[OC] My grandma’s solution to her politically divided family dinners.
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see. grandma gets it..
Well then turn off the news during dinner!!
OP, from your username, I can’t tell if this worked or not.
Can’t stand it.
Everyone finally gets together— and they stop talking about what’s dividing them.
Smile for the photos.
🍅 mocm?
It’s my God given right to speak my mind on how fucking bad the left is and how bad the right is! If your going to spend the time cross stitching a message you should take the care to fucking center it not just vertically but also horizontally in the goddamn frame, grannie!
Looks like grandama leans to the far right
A grandma with wisdom
She signed her artwork “MOCM”
Aka – “Mean Old Crabby Mom” lol
That sweet, but I gotta tell you that it’s always been the older family members (cough – grandma), that are the ones dropping conversational bombs at the table.
You can only hear family members claiming “that’s how they all talked back then” so many times at the dinner table before feeling like a silent enabler.
I read an editorial a while ago that was against this practice. The argument was that if we don’t model how to have disagreements about politics then people will learn from the extremes on TV/online. The hyperpolarization that we see now is from the people that were forbidden to discuss religion or politics at the dinner table. I’m not sure if my stance on this, but it’s an interesting theory.
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲, |
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𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕙𝕪! |
I’ve been told that my great-grandmother also quite strictly enforced a “No Politics at Table” rule.
The thing is tho, that I’m German, and real life being the weird thing that it is, this meant that under my great-grandmother’s ever vigilant stare, ardent nazis (with one a member of the Waffen-SS) were politely passing the salt and butter to dispossessed jewish nobility and academics.
Family history can be pretty wild sometimes.
Could have been:
*Free speech is fine.*
*But not while we dine.*
Maybe bring up why mocm has decided to be a fascist?
People saying, “This is a good idea” have a lot of privilege. As a queer person, imagine your relatives voting for things that literally harm you and being asked not to say anything.
**OP’s grandma for president 2024**
Grandma is a stepper and took of the Oligarchy!
(Joking)
When I don’t feel like talking politics I just start asking specifics of the bills, quotes, and laws being discussed and when no one has specifics I just say we should all do some reading and pick it up another time
I like to go a bit further.
“My house is my house. Mind your manners or get out.”
*right after dinner ends*
Okay Mocm the sign is cool and all but could you PLEASE center that shit!?
I shouldn’t be bothered by it being off-center, but I am.
r/mildlyinfuriating
Not going to lie, this statement generally comes from one side. The side that wants to be able to say batshit crazy or hateful things with zero evidence and empathy and not be called out on their bullshit.
I’d probably just not spend time at Grandma’s place…ever…
because hate should have a place in every home?
Best of all, it’s constitutionally accurate. The government can’t regulate what you can or can’t say, but in grandma’s house, grandma certainly can.
Business and politics should never be brought to the dinner table.
My Grandmother used to make grown ups sit with us at the kid table if they brought up contentious conversations. I remember one Thanksgiving that I had to sit on my Pap Paps lap because there weren’t enough chairs left at the kids table. It was my first time at the grown up table, and I felt so proud of myself!!!
My Grandfather was the same way. When I was studying biology, discussions of my lab work were added to the list.
Fuckin word, now please pass the mashed potatoes
Based as fuck
The spacing is so random my head is going to explode.
Politics and religion are topics to be avoided at dinner. This advice goes back to every generation.
This is amazing! I like her style 😎!
Grandmas shall make no rules prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, particularly at dinner time.