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The life of an Assyrian Child
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You have at least one relative who wore a black dress every day for an entire year after a funeral.

You spent your entire childhood thinking what you ate for lunch was pronounced "sanwichee ."

Your family dog understood Assyrian.

Every Sunday afternoon of your childhood was spent visiting your grandparents and extended family.

You've experienced the phenomena of 150 people fitting into 50 square feet of yard during a family cookout.

You were surprised to discover the FDA recommends you eat three meals day, not seven.

You ate casseroles for dinner at least three times a week, and every Sunday.

You grew up thinking no fruit or vegetable had a fixed price and that the price of everything was negotiable through haggling.

You were as tall as your grandmother by the age of seven.

Your mum's main hobby is cleaning.

You thought that everyone made their own bottled pickles & jams.

You never knew what to expect when you opened the margarine, after all you thought washing out and reusing margarine containers was normal.

You never ate meat on Christmas Eve or any Friday for that matter.

You ate your salad after the main course.

You thought Orthodox was the only religion in the world.

Your were beaten at least once with a wooden spoon or thongs.

You thought every meal had to be eaten with a hunk of bread in your left hand.

Your grandmother never threw anything away, you thought seeing washed plastic bags hanging on the clothes line was normal.

You learned to play Konkan before you went to school.

You can understand Assyrian but you can't speak it.

You have at least one relative who came over on the boat.

You have at least 3 male & female relatives named Ashur, Ninos, Sargon, Shameran, Nahrain or Atour.

You have relatives who aren't really your relatives.

You have relatives you don't speak to.

You drank beer before you were a teenager.

You grew up in a house with a yard that didn't have one patch of dirt that didn't have a flower or a vegetable growing out of it.

Your grandparent's furniture was as comfortable as sitting on plastic. Wait!!!! You were sitting on plastic.

You thought that talking loud was normal.

You thought sugared almonds were common at all weddings & attending a wedding at 9pm was normal even though the invite had 7pm .

You thought everyone got pinched on the cheeks and money stuffed in their pockets by their relatives.

Your mother is overly protective of the males in the family no matter what their age.

There was a crucifix in every room of the house.

Boys didn't do house work because it was women's work.

You couldn't date a boy without getting approval from your father which meant the boys parents had to come & ask for your hand (oh, and he has to be Assyrian)

You have at least one irrational fear or phobia that can be attributed to your mother.

Your father is a process worker.

Shopping would be buying everything in bulks as it was advertised on special from toilet paper, detergent & drinks including ringing relatives AND BUYING FOR THEM AS WELL !


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