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tabbycat31

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30. As someone who's about to say goodbye to a grandparent

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 09:33 AM

Dec 2013

Do what you can to say goodbye and leave politics behind.

I'm a card-carrying Democrat who is very loyal to my party (and I have worked for them in the past). I'm leaving all of that behind for the sake of my family over these next two weeks. This side of the family (who I haven't seen in years) has a lot of people from Texas and truth be told, I'm not sure what their political stances are. But a funeral is not the time and place to discuss it.

My advice is go, be with your family, and know that there are certain life events (funerals would be one of them) that people should not bring up politics at.

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Why am I always talking about what my wife thinks? My Grandmother is dying and I am trying not to go [View all] diabeticman Dec 2013 OP

i enjoy reading some of the things your wife says JI7 Dec 2013 #1

thank you. diabeticman Dec 2013 #26

You are in a complicated situation, however family is your most important touchstone elfin Dec 2013 #2

Thank you diabeticman Dec 2013 #27

Sorry about you grandma. dballance Dec 2013 #3

Thank you diabeticman Dec 2013 #28

I really like the posts about "What my Wife Said" Grey Dec 2013 #4

Thanks. I will tell her. diabeticman Dec 2013 #29

DU won't accept my yahoo account either BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #5

She sounds like a libertarian with a hint of tea party in her firsttimer Dec 2013 #6

Really? My wife who thinks that "Pull yourself up by the boot straps" is a bunch of bullshit. diabeticman Dec 2013 #7

No, she doesn't. Hissyspit Dec 2013 #22

Please, do what YOU need to do for yourself! abbeyco Dec 2013 #8

Sorry for your loss, too, abbeyco. No Vested Interest Dec 2013 #15

thanks for the support. diabeticman Dec 2013 #32

No worries, diabeticman! Just take full advantage of whatever time you have left with your calimary Dec 2013 #9

thanks that what my wife said. diabeticman Dec 2013 #33

too bad you have to worry about being in trouble for expressing an opinion roguevalley Dec 2013 #10

Do what you need to do man nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #11

It's okay if you talk about what your wife thinks. n/t Lil Missy Dec 2013 #12

"I wonder if she would be banned for criticizing the Obama Administration" geomon666 Dec 2013 #13

lol. thanks for clarifying. because I originally thought Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #14

Thanks diabeticman Dec 2013 #34

I lost my 23 year old cousin a few hours ago; i totally sympathize dorkzilla Dec 2013 #16

I'm so very sorry for your loss, dorkzilla Hekate Dec 2013 #19

Thank you, Hekate dorkzilla Dec 2013 #20

My deepest condolences. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #21

My sincerest sympathy... dorkzilla Dec 2013 #24

We weren't that close nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #39

I am so sorry diabeticman Dec 2013 #25

Why would one ignore someone who sounds like they are married to Eleanor Roosevelt's descendant? jtuck004 Dec 2013 #17

My wife would blush seeing your post. diabeticman Dec 2013 #35

What a hard thing to be going through in this season.... Hekate Dec 2013 #18

thanks diabeticman Dec 2013 #37

Whats a troll? Exultant Democracy Dec 2013 #23

As someone who's about to say goodbye to a grandparent tabbycat31 Dec 2013 #30

Thank you for advice. Believe it or not me coming to this board does help. diabeticman Dec 2013 #38

I am so sorry etherealtruth Dec 2013 #31

(((diabeticman))), life is a journey, we learn, we grow, or we stagnate and fester, mother earth Dec 2013 #36

My husband was a libertarian for the most part. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #40

I'm very sorry to hear about your Grandmother, diabeticman. sibelian Dec 2013 #41