Family Reunion Problems

As with any large gathering of people, family reunions have
the potential to turn ugly. If uncle Bob absolutely can't
stand Aunt Joan and they both start drinking cocktails at
noon, it's probably a sign of bad things to come.

There are many other types of problems that could arise in
addition to personal conflicts and by being well prepared,
you will be able to tackle any problem with ease.

For personal conflicts, there really are only a couple
things you can do. The obvious one is to just not invite
the person who has the biggest potential to start problems.

It might sound like a good thing to do but really, family
reunions should have the whole family regardless of how
much of a trouble maker someone is.

Instead, you could enforce an alcohol free reunion and
afterwards they can go drink as much as they want.

It's impossible to keep one part of the family away from
another part at a park but if you go somewhere like a theme
park, you could just let people go do what they want
instead of staying in a forced group.

Weather is the other biggest factor you need to keep in
mind. If you plan half a day outside with the entire family
and it decides to pour down raining, what is your backup
plan?

You always need a backup plan with regards to weather. If
you can't go to the park you were going to go to, you will
need to find an indoor alternative.

In some parts of the country, this won't be an option so
you will need to either try again the next day or make it
up as you go along.

Everyone going to a movie isn't that exciting but it may be
your only option besides wandering a local shopping mall.

Plan carefully and it won't ruin the reunion.