I came from an extraordinarily dysfunctional family, full of abuse and alcoholism. And eventually everyone within the family had committed suicide.
I grew up in a dysfunctional family.
A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it.
When I clicked into this idea of doing a band and examining a band as a dysfunctional family, I wanted to reverse that Rescue Me formula.
People talk about dysfunctional families; I've never seen any other kind.
We all come from dysfunctional families and these days I guess that's pretty normal.
If you grew up in a dysfunctional family, then there is really no hope for you to have a good relationship. That is another myth that we have to throw off, so that we can get into what I call Reality.
Weddings are never about the bride and groom, weddings are public platforms for dysfunctional families.
Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart.
I love books about dysfunctional families.
On his contract negotiations with the Devils: It's beyond money at this point. They're not even treating him as a member of their family, unless it's a dysfunctional family.
The human race is one big dysfunctional family.
Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal of households. Or rather, it was normal, in that dysfunctional families appear to be the norm.
With words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation.
I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
It is a family; it's a slightly dysfunctional family, but it's also very close and warm and loving family.