20 Responses

1. Rocket Spanish

   November 26th, 2009 at 2:05 pm

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   Drink a lot of wine.

2. Buffalo NY plastic surgeon

   November 26th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

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   Do not approach them. When they approach you, smile distantly and excuse yourself as quickly as possible. Freshening a drink, going to the bathroom, snagging some mini quiche before they’re all gone…these are all viable excuses. Most people will move on to the next target, leaving you well enough alone until it’s time for goodbyes. For those annoying few who don’t get the subtle “Get away, get AWAY!” vibes that you are sure to be projecting, it’s always good to have a partner in crime.
   When my husband and I do the party circuit, we don’t stay glued to each other, but tend to stay in eye range. This gives us the opportunity to “save” each other if necessary. It also helps because we don’t dislike the same people…folks he can’t stand, I get along famously with, and vice versa. This means that while I’m chatting up Aunt Marlene, he’s off talking to Cousin Larry. I’ve been spared his oozing, he’s been spared her exhuberant descriptions of her varied ailments, diseases and fluid leakages. We both escape relatively unscathed, and the varied family feels that they’ve spoken to “our family” so the other partner is left alone.
   On the rare occasion you’re alone, AND are cornered by the persistantly disliked one, smile distractedly and look around you a lot, like you’re so distracted by everything that’s going on you can’t pay any attention. Or just excuse yourself after the first two sentences and immerse yourself in another group. You may need to repeat this process a couple of times if the person is supremely thick, or just THAT much of a jerk, but after about 10 minutes they’ll be sufficienctly embarassed by the fact that you tend to run away when you see them that they’ll naturally avoid you for the rest of the evening.
   Happy Holidays!

3. nottoday

   November 26th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

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   Why are you having people you don’t like over for the holidays? I thought the whole point of the holidays was to enjoy friends and family. Don’t we spend enough time during the year being fake and phony for the purpose of saving face? Don’t invite people you don’t like to your home and then you don’t have to insult them and yourself with being fake.

4. Kathryn P

   November 27th, 2009 at 1:57 am

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   Keep yourself busy with stuff, pick up trash, bake something, just stay out of their way and maybe they’ll stay out of yours.
   many people during the holidays are not inclined to work, so you may keep them away just by keeping yourself hustling and bustling around.
   I wish you well, and Merry Christmas, or whatever holiday you celebrate.

5. bainaash

   November 27th, 2009 at 5:36 am

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   If you don’t like them, why are they coming to your house? I don’t allow people I don’t like to come to my house, that’s phony with a capital P. As for interacting with them, you don’t have to do anything to get your feelings across, just be civil, and polite, work on being a good host. That’s not phony and makes you the perfect gentleman.

6. candy g

   November 27th, 2009 at 6:25 am

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   if they are coming to your house then just try and be out of their way as much as possible, when my MIL comes over [which thankfully is very little] I am sort of in charge of the kitchen and busy my self in there, but I would just stick as close as you can to the people you DO like and be polite, its not for long.

7. Anonymous

   November 27th, 2009 at 10:01 am

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   stay next to someone u do like the whole entire time then every time someone u don’t like comes to talk to u act like your in a big conversation that can’t be interuped………….or if the person u don’t like starts to talk to u get them talkin to the person your standing with then walk away when those to are in a conversation…….it sounds stupid ….but it works……i do that with my brother the whole time @ the holidays…….my family can be kinda creepy to talk to so i do those things

8. the best registry cleaner

   November 27th, 2009 at 11:25 am

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   You “be fake”. By that I mean you need to be polite and a gracious host.
   If being honest means telling them just what you think of them and making them uncomfortable or the atmosphere tense, then you can keep your “honesty” in all its disdainful glory to yourself.

9. Jasmine J

   November 27th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

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   You really will need to be polite no matter how you feel. I know that is hard and you may feel that you are being fake, but that’s not the case. It’s just common courtesy. Good luck, I’ve been there!

10. D-Man

    November 27th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

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    if they start to talk to you just say you have to go do something like eat or the bathroom and then when your done go talk to someone else thats not near of the annoying person

11. .TEDD!3.

    November 27th, 2009 at 11:26 pm

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    be cheerful
    and if the annoying people are your family members, give them a hug or talk with them for a while, and then walk away & they’ll eventually go talk to another person…

12. Frank T

    November 28th, 2009 at 4:27 am

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    just SMILE
    and let stuff go
    it is only a short time out of the year
    let it go
    smile, laugh, even if you laugh AT them, let them think your laughing with them…
    so SMILE
    be happy
    good luck
    smile

13. Sean

    November 28th, 2009 at 9:16 am

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    Stop being so manipulative and just greet them and then ignore them.

14. gas monitors

    November 28th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

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    Don’t like the holidays, gasp! =D
    I dunno, just lock urself in ur room or something … ?

15. flat back crystals

    November 28th, 2009 at 6:37 pm

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    I would suck it up and deal with it. It’s only once a year.

16. The Secret Course

    November 28th, 2009 at 10:08 pm

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    alcohol

17. Elle B

    November 29th, 2009 at 12:23 am

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    Ignore them, go to Jamaica?

18. Fenny L

    November 29th, 2009 at 4:29 am

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    Get busy with work..maybe hellp your mom cook, prepare meal..or take care of the kids..decorate the house…etc etc…so that you dont have to think or talk to them.

19. Wild One

    November 29th, 2009 at 10:34 am

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    Don’t invite them. If they show up, shoot them!

20. My Name is Earl (Just Kidding)

    November 29th, 2009 at 11:30 am

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    suck it in…we all have to be classy at all times else you are labeled a jerk