Are you Dissed by Family and CoWorkers because of Tiki? - General Tiki

MP mrs. pineapple Member Joined: May 12, 2003 Posts: 611	MP mrs. pineapple Posted posted on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 11:15 AM Tiki-Bot and I are both the weirdo's of our respective families, so my family at least was pretty happy I found someone as weird as I am, that has a steady job and is an all around nice guy. They look at the tiki stuff as just another part of our weird wonderful lifestyle. When we showed them the videos and pictures from our wedding, they thought it was great, and weren't too surprised by it. (We eloped at the tiki oasis 3) When we had our AIDS LIfecycle fundraising party which Martiki bar-tended and had a pretty heavy tiki theme, our Lifecycle speaker walked into the house and said, in awe, 'does it ALWAYS look like this??' Most of our non-tiki friends are all into their own thing, and our coworkers are all artists, so they pretty much understand the passion we have for things different. I think we're both well rounded in the eclectic interest department, music, art, movies, tattoos, and we have been for so long, people in our lives are used to it. My family isn't really overly judgmental about lifestyles anymore, which I think is cool. They have a tendency to accept what ever I'm into, finally! I think being married to another freak helps, as does living 3000 miles away from most of them :) They realize we're very happy and that we're both good people, so who cares! PLUS when we come back to visit, we make them yummy cocktails and they love it! Oh yeah, we like Baseball too, AND it's the assertion that Eddy Merckx is actually considered a greater cyclist than Lance, that's causing the most heated discussions amongst family members right now :) MM - Having met you, and knowing that you discovered your creative side a bit later in life than some of us, you may be realizing what many of us came to terms with as teenagers or in our early twenties. Creative people are different, and they scare some people, who don't understand what drives it. Hang in there, you are an amazing artist, and as much as it sucks to not be able to share this thing that brings you so much joy, with people you care about, you have a group of people who totally support you. Eventually your family and friends will accept it, or you'll accept that they don't! Look at it this way, at this point, at least you don't have to get a bunch of dumb tattoos, pierce yourself 40 times, listen to loud tuneless music at high volume, and get a dumb haircut to announce your defiance to the world :wink: mrs. pineapple

Tiki-Bot and I are both the weirdo's of our respective families, so my family at least was pretty happy I found someone as weird as I am, that has a steady job and is an all around nice guy. They look at the tiki stuff as just another part of our weird wonderful lifestyle. When we showed them the videos and pictures from our wedding, they thought it was great, and weren't too surprised by it. (We eloped at the tiki oasis 3) When we had our AIDS LIfecycle fundraising party which Martiki bar-tended and had a pretty heavy tiki theme, our Lifecycle speaker walked into the house and said, in awe, 'does it ALWAYS look like this??' Most of our non-tiki friends are all into their own thing, and our coworkers are all artists, so they pretty much understand the passion we have for things different. I think we're both well rounded in the eclectic interest department, music, art, movies, tattoos, and we have been for so long, people in our lives are used to it. My family isn't really overly judgmental about lifestyles anymore, which I think is cool. They have a tendency to accept what ever I'm into, finally! I think being married to another freak helps, as does living 3000 miles away from most of them :) They realize we're very happy and that we're both good people, so who cares! PLUS when we come back to visit, we make them yummy cocktails and they love it!

Oh yeah, we like Baseball too, AND it's the assertion that Eddy Merckx is actually considered a greater cyclist than Lance, that's causing the most heated discussions amongst family members right now :)

MM - Having met you, and knowing that you discovered your creative side a bit later in life than some of us, you may be realizing what many of us came to terms with as teenagers or in our early twenties. Creative people are different, and they scare some people, who don't understand what drives it. Hang in there, you are an amazing artist, and as much as it sucks to not be able to share this thing that brings you so much joy, with people you care about, you have a group of people who totally support you. Eventually your family and friends will accept it, or you'll accept that they don't! Look at it this way, at this point, at least you don't have to get a bunch of dumb tattoos, pierce yourself 40 times, listen to loud tuneless music at high volume, and get a dumb haircut to announce your defiance to the world :wink:

mrs. pineapple

Post #172661 by mrs. pineapple on Sun, Jul 17, 2005 11:15 AM