Going to a Family Reunion is one of those Life’s Balancing Acts that we all experience because we are human beings, raised in families. On the one hand, you want to be with family, enjoy their company, and have a good day. Yet, you know that you are getting together with people all of which have different and unique personalities, interests, and opinions. It is at this point that it becomes one of those balancing acts.
You hear something said that you know is crazy, not true, or maybe is an outright fabrication and you want to jump in and correct that person. If you do, that is when the fireworks start, the feelings get hurt, and perhaps those people will never come to another Family Reunion again. What do you do?
Being the type of person that tends to want to make everyone happy, and make sure that no one’s feelings get hurt, you tend to try and avoid making a direct confrontation that will bring that eventual heartache. However, I also find that as I get older I am less likely to suffer fools or their opinions, and am willing to risk hurt feelings to make sure that what I believe is truth does prevail. I don’t know what the right or wrong thing is to do. I just know that it makes going to a Family Reunion or a more challenging experience than the ones I attended way long ago, when I was a child, each reunion a new adventure, and cousins were people I played with and had a grand time. Why can’t it be like the good old times? Perhaps the good old times were not that great. I just don’t know the answer to these questions.