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TNNurse

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71. I am skipping a huge gathering.

Tue Nov 22, 2016, 09:58 AM

Nov 2016

My cousin's family and her extended family. I have no idea how some of them voted but am sure there will be Trump voters in the group. I would not be able to swallow a bite of food. I do not want to make a scene in front of folks who are in their 90s....one will be 96 in January. I suspect they did not get out to vote anyway.

Maybe next Thanksgiving, but this is too soon.....of course, by next year we may be dealing with very different issues.

So quietly my husband, sister and I will eat and it will be peaceful and we can talk safely and search for reasons to be thankful.

Maybe the local forest fire will be out.....hell, we may have to watch football.

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I am sorry. I am not going to keep quiet with friends and family [View all] boston bean Nov 2016 OP

Staying home this year cilla4progress Nov 2016 #1

I am too, but I have already said my piece on FB and I had it out with family members on the phone. boston bean Nov 2016 #2

Me too, canceled with the wife's crazy Christian family. No Takesgiving. sarcasmo Nov 2016 #44

Thanksgiving will be a perfect opportunity to demonstrate real-world courage The Blue Flower Nov 2016 #3

Great advise w/o the alcohol! lonestarnot Nov 2016 #6

I wear my safety pin in public and am out loud and proud on my FB cilla4progress Nov 2016 #7

I'm with you Zorro Nov 2016 #4

They are not Christians Bettie Nov 2016 #15

1 hamsterjill Nov 2016 #29

ABSOLUTELY! Plucketeer Nov 2016 #31

git 'em bean. lonestarnot Nov 2016 #5

I understand you. I am in for a hard time this season as well. smirkymonkey Nov 2016 #8

Family comes before politics in my view. duffyduff Nov 2016 #9

same here Elmergantry Nov 2016 #17

I suppose if they expect forgiveness or overlooking of their vote, they can forgive or overlook boston bean Nov 2016 #25

I would imagine that they are as proud of their vote as you are of yours. cwydro Nov 2016 #57

I don't think BB said she was going to vent spleen treestar Nov 2016 #76

Well, Then We're Different ProfessorGAC Nov 2016 #33

I feel sorry for you that political purity is so much more important than a family. duffyduff Nov 2016 #59

And sometimes you are relieved when they die Generator Nov 2016 #66

I feel sorry for you, Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2016 #68

Who Said That? ProfessorGAC Nov 2016 #70

And sometimes it isn't just about politics..... Amaril Nov 2016 #73

fuck family gopiscrap Nov 2016 #54

Wow. I can't and won't go there. yeoman6987 Nov 2016 #55

Because we don't ever talk politics, our get-togethers are GREAT. duffyduff Nov 2016 #61

That is just so, I don't know what. duffyduff Nov 2016 #60

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Nov 2016 #67

as a child who saw his mother suffer having her leg amputated gopiscrap Nov 2016 #72

Right wingers are the ones to bring it up treestar Nov 2016 #75

What I find is that it comes down to two basic kinds of people who love Trump DFW Nov 2016 #10

The family members that voted for trump lostnfound Nov 2016 #62

I had an 'aquaintance' tell me just yesterday... yallerdawg Nov 2016 #11

One of my cousins is going to spend thanksgiving with her in laws who voted for OH kimbutgar Nov 2016 #12

What is hate? hfojvt Nov 2016 #13

You are fighting on the wrong side. wow! boston bean Nov 2016 #14

OK. Glad I'm not Bettie Nov 2016 #16

Don't I know it hfojvt Nov 2016 #22

Let me put it this way dude you are trying to hard to make equivalencies. ok. way to hard. boston bean Nov 2016 #23

it's not that hard hfojvt Nov 2016 #34

What am I suppose to LOVE hate. my god. hating hate is a good thing. boston bean Nov 2016 #42

I get it Bettie Nov 2016 #43

actually no hfojvt Nov 2016 #49

Obama did not run his campaign based on hate Bettie Nov 2016 #56

NO that is just disagreement treestar Nov 2016 #78

I understand what you're saying. cwydro Nov 2016 #79

well Martin did not think so hfojvt Nov 2016 #46

There's a difference between hate and anger Plucketeer Nov 2016 #37

not that big a difference hfojvt Nov 2016 #47

Nice "twist" there. Plucketeer Nov 2016 #48

I used to be an angry young man hfojvt Nov 2016 #51

Yep. nt JTFrog Nov 2016 #24

Not even a little surprising. Squinch Nov 2016 #80

JPR has been holding hands and singing "Give Trump a Chance" Maru Kitteh Nov 2016 #52

I totally understand! Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2016 #69

your view would make it impossible to call out racism treestar Nov 2016 #77

My sister and her MFM008 Nov 2016 #18

I'm not doing anything for the holidays this year. Too depressed. JTFrog Nov 2016 #19

that's pretty harsh hfojvt Nov 2016 #30

I volunteered to work DemonGoddess Nov 2016 #20

I volunteered as well. JTFrog Nov 2016 #21

I Am WITH You kebob Nov 2016 #26

No Trump supporters in my immediate circle. cwydro Nov 2016 #27

Fortunately, nobody in my family supported the asshole. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2016 #28

I'll be with family that is mostly Dems thankfully. hamsterjill Nov 2016 #32

Around here come holidays there will likely be more Trump voters then Dems who supported Hillary. jmg257 Nov 2016 #35

my oldest son barbtries Nov 2016 #36

I'm going to be polite, diplomatic, and judicious Nevernose Nov 2016 #38

I look forward to Thanksgiving RussBLib Nov 2016 #39

I said I wasn't going to unfriend anyone on FB because of this, but just had to. lark Nov 2016 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author SaveOurDemocracy Nov 2016 #41

No way in hell will I go jodymarie aimee Nov 2016 #45

thank you Skittles Nov 2016 #50

Me either blue cat Nov 2016 #53

I'm just going to have to avoid politics. csziggy Nov 2016 #58

It's pointless. They'll choose fRump over you. They're brainwashed fools. lindysalsagal Nov 2016 #63

Yep and some did. boston bean Nov 2016 #64

IMO, If they bring it up, tell them you will wait until next year and see how well he does. nt CK_John Nov 2016 #65

That's a great plan. n/t. lindysalsagal Nov 2016 #81

I am skipping a huge gathering. TNNurse Nov 2016 #71

Exactly, the right wingers tend to bully treestar Nov 2016 #74