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I have I go to a wedding.

The bride and her family are flaming liberals.
Bernie Sanders, Liz Warren, Gavin Newsom worshipping slack jawed liberals.

Trying to keep the peace with the wife, she's already warned me to keep my mouth shut. .

Been there?

Sure. Went to a family reunion this summer.

Quite a few were Bernie/Hillary fans.

I was polite and courteous and so where they. I never brought up politics and neither did they.

We got along great.


Dont fire the first shot.

For petes sake don't drink while there!

eat like a pig, drink like a fish and fake a lot of cell phone calls

Good luck with that Sal, you are a better man than me. I couldn't do it.

You should move to Clark, Wy. no liberal weddings there.

I have to escort wifey to business dinners, banquets, as well as her family crap. I learned to go, pretend to have a good time. If I act like an ass, I only hurt both of us. Better to go with flow!!

Fortunately not with family. But my wife is an attorney and when we go to social functions with other attorneys I am told to keep my opinions to my self.

One of the good things about Alaska is that wherever someone is on the political spectrum the majority of people find common ground on fishing, food, travel, the beauty of the state. So I do my best to stick to those subjects. That and attorneys are notorious drinkers so I can keep myself occupied with free beer

Yeah,

Gonna attempts to hit Oktoberfest celeb at local brewery. Sure to abundance of libs. I'm just gonna try to enjoy any top shelf boobage that just might be in attendance!

Prosit!!!

I don't do those things anymore.

I came to the conclusion that life is too short short and my time is too valuable to voluntarily surround myself with people I don't care for.

Good luck to you.

That's right. Sal, sounds like your wife keeps you in Cali and now this, feel for ya bud. Have you asked all the tough questions, lately?

"I won't know a damned person there."

"Oh, Cousin Dingleass caught a fish once; you can talk to him."

I come from a long proud line of alcoholics. Family functions are great fun. Not many libs so it's not bad in that regard. But man they can get drunk....bad drunk! I don't drink much, except at weddings. There I'm a 2 rum and coke at a time kind of guy. But I know my limit and don't get belligerent.

I have one cousin that when we have get togethers, he has to use someone elses shower/bath, because his is full of ice and beer. He drinks from the time he gets up until he passes out. He's annoying as hell....while he's drunk. The others are more funny. Lucky for us, actual them and the public, we stay at hotels or resorts so there's no driving required....that'd be scary.

NYH1.

Who tells you that? Keep your opinions to yourself?

Many times and prepare to be baited. I tell my wife, one "shot" and I'll hold fire, but if they insist, I unload.

There's always one other normal guy to BS with, the trick is finding him. It takes a process of elimination. Start by eliminating anybody with a silk pocket square, skinny jeans, colored glasses, a man bun, a knit hat, etc.. The go to the bar and eliminate anybody drinking flavored vodka, flavored beer, appletini's, spritzers, or anything with a garnish. By that point there will probably be only a few candidates and one or more of them will pick the vegetarian dinner and you can rule them out too.

With the Las Vegas shooting being at the top of the news, things could get sideways when the booze starts to flow...

My moms side are all gun toting conservatives.
Good times at weddings/funerals.

Tell him your elbows are bump stocks..............full auto fists.

Guaranteed a liberal will run his mouth, it is what they do. Good luck Sal.