One Overused Word That I Hate

[Secular Elf]

I always have trouble in times of crisis with family members. "You're in my thoughts" is as effective as "You're in my prayers".

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Anything else seems to be stating the obvious: "This situation is unfortunate" and the like.

Oh yes, family.  As much as I love 'em I often think to myself I was born in the wrong one.  Majority of my kin, especially the older ones, are as Conservative and religious as they come.  I have often come home from family get togethers quite angry.  Here lately I am trying to stay away from them as much as possible.  My sister and I had an online tiff, and we have not spoken much since then in about a week.  Willful ignorance and snobbery really gets my goat, and unfortunately I have seen too much of it in my relatives.  It is what it is.