Wednesday, May 11, 2005

posted by: copernicus on 5/11/2005 10:10:00 PM


These are 2 of the brothers from my favorite Irish Catholic family. They previously held the title of largest family I knew, with 1 sister as the eldest and 6 little brothers. Can you imagine her life growing up?

Now my girlfriend's family has taken the Crown for an Insane Amount of Irish Catholic Breeding, with 14 siblings all together. I've met her Mom, 3 of her 6 sisters and none of her 7 brothers, but I really only know the 2 sisters that are closest to her in age.

It's quite shocking to a Protestant-raised only child who has life-long friendships that evolved into brothers and a sister in the teenage years.

The closest sister is getting married soon, and one night while drinking and talking shit I told her that my 230 lb. hairy ass was gonna show up to her wedding wearing a sundress, steel-toed boots and an afro wig.

The time is approaching.

I'm faced with the prospect of meeting the father, the other 3 sisters and ALL 7 brothers in drag.

I'm assured that the two closest brothers will find it hilarious, the 2 oldest brothers will be pissed off and offended, and everyone else in the family won't be surprised at all that the baby girl showed up with a freak.

This should be a hell of a lot of fun.