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Ask Dr. Helen: Home For The Holidays From Hell

November 19, 2007 - 1:13 am - by Helen Smith
sam
2007-11-19 15:30:04

When I read the subject about Holiday dinner discussions it reminded me of the time we ate with a relative who was a Dodge dealer in a small town. Throughout the meal, he was talking about how much better Dodges were than those GM cars (this was in the late 60s) We just kept quiet and let him go on and on, as my dad was a Chevy guy at the time, and so was I.

Most of the people I dine with share fairly similar political views with me, and most of them refrain from discussing them at the table, so that isn’t much of a problem. Some of our social friends and acquaintances tend to be much more liberal, and I have had to bite my tongue or get a kick under the table to prevent me from making a sarcastic comeback.