Family Photos: Yeah, Hell No. I'm Staying Home.

My grammy is having a huge 85th birthday party next month. All the cousins, aunts, uncles, second cousins are gonna be there and with their friends and significant others, the total of guests would add up to almost (or maybe not even almost) 100 guests. I'm kind of excited about it (I'll be more excited if I'll be able to eat the snacks / dinner / dessert provided with my healed wisdom teeth), but the part I'm absolutely dreading...

A dumbass family photo shoot.

My favorite cousin was the one who started the planning of the party, the one who's organizing the photo shoot. She's the most family-oriented, kind, loving, caring cousin out of all of them and I love her for it.

HOWEVER.

She's, like a lot of people in this family, has a touch of OCD. She has this image in her head of how she wants it to go and we all have to match that image. There's even an effing dress code.

A DRESS CODE.

It's like she's the principal and we're all her little students she's preparing for a class photo where we have to match.

IT'S FAMILY PICTURES. NOT KINDERGARTEN.

We have to wear mauve shades and neutral colors. I have a cute summer top that matches one of the shades listed in the pallet that I could wear with light jeans (because God forbid we wear dark jeans, all hell breaks loose). I mention it to my mother, she says I can't wear jeans even though the texts say otherwise.

Mom's making me wear a dress...

HELL NO!

I haven't been a dress girl since middle school. This is the 2020s, not the 1950s!

But then she said that if not a dress, a different pair of pants.

This strict dress code is too much! We should be able to wear whatever the hell we want! We shouldn't have to match my cousin's seemingly very high standard! Honestly? I feel like it'd be better if I just stay effing home that night. Would that cause unnecessary drama? Perhaps. But if anyone's feelings are hurt, time will pass, they'll move on. That tends to happen in this family. I don't care about taking stupid pictures. I want to stay home, but I know if I bring this up to my mom, she'd start bitching and yell at me that I'm going anyway.

I mean, last night, my cousin was talking about all of the cousins going out that night to some bars, clubs or whatever lame bullshit people my age like for whatever dumbass reason. As I've mentioned in previous rants and in Dysarthria, I hate those kinds of environments. Music that's so loud, you can feel the vibration in your chest, flashing lights, too many people. And they are well aware of that. So that's all the more reason to stay tf home! It'd be better for everyone else. Otherwise, I'd ruin everyone else's day which I obviously don't want to do. I stay home from pictures and bars! That's brilliant!

Wow, I'm rambling. I've gotten to 500+ words so far and I was NOT expecting for this rant to be this long, but this is just ridiculous.

And also, a pool party?? A same kind of party we've had for grammy for her 80th, 83th, 85th birthday? This woman never even goes in the damn pool. WHY THE HELL THROW A POOL PARTY FOR HER IF SHE NEVER EVEN TOUCHES THE WATER? That is, pardon my language, boring as shit. Completely redundant to have this kind of party for someone who doesn't even swim. Does my family really not know of any other kind of party?? Are you kidding me?

*sighs*

I am just...

Done. That's the word. DONE.