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Oeditpus Rex

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6. There's no point in trying to 'keep things together

Reply to pfitz59 (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 04:04 PM

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for the sake of the family." Even if you all agreed not to discuss politics and stuck by that, what's been done can't be forgotten. You couldn't have, say, a happy Thanksgiving together because it'd be shrouded in a cloud of disrespect and even enmity.

You're much better off.

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