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One of them is rather level-headed and she also did went to some classes, mostly because she's a teacher. But the other three are a bunch of hicks!

First, I ******** you not: my mom is a computer geek compared to them! I'm talking about my mom, who can barely find her way around Windows XP "because it's too flashy and I get lost", for God's sake!!! And I know it, 'cuz my mom downloaded something from her mailbox she sent herself, something about food for diabetics for my grandma, and guess what? When she opened that thing in Excel, everybody was like "OMGF U KNOEZ HOW2 YOOZ EXCELL!!!!11!!!111!CXI!".

Second, I can't mention all the times when they tried something new and ended up saying something stupid about it. I do understand when it comes to our super-strong French cheeses because that's normal, considering that cheese is, in theory, rotten milk (not to mention that even I don't like Gruyère nor Emmental), but hey, come on, one of my aunts once said this: "THIS is smoked salmon!? ******** that s**t, this is raw fish!" (well, of ******** course this is raw fish, it's raw salmon exposed to smoke in order to kill any nasty germ that might have gotten in, that's why it's SMOKED ********' salmon, dur!).

Third, they're sooooo dogmatic. Not only they're that sort of hardcore Catholics who always go to church, pray a rosary every week and always say "God is the only one who's perfect", but when someone who looks knowledgeable says something, they immediately believe it instead of questioning it and finding out what's right and what's wrong. On one hand, this is good, because my dad has a Ph.D. from France and that means they will listen to everything he says, which is always meant for their good. But what if they're sick and they go get a dishonest doctor who instantly tells them "we have to operate this s**t" instead of saying "let's take a look before seeing if you should go to the OR"? That's exactly why my grandma used to feel tired all the time: because the doctor said "you can give her whatever you want" even though she has diabeetus. stressed

And last, they're a bunch of lazy asses who don't give a s**t about the house itself. The backyard's paint is falling apart and none of then can even hire a painter to do the job. There are roaches and mice all over the place and they can't even seem to have the energies to call the exterminator. One of them tried to put up a boutique at her garage, but it flopped, and I swear the garage is exactly the same way it used to be. They're also packrats to some degree: their closets are literally bulging with clothes. And just to make things worse, they have an old dog but they hardly even care for him! I've never, ever seen my aunts feeding him or taking him out for a walk, they never bother to give him a bath, and the place where he lives is full of dung like it was a ******** manure collector! gonk

Oh, and just to make things worse, one of them is exactly the epitome of trashiness: she dropped from high school, she can't ******** speak no English, and then she dated these two guys; one of them was a lazy a**, then she had sex with the second one and got pregnant, the guy ran away and she ended up with his child all by herself. sad

I guess it was a really good thing that my mom got married to someone who managed to take a doctorate degree in France. That really gave her a dose of international perspective. Enough to make us take an exchange program, learn 3 languages and take some classes on extra stuff, and enough to make us want to travel around the world and take a master's and a PhD. 3nodding