2016 Postmortem

meadowlark5

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38. It's useless

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #36)

Thu Dec 15, 2016, 11:34 AM

Dec 2016

I've had my go around with her over the decades. During the Obama years, I had to put a politics talk gag order on her. I told her if she and I are to have a harmonious relationship, we can't talk politics. That made her mad the first year I imposed it and she refused to come out for a visit - either out of anger or because she knew she couldn't control herself. But since then we have stuck to that general rule and things have been fine. I accidentally blurted out the thing about my siblings during a our phone call about Christmas and our plans.

We will go back to that gag order. She speaks in generalities, she let's Fox news form her opinions for her, and she parrots what she hears. It gets me no where but frustrated to discuss politics with her so we don't - can't.

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I asked him today bravenak Dec 2016 #22

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Same cousin bravenak Dec 2016 #33

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I was talking to my Trump voting MIL this morning on the phone meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #34

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It's useless meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #38

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