How To Avoid Talking About Your Love Life Over the Holidays

Hey grandma, can't we just eat and drink and save this discussion for never?

We are a few weeks away from Christmas, which is always fun right? Well, mostly. Except when you get stuck between your drunk aunt and the buffet line, and she asks you about your love life.

Your youngest cousin is taking forever picking the onions off of the green beans and your brother is pouring drinks at the bar to your left. You're trapped, no way out.

You wish you would've at least had as many glasses of wine as your aunt did before you got to this conversation, but you were hoping to not be tipsily eating an entire plate of cookies in the backseat of your parents' minivan on the way home.

The worst thing to do? Ignore her. Because then she will continue to talk and get louder. After the third time, your grandma will hear her, manage to find the one place where you might've snuck out... and say, "I hope I'm still alive when you get married."

Thanks, grandma, no pressure.

Thankfully, if you find yourself in this position, you have this wonderful list of tips to use from Thought Catalog. The author has really got something here, I might need to keep this list in my purse, do you think they'll work?

Here are the tips from Thought Catalog, with my personal commentary.

1. Once someone brings up your personal life, immediately ask about theirs. Did someone recently get married? Have a baby? Get a new job? Ask for THEIR details, and change the focus.
2. Run away before you get trapped. That scenario I painted for you before? Don't let it happen. Take some flight attendant advice, and always be aware of your two closest exits. Remember, in some cases the nearest exit may be behind you.
3. If you can't get away, give a tiny detail. She suggests giving a tiny detail about a date you went on or someone you recently met. This is where I disagree with the author, tiny details don't work with Italians. It's all or nothing.
4. Tell the truth. She says tell your family that dating isn't your priority right now, your job and your own stuff is. This may cause anger in your older relatives, be prepared to get a dirty look or a comment you weren't anticipating, but maybe they'll stop asking. Maybe.
5. Get the question-asker wasted. I feel like this might also not work for Italians. We can handle our wine, and if my relatives are anything like I am, the tipsier, the more I'm gonna talk. Which is why if I'm the askee in this situation, I should not be drinking more wine.

Good luck dodging your personal life questions this holiday season!