Favrion@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat was this year's dinner argument?message-squaremessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down114
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat was this year's dinner argument?Favrion@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareCommanderM2192@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up66arrow-down2·edit-21 year agodeleted by creator
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year ago Probably my last Thanksgiving with biological family. Stopped spending all holidays with my bio family three years ago. Do it. It’s wonderful.
minus-squareWumbologist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoAnyone else grow up hearing about that one crazy, estranged aunt/uncle who cut ties with the family years prior, only to eventually understand, then become them?
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAnd you make contact and they turn out to be entirely reasonable and someone you’d prefer to spend time with over any of the main family? Personally, no, but I’ve seen it a lot browsing the drama subs on that old site.
minus-squaregum_dragon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoGrowing up my dad always complained about his in-laws and would say “be careful, when you marry someone you marry their family!” And he’s right! I married into a wonderful family that I spend the holidays with.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd if they ask why, be honest about it. Don’t be cruel, but be honest.
minus-squarexkforce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoSo everyone holds atrocious viewpoints just on opposite teams.
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoOne never heard anyone on either side say Hamas isn’t evil or not not enough Israeli civilians are dying. That’s not a left wing thing, your family is properly fucked.
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Stopped spending all holidays with my bio family three years ago.
Do it.
It’s wonderful.
Anyone else grow up hearing about that one crazy, estranged aunt/uncle who cut ties with the family years prior, only to eventually understand, then become them?
And you make contact and they turn out to be entirely reasonable and someone you’d prefer to spend time with over any of the main family?
Personally, no, but I’ve seen it a lot browsing the drama subs on that old site.
Growing up my dad always complained about his in-laws and would say “be careful, when you marry someone you marry their family!”
And he’s right! I married into a wonderful family that I spend the holidays with.
And if they ask why, be honest about it. Don’t be cruel, but be honest.
So everyone holds atrocious viewpoints just on opposite teams.
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One never heard anyone on either side say Hamas isn’t evil or not not enough Israeli civilians are dying.
That’s not a left wing thing, your family is properly fucked.
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