Irish Parents Beyond Good and Evil? part 2

so i mentioned some of the enjoyments of my parents, like cemeteries, obituaries, wakes. now to the critical mass.

as i wrote before, my mother rarely laughs (outside of the company of her sister), and when she does she looks and sounds like she's in pain.

now personally I've made a LOT of people laugh a LOT in my life. the number of times i think that I've made her genuinely laugh out loud? once i think. and it was when my father was talking about taking his pills and he sounded like a convicted Nazi slipping himself a cyanide capsule. yes a joke comparing her husband to the Nazis was the one joke that i've created that really made her laugh.

now my father isn't' immune either. again he can take an awful situation and make light of it, then take a usually Happy subject and see the black lining.

perfect example: one of the rare times I've had a girlfriend was a couple years ago. he got wind of it from me and my aunt. around the same time, my sister in law was in a small car accident. so he wrote to me an e mail talking about both the accident and the girlfriend.

so how did he begin the subject of the car accident? "interesting news!" and he went on to tell the story like they found money that fell off a truck, when actually there was a small injury involved. now how did he begin the subject of the "love of my life": "so we heard about this girlfriend. i can't tell you how concerned i am....what if you get her pregnant! what if she's already pregnant! you'll get no help from us mister!" etc. so in review: car accident: interesting! girlfriend: gotterdammerung!