Faking being asleep in order to avoid awkward holiday family moments [View all]
Don't get me wrong - I had a good Christmas with my family today, but I bite my tongue since I'm a guest in my sister and brother-in-law's house, and even someone as argumentative as I am needs a holiday every now and then.
Over Thanksgiving, my brother-in-law's prayer included asking God to guide Obama because, "He really, really needs the help." Everyone chuckled. My brother and I locked eyes, and I asked, "Do you feel as outnumbered as I do?"
Well, today after the second round of presents from a sister (who couldn't make it) and from me were opened, and the kids were playing upstairs, and some of the adults were downstairs on couches with a game on, some bad talk about Methodists got started up by my bro-in-law's step-dad out of nowhere about how they don't preach salvation, and that somehow led into Dr. Tiller, being a murderer of course, was a Methodist, etc. I was half dozing anyway so I kept my eyes shut until my niece asked me what a certain medical procedure's initials stood for, and I had to "wake up" to tell them I wasn't up on my abortion medical terminology.
After which I excused myself to the bathroom and went and hung out with the kids to see what toys they got.
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