tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post110329567195410938..comments2024-01-01T09:20:22.363-05:00Comments on Brutal Women: My Roomate is a Sneaky Bitch - & Other Heart-Warming Holiday TalesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1103300130592818802004-12-17T11:15:00.000-05:002004-12-17T11:15:00.000-05:00Oh, sure, it's definately a social ritual. "How ar...Oh, sure, it's definately a social ritual. "How are you? Are you dating anyone?" opens safe conversations. It's definately a "normal" script... this way, we don't have to try and talk about politics, or enviromentalism, which will create heated debates around the holidays. <br /><br />And, of course, it's something everyone is assumed to have in common.  <br /><br /><A></A><A></A>Posted by<AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1103299529448447702004-12-17T11:05:00.000-05:002004-12-17T11:05:00.000-05:00I tend to think that people actually talk about th...I tend to think that people actually talk about the marriage/kids stuff at family gatherings because, in a lot of families, they have nothing else to talk about. It's family-talk for talking about the weather. Of course, this has more negative implications--the reason they talk about that and not the weather is to keep the 'normal' script going...<br /><br />The older I get, the less I like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com