Does your family argue politics and other issues at the dinner table?
I always hear of families doing this and as a result many dread the holidays for this reason. My family, quite honestly, has never done this. We talk a lot at the dinner table, but not much about politics and/or religion. For one, we’re mostly all in sync on major issues. I’m more conservative than my siblings, my dad hates Trump with a passion while my mom and I are more indifferent, and my mom’s more religious than the rest of us, but none of us disagree fundamentally on anything in particular. I just have no experience with the dreaded “dinner table arguments”. Do they happen in your family?
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No, never.
Anyone so much as breathes in a political fashion will be told to leave the table & stand in the corner on one leg while sucking their thumb.
We can’t even agree on what time to have dinner on Thanksgiving and have been arguing over that for weeks now. No way in hell I will bring up politics especially when alcohol will be served.
NO,,,I was raised by a mother who taught us that there are 2 things that you NEVER discuss with others…politics & religion!!! She said that BOTH of those are very personal
& although I think their opinion is wrong for me, that it’s right for the other person
& NOTHING that I can say will ever change their mind!!!
Not anymore. We used to all my life, but because it’s so bitter now, we have stopped.
At my cousins poker game this weekend, the father wore an anti-Trump shirt, while his son wore a MAGA hat, but after an initial ribbing, there was no further discussion.
Yes. Which is why I no longer do holidays (or any days, for that matter) with my family of origin.
Our dinner table is for family meetings, eating, food fights & board games. I consider myself knight of the round table…except It’s not round!
If it’s a lot of people, I don’t typically contribute to political conversations. If it’s just my parents, and I, we may discuss political matters. We all kind of agree, on most things, just have varying opinions on how to deal with them. We typically spend most time, watching football games. My mother, and I talk a lot. My father usually just keeps turning up the TV volume. Which will eventually cause me to say something insulting, to him. I think it’s rude, and defeating the purpose of having dinner together.
The most he does is complaining about me violating his imagined constitutional right to chase squirrels.
No. The folks in my family either don’t care at all about politics or religion, or they’re smart enough to keep their mouths shut.
One brother is in Oregon. The other brother is in California. My dad is dead. Maybe mom is too.
If any arguments happen here on thursday, it will be me accusing the Xbox of cheating again.
Everyone is on the same page. We did Christmas at my apartment in 2016 and my sisters oldest kids dad (a cop) showed up fully outfitted in Trump gear and we just told him to get out. He didn’t normally dress like that. It was just to start shit. But his little troll cost him three years of thanksgivings and Christmases.
But generally we don’t talk about politics. The holidays are made for sharing embarrassing stories about your kids genitals.
Well. On one hand, a peaceful family interaction, is preferable.
On another, debate can open minds, and change opinions.
I think there’s a dichotomy, to the talking politics thing….
@johnp Dang three years over a joke? Harsh penalty.
We fortunately no longer see any of the right-wing shitbags that used to result in heated arguments during the holidays. Now, it’s a small gathering of leftists and apolitical liberals, and we know not to discuss anything of substance. It’s exclusively small talk.
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