They are. Well at least, when they're with my immediate family..or in-laws (of my sisters) combined into that.

The communication part of all this is splits into groups:

It goes, my mom and the other parents chat it up. My older sisters and their
husbands talk incessantly. And their children & my little sister play/talk at the other end. And just, eh, kinda in the middle there's me.

I am the only one of my kind...lol...er, my age. I mean now & then my sister's will try to make some small-talk with me by asking how school's going, or if i have a boyfriend, but once they get their answer. They're done. They go back to their previous conversations....

So I've learned at family dinners, to just keep my mouth shut, think about something else, and, of course, eat. Even though, sometimes i can't even do that without being questioned on if I'm okay, or what's bothering me. I'm surprised actually.

I thought my family was smarter than that.....

But no, none of them realize this. Oh, bother.

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