Brother-In-Laws
HAZ
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Hi,So, does anyone else here have a brother-in-law? My brother-in-law is a nice enough guy, but he's a bit of a putz. He doesn't mean to be a putz, but I don't think he can help it. Is being a putz an intergral part of being a brother-in-law? Will I be a putz in the eyes of the family of my future wife? I'm still not used to him calling our mother "Ma". Honestly, I think he should just be calling her "ma'am" or Mrs Z-----. Anyhow, dude is a putz. Just thought I'd share.peaceh
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I was really hurtin' too
bastard.
You mean "ma" as in "mom"?
Or as in, "hey ma, how's it going?"
"Ma" is kind of putzy either way unless he comes from some place where he also calls his father, "paw."
Yep, "ma" as in "mom". The "ma" is pronounced like you would in mandarin. Its not like "maw", as in "maw & paw". Check this page for an idea:
http://web.mit.edu/~jinzhang/www/pinyin/tones/index.html
I call my mother "ma" & then he started biting my steez. Pfft.
my mother HATES to be call3d "Ma"
Let's just clarify some things I'm inferring:
You (and presumably, your mother) are Chinese.
Your brother in law is not.
If both these hold true...and he's calling your mother "ma"...and unless dude was already fluent in Mandarin...he's probably trying to "fit in" but yeah, that's mad fucking putzy.
You know what's funny is that I happen to be the most popular Gwailo in Montreal's Chinatown thanks to my affinity for Dim Sum & Shaw Brothers movies. My Bro-in-law just likes to bite my steez. When I have a goatee, he grows a goatee. He bought the same dvd player as me. And he's always saying ish that cracks me up, like he was explaining to me what BTU's are for air conditioners, but part of my job is dealing with ventilation & climate control for huge ass buildings. That's what he was doing all night tonight, telling me what kind of a/c unit I need for my living room. I don't have the heart to stop him when he gets started, tho. I just look over at my mom & sis and I smirk. The only time I shut him down is when he tries to fix things in his house & he looks like he's getting in over his head. I don't want my sister to have any trouble, so I have her fein illness and then I fix whatever while he's distracted. Luckilly, their house is in pretty good shape.
I don't want to get into details about my b-i-l in public here... but, God bless him, he is a Pentacostal alcoholic abuser. Nice guy. I really like him.
You should count your blessings.
My brother-in-law is actually really cool. He is a really good drummer. Years ago he played in the band At The Drive In, recorded on their 2nd EP "Alfaro Vive, Carajo!", and toured all over the country. Now he's all into vintage Honda motorcycles and his 78 CJ-7 Jeep. Beyond that stuff, he is generally a really good guy that always goes out of his way for all of his friends. And when around anyone he is usually a total clown and makes everyone laugh. I totally lucked out that he didn't turn out to be a huge asshole.
Just realized I have more than one.
My 2 brothers-in-law are cool as hell. They're both significantly older than me and one of them was at first suspicious of my whiteness, but we're long past anything that would keep us from being on the same page. When we're able we smoke out together and oh yeah, the eldest brother is a phenomenal guitar player.
Why would he call his mom "auntie"?
LW: I feel you but...
...please to refer to "Good Intentions" and "Hell, Road to."
same.
I was going with a phonetic spelling for the Hebrew word for "mother"
If he is bitting your steez.. maybe he is on here reading this right now
Peace
Zeb
Does anyone have any sister in laws?
Yup. And she's great. 100% opposite of "putz."
my brother in law, chad, knows nothing about real hip hop musics.