We went to another family dinner yesterday. Relatives we haven't seen in several years, who live in another state, were visiting. The other relatives that make us feel like we don't fit in were busy and didn't show up. We had things in common with the out of town relatives and conversation was incredibly easy. There were other bright teenaged relatives there who did not play football and would talk about other things besides football and vacations and when they ran out of things to talk about, they brought out their cell phones just like my son does. One of my mother's cousins talked about a grandson who was accused of cheating on a test because he made a perfect score while none of the other kids in the class passed it. He just happened to like to read and learn on his own and already knew the material.

We fit in with this group of relatives. Instead of thinking that we are rude they would talk to us about their favorite aps.