What hints and tips do you have for those who will be sharing their Christmas meal with racist/sexist/all things ending in ist family/extended family/friends.
There is sometimes that grandparent / auntie / great Uncle that will be with your family, so you cannot not go, (unless you want to miss Christmas with the rest of your family)
#1
My whole family has a mutual agreement that if we see someone talking to a specific person or looks uncomfortable, rescue them.
My grandma once rescued me from my great uncle (who was telling me a story about how he had a pinched nerve in his neck, going on thirty minutes) when she asked me if I could peel potatoes.
Unbeknownst to him, potatoes were peeled that morning and I looked like I was about to sleep while standing.
My grandma once rescued me from my great uncle (who was telling me a story about how he had a pinched nerve in his neck, going on thirty minutes) when she asked me if I could peel potatoes.
Unbeknownst to him, potatoes were peeled that morning and I looked like I was about to sleep while standing.
2points
#2
I’m not going to family get togethers any more, last time was so awful my parents dont make me go anymore. Im autistic and my extended family talk to me like im a baby and give me baby colouring books and crayons, im 25 and its so humiliating ☹️
1point
#3
I've tried counter arguments with the older relatives but they're so stuck in their ways. I don't want them to think it's acceptable, but I also don't want to argue with them.
I now try and divert the conversation, it sometimes works. But it's not always successful.
I now try and divert the conversation, it sometimes works. But it's not always successful.
0points
#4
Very lucky I don’t have to deal with all this anymore….
Although if I ever get into a new relationship I might have to deal with it again.
I just hope it won’t be too dramatic
I just hope it won’t be too dramatic
0points
#5
My family includes a lot of different perspectives on things. I think all families do....the trick is to realize that these are people you care about or you wouldn't be spending time with them. If you dislike them so much, don't go. Most importantly though, we all need to realize that whatever those different perspectives are, we need to stop attributing motives like "ists." If Aunt Jill thinks something differently than I do, I'm going to assume it's for a more logical reason than just dislike for someone else. I may not agree, but her reasoning could be something I had never even thought of....and shocker, it could even make a little sense when I really think about it from her life and perspective....even if it's misguided.
0points
#6
Tbh I'm just gonna go to my great aunts and talk to absolutely no one so they don't have the chance to realize that I'm trans (:
-1point
#7
What a douschebag question.
-3points