOK! Single *point* single *point* single *point* single *point* single *point* OHMYGOD WHAT'S WRONG WITH US?"
Then my Auntie B (an inlaw -- married my Dad's brother) ovehears and walks over. "You know what's wrong with you [Deguzmans]? I'll tell you. You're STUBBORN. You're HARD TO PLEASE. And you're NOT FLEXIBLE."
Haha we were all WHOA! PERSONAL!
Then Ali (aka the homecoming queen of the family) in true Deguzman fashion says "well it's not OUR fault no one is good enough for us!"
OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (says the room full of stubborn Deguzman kids)
I come in with "Ok well I know I'm flexible though. Stubborn I can see. I know whenever I get into a fight, I don't back down. You back down Reese?"
"Nope."
"I don't either."
"Oh God no."
"Yeah I could be completely WRONG and I know I don't back down."
[LATER THAT NIGHT]
Still trying to figure out what exactly is wrong with the Deguzman kids. I mean, aside from me, they're all tall and model-looking. Then during dinner, Reese asks Lana if she cooks. She says no.
"Wait.. Reese do you cook?"
"No. Benlee?"
"No... HOLY CRAP! Michael doesn't cook either"
Auntie-B: "Yeah that's another thing. You have to be CATERED to!"
HAHA.. I love my fam
My cousin and I
The grandkids + grandpops