parents and politics
Had the parentals over for dinner last night - Mum's birthday.
Cooked roast beef, vegies, and ANZAC Cheesecake.
It turned out pretty good, I think, although the base needed to be thinner at the corners.
In the after-dinner conversation we managed to get into how the internet is a bad thing because of ISIS and extremism (my stepfather). We argued it for a little while, but he's set in his ways.
The worrying thing is that this is becoming a thing in the after-dinner conversations where there's us (the kids - including my stepbrothers) and him. My sisters and I tend liberal (small-l; that's important in Australia), so does my mother. Not sure about the stepbrothers but I suspect they tend centrist - or, at least, enough to argue with their dad about politics. But, yeah, the stepdad tends conservative.
I think the next time politics comes up, I'm going to clear the dishes rather than engage.
Cooked roast beef, vegies, and ANZAC Cheesecake.
It turned out pretty good, I think, although the base needed to be thinner at the corners.
In the after-dinner conversation we managed to get into how the internet is a bad thing because of ISIS and extremism (my stepfather). We argued it for a little while, but he's set in his ways.
The worrying thing is that this is becoming a thing in the after-dinner conversations where there's us (the kids - including my stepbrothers) and him. My sisters and I tend liberal (small-l; that's important in Australia), so does my mother. Not sure about the stepbrothers but I suspect they tend centrist - or, at least, enough to argue with their dad about politics. But, yeah, the stepdad tends conservative.
I think the next time politics comes up, I'm going to clear the dishes rather than engage.