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Happy Friday! What's everyone up to?
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“We want Prenupt!”
Kanye right again.

Aaron Judge is sexy.
Anyone wanna confess anything? It's been a while 🧐
Get over it. There’s more to life. Avoid the topic and find something else to talk about.
Enthusiast
With a lot of people it is not possible to avoid the topic. My FIL is the same; he got kicked out of Christmas Eve for picking fights about vaccine mandates.
If you cut yourself off from relationships because you disagree on certain things you’ll find you have no relationships left. Agree to disagree or move on!
Pro
Is it about disagreements? Aren’t disagreements over subjective things (e.g. politics, religion, etc.)?
Calmly listen. Give your view. Accept and move on to another subject. If it comes back to it then remain calm
Who cares. Joke about it and move on
For himself, or in general? You can still try to build something from afar.
It’s sad when people buy into the misinfo. I personally rely on the “you have to believe that you raised me well. You helped teach me to think critically and find what I need to work for my health.” I lean hard into the “you raised me right - don’t doesn’t yourself in that.”
Chief
Sometimes it’s not worth it and that’s not your fault. You can care for him from afar without being besties.
Enthusiast
Maybe try set a boundary to not talk about the vaccine or just Covid in general? I know it’s hard but it could be helpful for moving forward in rebuilding a relationship as long as he respects that boundary
My father has become a walking-talking-Fox News-talking-point. It makes holiday time quite boring