Does having different senses of humor cause problems in your family?

Asked by JLeslie (65458) September 5th, 2017 from iPhone

My aunt is very ill. My sister and I have been going through some of her papers to help clean up, and one letter we found was my aunt wrote Hershey’s many years ago stating she heard they were going to change their chocolate formula, and that she hopes they wouldn’t tamper with it. They wrote her back and reassured her they had no plans of doing any such thing.

I thought it was hysterical. My maternal side of my family takes chocolate very seriously. I also thought it was nice that Hershey wrote her back specifically addressing her concern. My sister felt it was another demonstration of how crazy my aunt is.

Another example, my dad once in a very great while (like once every 5–10 years) writes my maiden name, or his sister’s maiden name by accident. His sister thinks it’s a huge insult, completely offensive, and demonstrates he never approved of her husband. That’s all completely ludicrous in my mind. My mom wrote my married last name incorrectly for a few years, I don’t care. She still says it the way she thinks it should be spelled. I don’t care about that either.

I could name many things where I find something funny, and others in the family think it’s just horrible. I feel like people need to lighten up.