“Oh God, it’s Mom,” gasped CSPAN’s Dallas Woodhouse. He and his brother were both arguing on the air when they took a call from Joy. Apparently the boys had caused some unpleasantness over Thanksgiving.
I guess she told them! I laughed when she said she had hoped they wouldn’t be there. How many people have these kinds of discussions when they go home for holidays? My mother wouldn’t allow politics or religion to be discussed at the table. That ruined everyone’s fun. She also used to threaten to knock our heads together when we fought.
Have no fear though. Someone always managed to be dysfunctional. Sometimes it was me or at least I got the blame for it.
What’s the worst you have done or seen done at a holiday gathering of friends and relatives?
