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09-08-2002, 04:56 PM
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After churh today, went to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding. cute.
Afterwards, went for Thai lunch. My wife was telling my son about the first time she met my family was on Christmas Eve. and she experienced about the same thing as in the movie. Our laughter was sometimes drowned out by a Thai family gathering in half the restaurant.
It just confirmed to me that the lack of family structure, faith, beliefs, gatherings, is probably the leading cause for most of the problems here in the States.
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09-08-2002, 05:02 PM
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God bless the family table 
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09-08-2002, 05:29 PM
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The family that eats together remains cohesive! Just imagine what navy families experience. |
09-08-2002, 05:48 PM
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Not eating together is the first step to leading separate lives.
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What a relief! To find out after all these years that I'm not crazy. I'm just culinarily divergent... |
09-08-2002, 06:24 PM
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I know people who think hamburger helper is a meal. God help them... who would want to eat together if what you're eating is hamburger helper!?!?
I love sharing food. You guys, come to my house one day
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09-08-2002, 08:16 PM
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Like the scene in National Lampoons'" Vacation" where the poor in-laws don't have any hamburger, so they just eat "helper". Lol. There is more to the meal than the food. I can't believe I just said that.. But there is. Some of the best meals I ever had were served with lousy food. And I ate every bite.
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09-09-2002, 01:18 AM
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My my my...
Look what do we have here... I thought I was the only conservative here...
Panini, in the film you saw, did you recognize the Italian way of living at all?
This film cause many discussion in Greece and in the Greek communities of USA
The film is very funny. If you see it you will realize that I wasn't exaggerating in my other post about weddings 
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09-09-2002, 02:41 PM
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Kuan: «I love sharing food. You guys, come to my house one day.»
| Only if there's camel...
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09-09-2002, 05:30 PM
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I saw it too! It's easily interchangeable with "Jewish" wedding!  My husband, who is usually pretty quiet in movies, was laughing out loud, tears streaming!
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09-10-2002, 01:03 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Kimmie
Only if there's camel... | Uh... SURE! How much time do you have?!  |
09-12-2002, 05:18 AM
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Panini, in the film you saw, did you recognize the Italian way of living at all?
This film cause many discussion in Greece and in the Greek communities of USA
Athenaeus,
I haven't seen the movie yet, though I'd like to. I just need to put my two cent's in, Nia Var Dalos, the lady who wrote the movie, is from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Winnipeg does have a large italian population.
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09-12-2002, 11:39 AM
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Imagine, my 10 year old son LOVES candlelight dinners! He even wants one for his birthday!
Am I raising this kid right or what?!?! |
09-13-2002, 01:02 AM
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Oh I guess that it has to do with his DNA Chrose...
Yes, coolJ, I have read some interviews of her and she mentions that.In fact the producer asked her to turn the Greek family into an Italian one but she refused!
The funny thing is that many national groups that live in the States, recognize themselves in this Greek wedding, I think that's the reason why the film has already made 80million $ although it has cost only 8...
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09-17-2002, 05:38 PM
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It just confirmed to me that the lack of family structure, faith, beliefs, gatherings, is probably the leading cause for most of the problems here in the States.
I couldn't agree more. |
09-17-2002, 06:07 PM
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In addition to being a lack of "some thing", the problem could stem from overindulgence in another say, for instance, one's own career. | | |
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