Dan Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 OK, like, I've been off the internet all day today cos my mom wants to make phone calls to like every single person in my family tree lol, cos it's "amot" if you don't call and wish them a happy new year... what's that all about??!?! is it like an Armenian custom or what?!? cos none of the people my mom calls have called us on such occasions.. it's annoyingggggggggggggg. not cos i'm off the internet or anything like that, just that it's so pointless.. i mean yeah yeah, it's a new year and all that, but to call every friggin person in the family line (even those who you never talk to), in like 10 different countries is just weird.. does anyone have that problem (not necessarily the part with the internet), but do your parents call people in like 10 different countries to wish them a happy new year, or am i the only one who has a weird mom? lol is it an Armenian custom??!?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
America-Hye Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Dan, My Mom did this EVERY year, religiously calling every relative in five countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 And they don't just talk; they yell. Even when the person only lives a few blocks away. Armenian tradition as well? Happy New Year everyone btw. Hope you make it a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 I am with you on this on Dan. Except it is not us making the phone calls it's everyne ells calling us. Sure we did call few people as well, but the stupid phone has been ringing off the hoos sinec about 10 this morning when I got in. "Alo" "Barev" *recognize voice* "Vai xyz jan, Happy new Year" "Qonnel Azat jan. Baxtavor tari lini..." *cut in as soon as possible* "XYZ jan, dser nor tarinel shnorhavor line. Lav tarin lini, kneres bayts heraxosi vraei, I haev to go. " *click hang up* "man when is this day going to end and the phone calls with it......" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Slight modification: "Alo" "Barev" *recognize voice* "Vai xyz jan, Happy new Year" "yes el hents nor uzum ei kez zangei" The caling person saying to themselves: yah right http://armenians.com/forum/style_images/1/icon8.gif "Qonnel Azat jan. Baxtavor tari lini..." *cut in as soon as possible* "XYZ jan, dser nor tarinel shnorhavor line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 And they don't just talk; they yell. Wow, and I thought my mom was the only one. Except it is not us making the phone calls it's everyne ells calling us. Haha, I don't know about people calling us, cos I'm on the internet 24/7 and no phone calls get through as a result (i'm on dial-up) But a lot of people tell my mom that they called and called, but the line was busy. "yes el hents nor uzum ei kez zangei" The caling person saying to themselves: yah right :lol2: SO true.. hahhaha, everyone says that to my mom.. yeah, i was just gonna call you.. or, i thought about calling you, but didn't get the chance... something along those lines.. ugh, i hate it when people do that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Dan, My Mom did this EVERY year, religiously calling every relative in five countries. my mom called her parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins (most of them live in cali), her friends in the UK, some relatives in France, a couple of them in Lebanon, Syria, Armenia, and Russia.. We're gonna have a big fat Armenian phone bill to pay for next month.. and then she objects to me getting DSL or whatever, cos it's "expensive".. ya right.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheekY Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 almost no phone calls...lots of visitors instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel4hope Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 (edited) yes yesyes--alotta phone calls--my cell phone bill is going 2 sky~rocket-but i dont care because its worth it--from some people that is--i rather have them call than be rude enough not to call or even wish you a happy new year--sad----- Edited January 1, 2004 by angel4hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
America-Hye Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Hey Skittles. Perhaps all your relatives are close enough to visit. Ours are scattered from one end of the globe to the other. Some elements of my family have been in the US since 1896, others just after the Genocide, yet we still keep in touch with former Bolsetzis who are now living far from Bolise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Slight modification: "yes el hents nor uzum ei kez zangei" The caling person saying to themselves: yah right http://armenians.com/forum/style_images/1/icon8.gif Again a slight modification. The caling person saying to themselves: yah right, this is why you keep telling this each years but you never are the one calling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 yah right, this is why you keep telling this each years but you never are the one calling. haha, exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Angel jan, yes yes, but if you're the one calling them ALL the time for the past uhhh 15 years, there's something wrong with that.. i told my mom, "if they don't care enough to call us on this occasion, why do you bother?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel4hope Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 yeah relatives i dont mind--but friends--like most of my friends called right when te clockl stroke 12 to wish a happy new year--but others didnt even bother to call or anything else to wish a happy new year--im seriously through with being the nice one al the time--thats why pple step all over me---its sad how i have to be the one to remember everyone and they dont even give a rats a**screw it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 its sad how i have to be the one to remember everyone and they dont even give a rats a** yeah, that's what i'm saying. especially if it happens every year for 15 years.. well, to hell with that, i ain't calling anyone who hasn't called me in 15 years. duh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
America-Hye Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Dan, Some Armenians are like lap dogs. They will slobber over their relatives who choose to ignore them. I did this for years. When I realized that they had hoodwinked us out of our portion of an inheritance, I stopped. Your Mom is assuaging her secret guilt for marrying an odar. Realize that this is HER psychological problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accelerated Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 LOL - I called my parents 11:45, then turned off my phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel4hope Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 haha accel u muts been really drunk eh?>i can imagine..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 (edited) Your Mom is assuaging her secret guilt for marrying an odar. Realize that this is HER psychological problem. lol, could be, but she better realize that the phone bill is suffering cos of that. And lol, i was stuck with my family last night. it sucked.. so i spent a good portion of the night on the internet -- till like uhhh 4 am.. (drunk on the internet? lol) Edited January 2, 2004 by Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 This is probably a little off-topic, but I've noticed that many Armenians are terrible at keeping in touch with their relatives. It seems that some of the posts on this thread are also an indication - ie. one relative always calling the other, eventhough the other doesn't lift a finger to do likewise. Is this common? I know that in my family, we rarely here from eachother (with the exception of some closer extended family) unless there's some bad news. It's pretty sad if you ask me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 yes, vava, that's the case with me too. even my relatives here in toronto, they don't call us unless they need something from us.. hmmm.. i don't know, i don't think it's an "Armenian thing".. but then again, almost everyone (non-Armenians) i know do keep in touch with their relatives.. i don't think we can generalise it and say that all Armenians are like that, but i've seen a lot of Armenian families who just don't keep in touch with relatives for many reasons (day-to-day problems, hassles. etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Lately I been having an easier time keeping in contact with friends than with family. It always seems that some political issue of 'he said - she said' is causing some sort of turmoil. No one EVER wants to make the first step towards a resolution - EVERYONE is always right, and NO ONE will admit they may be mistaken, or they may have misunderstood. The whole thing boils over with the net result that people suit speaking to eachother for months/years on end... this surprises me to no end, as one of the 'values' that we Armenians pride ourselves upon, is our strength of family. Hmmm... <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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