Yeah... we always talked about politics. It's just that it got rather more explosive in the last few years.

itsrealfake

It's not a perfect solution, but if you're wondering how I manage to do that. I basically just told them what I wrote above a few years ago. I was frustrated, because I just wanted to visit and relax like when I was kid, but all the conversations were infused with politics then.

culture

How to begin restoring normalcy with friends/relatives?

I don't talk about politics with family. Family is far more important than politics, and when they are gone you won't care about that one view on life they had, you will still miss them. The good news is, if they were a part of the universe when they were alive, they are still part of the universe after they have died, so they aren't truly gone.