What socially unacceptable things are you OK with?

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It's just silly. You end up spending almost as much time catching up as saying g goodbye

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 13 '15

Yeah not to mention you have to say good bye twice in my family. The first time is when your mom says your leaving. And the second is when you're actually walking out of the door about half an hour later when your mom is finished talking.

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u/Blues2112 Jul 13 '15

Is your Mom my wife?

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Only if you're a Mexican guy with a mustache.

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u/Blues2112 Jul 14 '15

Son?

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Nope, your daughter. Hey Papi!

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u/gocereal Jul 13 '15

Did I black out and write this?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

"uhhh, guys, did I just wake up from a coma?"

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Yeah. You did. I'm the Brad Pitt to your Edward Norton.

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u/AKADidymus Jul 14 '15

Did I?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Yeah that happened on Grad night. I had two hours before the busses left for Knott's Berry Farm and we spent 5 minutes getting to a Jack's 30 minutes eating and 45 minutes leaving. That damn place.

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u/buchk Jul 14 '15

Did you make it?

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

I did and I stayed awake for a full 24 that day and finally crossed it off my bucket list.

But it wasn't her far and for some reason they made us pair up as same sex buddies for the bus ride. So that took a huge chunk of time

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u/buchk Jul 14 '15

Couldn't even get a post-grad busride tuggie. Tough breaks

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Actually now that you mention it that's probably why they separated us by gender.

But the log ride was unlimited and you never had to get off if there was no line. So probably happened anyway.

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u/buchk Jul 14 '15

I'll sleep better believing that it did

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Glad to have helped

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u/Harry101UK Jul 14 '15

Literally.

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u/zack4200 Jul 13 '15

Uhh, is your mom my mom?

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Nope I don't have a brother named Zack. They could be related though. Are you also a Mexican?

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u/zack4200 Jul 14 '15

No I'm not... I was just making a joke though, just sayin that my mom is the exact same way lol

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Lol didn't think you were. Apparently its a very common thing though.

I thought it was just a Hispanic thing. I guess not

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u/Ataya970 Jul 14 '15

Are.. Are you me?

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Yes. Yes I am. I'm you, from the future.

Don't buy that pair of pants. It won't end well...

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u/LeeSeneses Jul 14 '15

This must be getting old to reply to for you. But, hey! You're mixing up some good responses like a champ!

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Thanks!

I'm finally learning to reddit I guess. All that sweet, sweet Karma is making me feel like a champ. Most up voted comment evaaaaaaa!

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u/Ataya970 Jul 14 '15

Oh thank god

What would I do without you future-me?

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Buy those pants and get into a horrible accident I suppose.

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u/sullyman94 Jul 13 '15

Ugh same it happens all the time.

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u/gpace1216 Jul 14 '15

My wife will text me 2 hours before she wants to leave so that I can get the "goodbye" train started.

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Two hours?!?! Jesus Christ

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u/RepublicOfCake Jul 14 '15

Are you Filipino?

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15 edited Jul 14 '15

Nope. Mexican.

Spain ruled both our countries though. So there's that.

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u/seandan317 Jul 14 '15

Dam that shit hits close to home

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u/frozenGrizzly Jul 14 '15

haha, it's great being a kid, huh?

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '15

Are- are you my mom?

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

No I'm your sister. So which of the 6 are you?

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u/itchy_puss Jul 14 '15

you must be greek... or italian.

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Mexican actually. Based on peoples responses it's way more common than I previously thought.

People keep chiming in saying "oh you must be insert country/race here."

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u/LeeSeneses Jul 14 '15

Oh man, the 20-40 minutes later thing. I remember being a kid and dad takes us out to the car. We wait, and wait. Dad goes back in. We wait some more.

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Oh boy yeah. I don't even say good bye to anyone until she's at the front door.

She'll come around every half hour to let me know we're going to be leaving at X time and I'm just like "yeah cool, mom. Ill say bye when were leaving"

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u/FF3LockeZ Jul 14 '15

Only twice? Amateurs. My parents are friends with a couple who, when they leave a party, will stand in the doorway "saying goodbye" for an average of an hour and a half.

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Yeesh. I'd go out the back way if I had to deal with that at every party

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u/anonymoose_octopus Jul 14 '15

Are you me? This just brought me back to 10 year old me every time we left our cousins' house. They're a large family. And they lived LITERALLY 2 houses down from us. Why do we have to say goodbye for 30 minutes when we know we'll see each other again probably tomorrow night for dinner??

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

"Because its rude otherwise mijo! They're going to think I didnt raise you right" Or dumb shit like that. I was next door neighbors with my aunt and we would still do the long goodbyes. Even though I would use the ladder to hop the fence and just play in their back yard every day anyway.

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u/_Wisely_ Jul 14 '15

This is what people are doing with my stem cells? Making new reddit accounts?

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Why yes. Yes we are.

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u/Neyheshi Jul 14 '15

Ah yes, the Mexican goodbye.

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Its always fun making the rounds in a small living room with far too many people in it and bumping into everything and everyone. Just so you can get to the older people. Because if you don't say good bye to them they'll never let your parents live it down.

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u/Nephita Jul 14 '15

"And the second is when you're actually walking out of the door about half an hour later when your mom is finished talking"

I´m sure you´re Brazilian...

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

Nope. Mexican who lives in the US. Perhaps it's a Latin American thing

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u/Babyelephantstampy Jul 14 '15

I knew you were Mexican. Been there, done that, got the shirt.

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u/Panda_pandiqua Jul 14 '15

We have t-shirts? Why didn't I get mine in the mail? Was there a rebate form I didn't send in after eating over 1,000,000 burritos?

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u/ThisIs_MyName Jul 14 '15

Classic indian family.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

Still too long, imo.

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u/cbraun1523 Jul 14 '15

In my family we call it a Midwest Goodbye. You start by saying you have to leave, one or two people get up, start to walk towards the exit, but then stop to talk to more people. you then have a conversation at the door, outside the door, by the car, once more time as people pile in, and then you finally get to leave.

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u/obvious_bot Jul 13 '15

There's some deep metaphor in there

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '15

almost as much time catching up

Oh, is that what I'm supposed to be doing at family gatherings?

I usually just sit there reading my Kindle.

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u/Brikachu Jul 13 '15

Dad has 9 siblings, each of whom have multiple kids. Can confirm.

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u/Lyeta Jul 14 '15

It takes a bloody hour. My significant other's family does this and I have to go 'ok when do I really want to be out the door. Ok we have to start saying good by about 45 minutes before that...'

It's awful.

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u/Caponer95 Jul 14 '15

Most of the time you're repeating everything you said at the hello

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '15

Walk in, start conversation and end with "Nice seeing you, hope I'll see you at the next get together". Meet and greet and goodby all in one.

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u/CompletePlague Jul 14 '15

besides, how many different ways can you say goodbye? How many of them can you come up with on the spot when shaking 50 hands?