After reading this thread it seems clear that this is not really a message board for Longhorn fans, crass retorts, and offensive/titillating photos. This is a thinly disguised therapy group for people with terrible families.
I don't have time for details so I'll bullet point a couple of highlights:
* scumbag uncle ran porn theaters in west texas in the 70s. Was murdered and left in a cotton field in '77.
* one DFW area cousin (son of aforementioned uncle) in prison for most of adult life for drugs, theft, armed robbery, etc.
* other cousin from same uncle is schizophrenic, among other issues including opioid addiction, most likely triggered by exposure to chemical weapons in first gulf war
* Sister has borderline personality disorder along with a laundry list of other issues. Would rather spend a holiday with my convict cousin.
* Another great uncle conned a bunch of people and left them in the lurch with his tractor dealership decades ago. Think Bart Reagor but smarter. Bled his mother (my great grandmother) dry of the wealth her husband (his father) left her, leaving the rest of us to care for her financially and otherwise in her waning years. He's old and somehow still alive and selling insurance (naturally).
* Another cousin's wife got busted fucking a student at the school she worked at. He's still with her.
That's just my mom's side of the family. Somehow, my folks turned out great so I lucked out there.