FAMILY REFERENCES / SENTENCE STARTERS .
i : in reference to siblings .
❝ i’m not here to see you. i’m here to see your brother/sister. ❞
❝ so, how many siblings did you say you had again? ❞
❝ sometimes i wish i had a sibling or two. ❞
❝ where ever my brother/sister goes, i go. from now on. ❞
❝ i have a long lost sibling out there somewhere. ❞
❝ you are like my brother/sister. ❞
❝ you are brother/sister to me. ❞
❝ you are the brother/sister i never had. ❞
❝ no offense but, your brother/sister scares me. ❞
❝ if you brother/sister knew about us … come on. ❞
❝ me and my siblings don’t get along that well. ❞
❝ i never knew you had a brother/sister. why didn’t you tell me? ❞
❝ i always wondered what it would be like to have a twin. ❞
❝ for a twin, you all look nothing a like. ❞
❝ i have a twin brother/sister somewhere out there. ❞
❝ my brother/sister and i don’t get along anymore. ❞
❝ hey, we should invite your brother/sister to come with us. ❞
❝ me and your brother/sister, we might .. kind of … like each other. ❞
❝ my brother/sister would have liked you. ❞
❝ you remind me of my brother/sister. ❞
❝ sometimes i just think about what my brother/sister might do. ❞
❝ me and my siblings go everywhere together, what did you expect? ❞
❝ my brothers/sisters are always into trouble but not me. ❞
❝ i’m the only good sibling between me and my siblings.. ❞
ii : in reference to parents .
❝ so, your parents turned out to not be your actual parents.. ❞
❝ i didn’t realize we were at that point in our relation/friendship to meet parents. ❞
❝ i thought you might of wanted to meet my parents. ❞
❝ no offense but your mom(s)/dad(s) scare me. ❞
❝ i’m not sure that your parents like me very much. ❞
❝ wait, you want me to meet your parents? ❞
❝ my parents are going to freak out if they find out. ❞
❝ are you insane? my parents will kill me, bring me back, then kill me again! ❞
❝ my mom(s)/dad(s) are fighting again.. ❞
❝ your parents give me hope that love does last. ❞
❝ i don’t even get along with my own parents, let alone yours! ❞
❝ i think we should definitely call our parents. ❞
❝ my mom(s)/dad(s) will know what to do, trust me. ❞
❝ wait, you want me to lie to my parents? ❞
❝ my parents took my phone, so i couldn’t text or anything. ❞
❝ i can’t go, my parents want me to either stay in or go with them somewhere. ❞
❝ my mom(s)/dad(s) called yours and so, that’s how i know. ❞
❝ wait, my mom(s)/dad(s) called you? why? ❞
❝ my parents are grounding me, i’m not sneaking out anymore. ❞
❝ okay, just let me go ask my mom(s)/dad(s). ❞
❝ i asked my mom(s)/dad(s), she/he/they said no. ❞
❝ what your parents don’t know won’t hurt them, right? ❞
❝ hey, i think your mom(s)/dad(s) are starting to like me finally. ❞
❝ so, you just found out that you were actually adopted? ❞
iii : in reference to children .
❝ cute kid, is he/she yours? ❞
❝ do you have any kids? ❞
❝ wouldn’t you like to have kids some day? ❞
❝ how many kids would you want to have in the future? ❞
❝ do you ever think of having kids with me? ❞
❝ i have a kid, things are different now. ❞
❝ i’d rather hang out with my kid than hang out with you. ❞
❝ you can walk with me to pick my son/daughter up from school if you want. ❞
❝ i don’t think i’m really ready to have anymore kids, what about you? ❞
❝ so, you have kids? how many? ❞
❝ i’ve raised enough kids to know better than that. ❞
❝ hey, she’s/he’s just a kid, leave she/he alone. ❞
❝ you’re really good with kids. ❞
❝ wow, i’ve never seen anyone so good with kids before. ❞
❝ i’m really good with kids considering i have one of my own. ❞
❝ sometimes i think i should just have more kids. ❞
❝ i’m good at a lot except for being a parent, it seems. ❞
❝ i’ve seen you with your kid, you’re doing a fine job. ❞
❝ the hardest thing to do is to raise my son/daughter. ❞
❝ you worry too much, i’m sure you’re daughter/son will be fine. ❞
❝ i met your daughter/son, he/she seems wonderful, sweet almost. ❞
❝ i like the idea of having kids more i think. ❞
❝ it’s natural as a parent to worry for their child, relax. ❞
❝ my child drives me crazy but i love him/her and wouldn’t have it any other way. ❞
iv : in reference to all the above .
❝ i’m leaving town, going to stay with some of my family. ❞
❝ today is the day i meet with my real family, wish me luck. ❞
❝ you are more than family to me. ❞
❝ my whole family decided to come into town and stay a bit. ❞
❝ are you worried about meeting my family? because you shouldn’t. ❞
❝ have you seen my family? crazy is an understatement. ❞
❝ i wish i had a family, but i’ll never know the feeling. ❞
❝ you are lucky to have a family, that’s all i’ve ever wanted. ❞
❝ i will do anything and everything for my family, no matter what. ❞
❝ you are family to me, more so than some of my actual family. ❞
❝ it’s the closest thing i’ve got to a family. ❞
❝ this family is falling a part and it is all your fault! ❞
❝ you’re the reason our family is the way it is now. ❞
❝ i don’t think your family likes me very much. ❞
❝ i have a complicated relationship with my in-laws. ❞
❝ what’s it like to have a family? i’ve never known. ❞
❝ one day, we are going to have a family of our own. ❞
❝ do you want to start a family with me one day? ❞
❝ i have a really big/small family. ❞
❝ where is your family? ❞
❝ i don’t have a family. ❞
❝ we are not family anymore. ❞
❝ we’re no longer family as far as i’m concerned. ❞
❝ if you mess with any of my family then you’re messing with all of us. ❞
