A Perfect Reunion

             A family reunion is traditionally a time when a family as a whole comes together and enjoys the company of one another. I don't think that my family believes in coming together as a whole because every time that we have a family reunion or another event similar to it, my family automatically breaks up into three different groups. Those groups are the gossipers, the sports critics, and the game players. Every time we come together these same three groups are always formed, and end up doing the same thing.
             The gossipers are the main group at the reunion. They are comprised of all the females in the family who are over 25 which is all of my aunts, my mother and a few of my older cousins. As can be told from the title of this group, the only thing that occurs is gossiping. They will gossip about family members who are not present at the reunion, and even, occasionally, about a family member who is present at the reunion. Once can always tell when they are talking about someone at the reunion by the way that they pipe down to a whisper and begin to huddle together.
             The second group, usually the smallest group, are the sports talkers. This group is usually all male and the age range is usually 18 and older. I very often find myself in this group because of my passion for sports and because I am an athlete myself. This group is usually the loudest because of the heated debates that take place between the Redskins, Ravens and Cowboy fans in the family to try to prove whose team is the best. Although the main thing that takes place within this group are sports debates, gossiping also occurs occasionally. Whenever most of the women leave the area, all of my uncles in the group begin to talk about how much their wives drive them crazy and begin to list all of the stupid things that their wives do. As soon as the females return to the area, the gossiping ends and the sports debates continue.
             The final group which makes up my fami...

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