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137. Belated Happy Thanksgiving, liberal N proud

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Fri Nov 28, 2025, 09:39 AM

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We hosted a Thanksgiving Day meal yesterday like normal for the non-MAGA in our family.

I have a sil, bil, mil and fil who are MAGA. They have their own holiday gatherings and stopped inviting us to gatherings in 2018. They started doing this when they discovered that my daughter is gay.

We also now host our own holiday gatherings without the MAGA's and it's absolutely a good time.

My fil use to yell and shout about politics at birthday gatherings, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas family gatherings. And now no one does that at all since we separated the holiday.

It's a pleasant family gathering while breaking bread with non- MAGA's.

Don't ever be sorry about having peaceful holiday gatherings if anyone else is in the same boat.

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