Official Pagan Thread!

[ebwy]

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No parents in common for the brothers, both of thier parents had them, and then married.

stepbrothers then. so no "official" way for mr saddi to look like his uncle ...

my family doesn't have many stories like that, as far as I know. we're all just screwed up in other ways!

I do have an uncle who's also a cousin (born out of wedlock, raised by my grandparents), but that's about it...
Oh and my dad had at least one brother he never knew was his halfbrother... they got on well though, as friends.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

My brother teases that he went to high school twice. Once in 1952 and then again 16 years later, lol. My Parents were married in July of 1952 just after my mom graduated high school My brother was born in October. My Dad scared off my "uncle" (his cousin) one night when they were walking home from the movies as teens with my mom. Dad wanted to walk home with her by himself.

My Grandmother got pregnant out of wedlock back in 1932 with my Dad. Some dark eyed Scilian boy sweet talked her. She didn't marry and my Dad was pretty much raised by his Grandmother until her death and then his Aunt, my Grandmothers oldest sister. (she's actually the oldest living family member on that side of the family, wonderful lady) Grandmom eventually married a man who was an alcoholic and had 2 children with him. She ran away with her boyfriend and hitchhiked to Fla when my Dad was about 16. Grandmom had Dad put my Aunt/his sister on a bus to Fla which ended up getting my Dad kicked out of the house and living back with his Aunt. My Dad's brother is a deadbeat that only shows up when he wants to borrow money. My Aunt only shows up when she's feeling guilty about leaving my folks with taking care of my Grandmother through the end of her life with cancer.

On my Mom's side, I had 2 Uncles that faught over the same woman. Neither of them ever ended up with her. Another Uncle married the same woman twice. Same uncle adopted his sisters/my aunt's 3rd out of wedlock baby after my maternal Grandmother put her foot down and said she wasn't taking in anymore babies. 8 years later she took in one more when my aunt became involved with a married man who eventually married her.

My husband is believed to be the illigetimate child of his Dad's cousin. We figured she would have been 16 when he was born. His folks flip out when ever he mentions her name. They only admitted he was adopted after we were married.


And people wonder why I am so screwed up, lol

 

[cerridwenn]

hello!

just wanted to say hi, i'm new... not new to paganism, nor to chickens, but new to byc website. anyway was thrilled to find a pagan thread on here, are there any others? anyone here from new mexico? just curious.

i practice folk magic. it's not a family trad but there is a lot of magic and folklore in my family, just no one really kept up with it as a living tradition. well except me. got lucky and moved to an area with a pretty strong pagan following, most are wiccan but we all get along. supporting one another is more important than the tiny details that make us different. i am a founding member of the local circle here and teach the children's program at our unitarian-universalist church, which doesn't have a cuups group yet but there are enough of us there now that we might set one up. anyway, i posted a longer intro of myself in the new members section so i don't feel like typing it again, but it's nice to meet this subgroup here as well.

 

[Dust Bunny]

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glad to have you!

 

[sune42]

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Welcome!!

I don't know about NM, but several of us are into folk magick.


As for the recent topic, I have no great scandals on my side of the family, but DH's parents had a shotgun wedding. It was such a hoot when I found out about that!

 

[saddina]

Well I wasn't trying to be scandalious (I often am without much effort though.

), but to point out that the "good old days" are filled with half fictions and comviently forgotten histories.

 

[sune42]

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Scandals are fun! You are correct though, they do forget a bit about life in the 'good ole days' lol

 

[saddina]

I can understand the urge though, my kids ever ask I was as pure as fallen snow and never did anything wrong.

 

[ebwy]

lol that was my mother's approach too - except my grandmother told me that wasn't true LOL
kind of spoils my mother's "abstinence is the only way!" approach to teenagers when you find out she wasn't pure either

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

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The more the merrier!!!!