On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:15:18 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

>DJS0302 wrote:
>>> You have to learn to say NO. Unless you are underage, no on can
>>> make you spend time with others you don't like.
>>
>> Well all the other relatives were there to so I almost had to go.
>
>That's just silly. Say politely, "No thank you, I appreciate the invitation
>but I have other plans."

My daughter spends the occasional holiday with the ex and his wife. It
is not for me to list the new wife's shortcomings <veg>, but my
daughter said she finally found a way to get through a holiday without
wanting to run screaming into the street: stay slightly inebriated :-)

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA


"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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