Let's make a pact: don't go to Thanksgiving

[NameAlreadyTaken]

if there is even so much as one Trump voter who will be there. Even if it is your own father, mother, sister, brother, son or daughter. One Trump voter in the group is the deal killer. Those people are extremely toxic - I know quite a few of them, though I consider none to be friends, just people I am required to deal with. They are AWFUL people with awful personalities. Trying to have a holiday together will only harm you. At best it will be extremely awkward and you won't enjoy it. At worst, they will gloat and rub it in and there will be arguments. There is no good outcome in those situations. Host or go to a Friendsgiving instead, inviting only like-minded friends. I have been to a few of those and they are FAR more enjoyable than those miserable family gatherings. If your family members say their feelings are hurt by you not going just because of how they voted, your reply is their standard line: "fuck your feelings."

[SheilaAnn]

1. Not celebrating any holidays this year. I just cannot get into it and my sons feel the same way. n/t

[live love laugh]

2. Each situation is different.

[DeepWinter]

5. Yep

I have never let politics poison my relationships. It's worked well that way and I live happier.

[Jk23]

3. Honestly I'm not going to let politics ruin how I spend my time with my family

There's a lot more to life then National politics and family is important.

Now if a member of my family was a Cowboys fan or something I'd understand.

[Xavier Breath]

19. "Now if a member of my family was a Cowboys fan or something I'd understand."

That's fair.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My ENTIRE family consists of Democrats! And we will celebrate Thanksgiving.

We haven't gotten together very much and this is something we look forward to. It will be a fun day with all of us together.

If there were Trumpers in our family, that would be different. But there aren't any of them.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

13. You are so lucky!

[snowybirdie]

6. You are angry

And do your thing your way. Please don't dictate how the rest of us choose to interact with our loved ones.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

12. Nobody dictated anything to you, and

why are you not angry, considering what your own family members just did to you?

[Conjuay]

7. Considering the red/blue divide in this country

Anything you eat is probably enriching a Republican and possibly a maga.
But we are empty nesters; so we will dine alone and not have to deal with any evolutionary throwbacks.

[tritsofme]

8. Yikes, go ahead and do you. I'll enjoy the holidays with family.

Life is too short for this stuff.

[splat]

9. Just agree in advance to a "no politics" rule

Enjoy politics-free conversations with family and see what else they're about.

If someone brings up the election, say, "What election? No politics!"

[onenote]

10. Why would I make a "pact" with you?

There aren't going to be any Trump voters at my Thanksgiving, but I wouldn't cut off my nose to spite my face just to avoid interacting with a Trump supporter. In fact, I'd think of it as an opportunity to engage with them and explain why I think they made a terrible decision.

[DFW]

14. Here's a variation:

This is what we’re doing:

We’re having our Thanksgiving dinner 8 days late, 4000 miles from Plymouth, and inviting 18 people, none of whom are American.

[Sympthsical]

15. I made a pact with myself

To be an emotionally well-adjusted adult capable of interacting with other humans in a regulated and mature way.

The day I treat friends and family oddly out of social media approval or internet advice is the day I give everyone permission to set my computer on fire.

[hawkeye21]

16. Holidays in hell are not holidays

Others may be able to go on and enjoy themselves, which is fine, but not me. There will be no more holidays until Trump is dead and MAGA with him. So at my age, that may mean I'll never enjoy another holiday on this planet. So be it. I'll be busy doing whatever little I can to oppose the dictator and his agenda.

Look at the country and the world we would be living in if only another 2% of Americans had voted Harris/Walz . . . That we're in this nightmare now with a nearly 80-year-old lunatic having our nation's top secrets and control of our nuclear weapons with no restraints whatsoever is inconceivable.

Holidays? Not for me.

[Hotler]

17. Shut down all spending, starting now. Our weapons are our votes and consumer dollars. We used our votes now it's time

to use or, not use the power of our consumer dollars. A spending boycott will cost you nothing and give you savings. If the repugs can kneecap Bud Lite and Harley with boycotts we can hinder the fascist economy. If we stay out of the streets and protest with our consumer dollars there is less chance of the fascist opening fire on us. They want us to unite. This is one way to do it.
Be well, be safe and get a gun.

[Ontheroad]

18. If it's about the power of our dollars

I think the last thing I'd break a spending boycott on is giving more money to gun companies.