Family " Yanks "

Question Man · 13-09-2013 7:37pm #1

I’m curious about how people treat/view members of yourfamily that now live in America. One of my family, a brother, has lived overthere for over 20 years and I get on great with him in that we talk often onthe phone and I really look forward to when he comes home which is about once ayear. I’ve noticed however that other members of my family don’t seem to reallycare that much and I always get the sense from my “ Yank “ brother that when hevisits he is often disappointed with the reception he gets when he visits. Don’tget me wrong – nobody is hostile to him or anything but others don’t seem tomake the effort to go out with him and so forth. It seems that we Irish seem toput a label on people like that as “ the returned yank “ and have a bit ofbegrudgery towards them. On the other hand when any one of us go over there to visit he could not be more helpful or welcoming. It just doesn’t seem to run both ways I think.

smash · 13-09-2013 7:39pm

Is your space bar broken?

Sh1tbag OToole · 13-09-2013 7:40pm

We had one of those. Years later we still couldnt get the accent out of him

Gummy Panda · 13-09-2013 7:40pm

Well at least the title wasn't family ****. Then we'd have a disturbing read like that incest reddit thread

gufnork · 13-09-2013 7:43pm

uh, Yanks. Can't live with 'em, Can't live with 'em...

13-09-2013 7:46pm

Suspicion of anything a bit different or fear of seeming parochial in comparison to someone more travelled. Lately it could be envy of someone who 'escaped' to a better life.

They might also feel he expects red carpet treatment because he was missed, and in that charming Irish way they don't want to raise the bar too high

WilyCoyote · 13-09-2013 7:50pm

You need a few jars OP!

freshpopcorn · 13-09-2013 8:25pm

We have a couple cousins in New York, they emigrated 30 years ago and their Christmas cards barely stand up when they send them.

The Aussie · 13-09-2013 8:43pm

Ah yes, the Tall Poppy Syndrome, curse anyone who betters themselves.

Rampant petty disease, tell your brother to piss on them from his Ivory Tower...