Reply #56: Had an interesting family experience prior to the election [View All]

[Kber]

We were getting two different sides of my and my husband's family together for the first time this past year on Mother's Day and, frankly, I was worried just a little about the dynamics.

On one side, we had socially conservative, religiously observant Jews from the Main Line outside Philadelphia. This side keeps kosher, albeit not very strictly.

On the other, African-American, church attending, social liberals from Newark and surrounding areas near NYC. I was worried about explaining the absence of bacon at the Mother's Day brunch.

After about 5 minutes of polite but kinda strained conversation, someone brought up politics, Bush, and the upcoming election.

WELL - they were off!! Three hours later, everyone was the best of friends and firmly in the ABB camp. As my mom said "See, that SOB really is a uniter!" This past thanksgiving we were together again, commiserating in our sorrow and anger. I can't tell you how nice it was to have a large, diverse, and supportive family. Of course, it would have been better if we could have been celebrating instead, but at least we didn't have to put up w/ any smug relatives rubbing their stolen victory in!