Games I don’t recommend playing around family
Uno:
Starting strong with Uno. Seeming like such an innocent game surely wouldn’t be that bad. This game is one of the worst games to play with your family. It causes so much drama, everyone arguing about whether you can play a two-card on a two plus, or whether you can put a draw four on another draw-four card. The cycle of arguments is endless.
Scrabble:
Playing Scrabble with your family is just asking for trouble. Teenagers and our gen-z words mixed with our older grandparents just don’t combine. Try playing the word “huz” in Scrabble and see where that argument would lead. Our generation’s combination of words isn’t what older family members are used to and this may cause a little bit of tension at the dinner table this holiday season.
Cards Against Humanity:
Cards Against Humanity is almost self-explanatory if you’ve ever played this game. The vulgar cards you could get and possibly have to play could create a lot of very awkward conversations and probably wouldn’t end very well. One holiday my sister decided to show this game to my very religious grandmother. Let’s just say we haven’t played any card games with either of them present since.
Dirty Santa:
For those who don’t know what Dirty Santa is, it’s the same as White Elephant, just slightly more adult humor.
Well, one year on my dad’s side we played both Dirty Santa and White Elephant. That way the adults and older teenagers could play, and then just the adults could play. Well, my aunt ended up getting the two gifts she brought confused with each other and my five-year-old cousin ended up with a candy two-piece underwear set. Her being so young, had no idea what it was, and our living room went completely silent when she opened it. None of the parents knew what to do because my cousin would not let anyone take the gift away without screaming at everyone. She then wore the two-piece for the majority of the night over her clothes until she fell asleep and we could safely take it off of her.