If, like me, you belong to a traditional Catholic family, it would be best to remember that when feeling verbally flippant in the middle of some life changing decision you should avoid mentioning the words alcohol and trouble at the same time to your conservative elders.
Having recently (and stupidly) sent an email to my Aunt (who is a Marisian Nun by the way) about possibly drowning myself in vodka, I have realized just how big a generation gap can be.
Hey, I was feeling sorry for myself and an email from her asking how I was flashed onscreen. So sue me.
She immediately forwarded the message to my Father adding that she was praying that I didn't "do anything foolish". My father then went on to barrage me with phone calls that I failed to answer and emails instructing me how to get a visa. Although touched, I also realized how futile it would be to try explaining to her how my current lifestyle involved copious amounts of alcohol on an almost daily basis and more when I was "troubled". To even mention that I occasionally smoked when stressed would definitely send her over the edge.
Thus my new resolution - when in trouble, unload to your girlfriends first, until the world has stopped spinning.
You can then go on to inform your family and Aunts about your new life changing decisions and why you are making them - without involving the words Alcohol, Men, Work and Trouble. This will greatly benefit you by way of fewer hospitalization bills for the folks and less drama from your immediate clan. This way you've exorcised your need to let your family know about your impending state of bum-hood without necessarily filling them in with all the gory details.
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