avoidance techniques

At the risk of this post being totally misinterpreted, here goes:

I love my family very, very much. We have a close relationship and even friendships. Sometimes, however, things just get too much. Someone gets a pickle up their *ss or is too pissy or too tired or whatever. Sure, good communication skills help. But sometimes you just have to drink beer together.

So that's what we did at lunch. Drank beer together. And after? Afterwards, it was better.