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Bring up the time that they got caught with the neigbor girl, trying to get a cat to fit into a half-full paint can. That always breaks the ice. And if you don't have stories like that to tell... Your family is lame.
/johnny
“Managing the Stress of Big Family Events...How do you handle....”
Xanax
I had a single neighbor years ago, about 30 YO, who was constantly being asked why she wasn’t married. She started responding, “I’ve had so many husbands, why would I want one of my own?”
I try to be polite, avoid politics and feign interest in aunties latest bout of gout. However, coming from a family loaded with NEA-bot teachers and ecumenical liberation theology type do-gooders, the feathers soon start to fly. Even though I try real hard to be a nice doggie and lay down by my dish some clown always come along and starts pulling on my ears. Oh well . . .
Since my family is very small and don’t particularly like me, it is only the inlays I need worry about. I’ve found that a nice corner, a frozen smile / blank expression and a pint of Makhong whiskey works nicely.
I don’t see the problem. You walk in, identify the troublemakers and crack a few heads. Problem solved.
No stress at all. We’re mostly ex-drunks and have plenty of funny stories about each other. No big egos here.