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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The “happy and dumb” technique for dealing with difficult family members.

Basically when I see my in laws now, I don’t make any effort whatsoever to connect with them and pretend to be stupid and cheerful. I don’t talk or ask any questions at all. I say very little and if I do talk, I only remark on our immediate surroundings. I don’t share anything about myself or ask anyone any questions.

I know this sounds completely sad and crazy to people with functional families but it is a technique that I learned on the family relationships forum and it works well. My in laws like me more now than they did before.[/quote]

Tried, tested, approved.[/quote]

I am going to try this.[/quote]

+2  I do the "happy but dumb" routine a lot, just not with family.  There are some people at our children's schools or at the clubs or other places whom I think are pretentious bores and I do "happy but dumb" to fend them off.  Turns out that this way they're happy to be rid of a loser like me and I'm happy because I don't have to deal with them.  It is win-win all the way around![/quote]

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