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8 holiday tips for dealing with difficult relatives

You can鈥檛 change what your difficult relatives are going to do; you can only change yourself. But when you change, a relationship changes. Here are eight tips for doing that.

3. Dodge strife

Some families enjoy arguing passionately amongst themselves; however, most don鈥檛 handle arguments very well. If you know Uncle Bobby鈥檚 view of the election is going to drive you crazy, don鈥檛 bring it up! And if he brings it up, you don鈥檛 have to engage. Try to make a joke of it, and say something like, 鈥淟et鈥檚 agree to disagree,鈥 鈥淟et鈥檚 not talk about that, and give the rest of the family something to be thankful for,鈥 etc.

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